Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1583398.ece 'Professor Richard Dawkins has described religious believers as “sucking on dummies” for comfort and said that giving children a religious education was comparable to “erecting a firewall in their minds” against scientific

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:00 AM Sunday 4/8/2007, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1583398.ece 'Professor Richard Dawkins has described religious believers as sucking on dummies for comfort and said that giving children a religious education was comparable to erecting a

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:00 AM Sunday 4/8/2007, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1583398.ece 'Professor Richard Dawkins has described religious believers as sucking on dummies for comfort and said that giving children a religious education was comparable to erecting a

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 08:00 AM Sunday 4/8/2007, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1583398.ece 'Professor Richard Dawkins has described religious believers as sucking on dummies for comfort and said that giving children a religious education

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 08:00 AM Sunday 4/8/2007, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1583398.ece 'Professor Richard Dawkins has described religious believers as sucking on dummies for comfort and said that giving children a religious education

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Charlie Bell
On 09/04/2007, at 6:08 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Interesting how the name of the holiday more resembles that of a pagan goddess than anything having to do with Christ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eostre Just sayin'. I'm sure you know this, but it's 'cause Christianity is a big

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Charlie Bell wrote: On 09/04/2007, at 6:08 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Interesting how the name of the holiday more resembles that of a pagan goddess than anything having to do with Christ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eostre Just sayin'. I'm sure you know this, but it's 'cause

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Nick Arnett
On 4/8/07, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It means a pacifier. (Which gets shortened to passy frequently.) Oh, and nappy is what you think of as a diaper, if anyone needed to know *that*. So which is it -- religion pacifies people or religion causes all sorts of violence? Seems

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread William T Goodall
On 8 Apr 2007, at 22:58, Nick Arnett wrote: On 4/8/07, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It means a pacifier. (Which gets shortened to passy frequently.) Oh, and nappy is what you think of as a diaper, if anyone needed to know *that*. So which is it -- religion pacifies

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread William T Goodall
On 8 Apr 2007, at 21:54, Charlie Bell wrote: On 09/04/2007, at 6:08 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Interesting how the name of the holiday more resembles that of a pagan goddess than anything having to do with Christ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eostre Just sayin'. I'm sure you

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: Easter is named after 'Easter Eggs' which are made of chocolate and eaten at this time of year. And what the origin of 'Easter Eggs'? Ok, I know! They are called Easter because they are all Made in China, that is East for almost everybody. Or were they inspired in

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:04 PM Sunday 4/8/2007, William T Goodall wrote: Easter is named after 'Easter Eggs' which are made of chocolate and eaten at this time of year. I have news for you: those brown, ovoid things found under rabbits are _not_ made of chocolate . . . Poo-Poo Maru -- Ronn! :)

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:29 PM Sunday 4/8/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: Charlie Bell wrote: On 09/04/2007, at 6:08 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Interesting how the name of the holiday more resembles that of a pagan goddess than anything having to do with Christ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eostre Just

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

2007-04-08 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
On 4/8/2007 9:43:57 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 07:04 PM Sunday 4/8/2007, William T Goodall wrote: Easter is named after 'Easter Eggs' which are made of chocolate and eaten at this time of year. I have news for you: those brown, ovoid things found under rabbits