At 03:21 PM Wednesday 2/13/2008, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
We Methodists only have the expression Dry as a
Methodist picnic to stereotype us.
I still grin at the joke (paraphrased):
When asked to bring something that expressed their
faith to Show and
Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
We Methodists only have the expression Dry as a
Methodist picnic to stereotype us.
I still grin at the joke (paraphrased):
When asked to bring something that expressed their
faith to Show and Tell, thus spake the children-
Mary: I'm Catholic, and this
What Anonymous hath wrought:
Protests next Sunday in at least 170 cities worldwide with over
300,000 people participating. And a severe shortage of Guy Fawkes
masks.
xponent
Minimums Maru
rob
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On 29 Jan 2008, at 01:57, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Dave wrote:
Yes, it's amazing how a practice of your Church of roughly 100
years ago
which, by some accounts, was not all that widely practiced, and
by no means _the_ defining characteristic of the Church) is all that
most people seem to
At 06:08 PM Friday 2/1/2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
On 2/1/08, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition!
http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163
My favorite may be Bruce Schneier once decrypted a box of AlphaBits.
So what did it say in
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: CoS in the news
On 28 Jan 2008, at 03:47, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From
On 1 Feb 2008, at 03:11, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Same tactics as the Jesuits, right?
LULZG
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
--
William T Goodall
Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/
Those who can make you believe
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 1 Feb 2008, at 03:11, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Same tactics as the Jesuits, right?
LULZG
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition!
http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163
(I love just
On 2/1/08, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition!
http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163
My favorite may be Bruce Schneier once decrypted a box of AlphaBits.
And Schneier's book, _Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a
Networked World_ is
On Jan 28, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Dave wrote:
Yes, it's amazing how a practice of your Church of roughly 100
years ago
which, by some accounts, was not all that widely practiced, and
by no means _the_ defining characteristic of the Church) is all that
most people seem to
On 28 Jan 2008, at 03:47, Robert Seeberger wrote:
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How could a law protect these genuine religions
and also ban the original Scientologists at the same time?
Easily! You take away the COSI's tax-exempt status away and
On Jan 29, 2008, at 8:01 PM, pencimen wrote:
Dave wrote:
Congratulations! That's practically like being a grown-up!
I'm sorry? Care to explain that last remark?
Celebrating 30 years of marriage represents an achievement of
maturity. I was employing a kind of humorous understatement.
Dave
Dave wrote:
Congratulations! That's practically like being a grown-up!
I'm sorry? Care to explain that last remark?
Doug
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Julia Thompson wrote:
1) Whacked my toe yesterday morning, hurt like the dickens, wasn't sure I
should try to get X-rays or anything (and I didn't want to, truth be
told), so I asked a mailing list and the consensus was what I wrote above.
Decided not to go, toe still hurts, but not as
At 06:57 AM Monday 1/28/2008, Russell Chapman wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
1) Whacked my toe yesterday morning, hurt like the dickens, wasn't sure I
should try to get X-rays or anything (and I didn't want to, truth be
told), so I asked a mailing list and the consensus was what I wrote
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 06:57 AM Monday 1/28/2008, Russell Chapman wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
1) Whacked my toe yesterday morning, hurt like the dickens, wasn't sure I
should try to get X-rays or anything (and I didn't want to, truth be
told), so I asked a
On Jan 28, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
On Jan 27, 2008 10:59 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
a) *At most* one religion can be true, yet there are thousands of
religions.
Not necessarily true. See _Job: A Comedy of Justice_, _Stranger in a
Strange Land_, or
At 12:20 PM Monday 1/28/2008, Dave Land wrote:
[snip]
Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point
that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who,
learning what I believe, would no longer count me among their number.
Dave
At least they don't ask
On Jan 28, 2008 12:03 PM, Mauro Diotallevi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 27, 2008 10:59 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a) *At most* one religion can be true, yet there are thousands of
religions.
Not necessarily true. See _Job: A Comedy of Justice_, _Stranger in a
On Jan 27, 2008 10:59 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a) *At most* one religion can be true, yet there are thousands of
religions.
Not necessarily true. See _Job: A Comedy of Justice_, _Stranger in a
Strange Land_, or other Heinlein (or many other authors) for SFnal
examples of
On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 12:20 PM Monday 1/28/2008, Dave Land wrote:
Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point
that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who,
learning what I believe, would no longer count me
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Dave Land wrote:
On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 12:20 PM Monday 1/28/2008, Dave Land wrote:
Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point
that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who,
learning
Dave wrote:
Yes, it's amazing how a practice of your Church of roughly 100 years ago
which, by some accounts, was not all that widely practiced, and
by no means _the_ defining characteristic of the Church) is all that
most people seem to know about. To some extent, you can thank HBO's Big
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 09:20 PM Saturday 1/26/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
Any mailing list that you can shoot a quick, Hey, this happened, should I
go to the ER? to and get constructive answers is probably going to have
at least a minimal health benefit. Also
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Julia wrote:
(And, the concensus as to whether or not to go to the ER with a potential
broken toe is, If you want prescription painkillers, sure, but there's
not a whole heck of a lot they'll actually *do* for you. So, I'm going
to wait until
On 27 Jan 2008, at 03:28, Robert Seeberger wrote:
On 1/26/2008 8:47:30 PM, William T Goodall ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
On 27 Jan 2008, at 02:27, Robert Seeberger wrote:
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just ban all religions. That would solve the
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: CoS in the news
On 27 Jan 2008, at 03:28, Robert Seeberger wrote:
On 1/26/2008 8:47:30 PM, William T
On 27 Jan 2008, at 20:37, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: CoS in the news
On 27 Jan 2008, at 03:28, Robert
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
Let's suppose the Scientologists have a schism. Are they OK now because
the different branches no longer agree?
If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so busy
suing the other side that it'll all collapse sooner rather
On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:49, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
Let's suppose the Scientologists have a schism. Are they OK now
because
the different branches no longer agree?
If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so
busy
William wrote:
On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:49, Julia Thompson wrote:
If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so
busy
suing the other side that it'll all collapse sooner rather than
later, and
that will be the end of that.
Or they could be like the Sunni and
On 28 Jan 2008, at 01:19, Doug Pensinger wrote:
William wrote:
On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:49, Julia Thompson wrote:
If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so
busy
suing the other side that it'll all collapse sooner rather than
later, and
that will be the end of
On 28 Jan 2008, at 01:19, Doug Pensinger wrote:
William wrote:
On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:49, Julia Thompson wrote:
If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so
busy
suing the other side that it'll all collapse sooner rather than
later, and
that will be the end of
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: CoS in the news
On 28 Jan 2008, at 01:19, Doug Pensinger wrote:
William wrote:
On 27 Jan 2008, at 21
Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for
religions and quasi-religious organistions, with the exception of
charitable ventures (which must be purely charitable subsidiaries of
or wholly separate ventures).
And only those over twenty-one should be allowed access to
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 09:31 PM Friday 1/25/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
What's wrong with a lapdancer drinking Scotch?
Julia
Spilling it? Especially if it's on the rocks?
You have a point there. :)
Julia
On Jan 26, 2008, at 12:58 AM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for
religions and quasi-religious organistions, with the exception of
charitable ventures (which must be purely charitable subsidiaries of
or wholly separate ventures).
And
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: CoS in the news
On 25 Jan 2008, at 23:18, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From
- Original Message -
From: Curtis Burisch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:58 AM
Subject: RE: CoS in the news
Curtis
Someone tell me what the story is with Maru?
I really ned to put
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From: Curtis Burisch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:58 AM
Subject: RE: CoS in the news
Curtis
Someone tell me what
On 27 Jan 2008, at 02:27, Robert Seeberger wrote:
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem.
That might be a reasonable response if Scientology were in fact a
religion.
What makes you think that it isn't?
William wrote:
snip
So while the data suggest some health benefits from social
engagement, they are anything but a ringing endorsement of the health
benefits of religion or religious faith, per se.
It would make sense to me that individuals with some sort of social support
group might have
On 27 Jan 2008, at 01:43, Dave Land wrote:
On Jan 26, 2008, at 12:58 AM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for
religions and quasi-religious organistions, with the exception of
charitable ventures (which must be purely charitable
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Doug Pensinger wrote:
William wrote:
snip
So while the data suggest some health benefits from social
engagement, they are anything but a ringing endorsement of the health
benefits of religion or religious faith, per se.
It would make sense to me that individuals
On 1/26/2008 8:47:30 PM, William T Goodall ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
On 27 Jan 2008, at 02:27, Robert Seeberger wrote:
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem.
That might be a reasonable response
On 27 Jan 2008, at 03:28, Robert Seeberger wrote:
On 1/26/2008 8:47:30 PM, William T Goodall ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
On 27 Jan 2008, at 02:27, Robert Seeberger wrote:
- Original Message -
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just ban all religions. That would solve the
At 09:20 PM Saturday 1/26/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Doug Pensinger wrote:
William wrote:
snip
So while the data suggest some health benefits from social
engagement, they are anything but a ringing endorsement of the health
benefits of religion or religious
At 09:24 AM Saturday 1/26/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 09:31 PM Friday 1/25/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
What's wrong with a lapdancer drinking Scotch?
Julia
Spilling it? Especially if it's on the rocks?
You have a point
Julia wrote:
(And, the concensus as to whether or not to go to the ER with a potential
broken toe is, If you want prescription painkillers, sure, but there's
not a whole heck of a lot they'll actually *do* for you. So, I'm going
to wait until Monday and see how bad it is then, and if it's
On 26 Jan 2008, at 01:32, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 26/01/2008, at 12:01 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem.
Because that's worked so well in the USSR and Communist China.
Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 26 Jan 2008, at 01:32, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 26/01/2008, at 12:01 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem.
Because that's worked so well in the USSR and Communist China.
Better idea - remove
At 09:31 PM Friday 1/25/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
What's wrong with a lapdancer drinking Scotch?
Julia
Spilling it? Especially if it's on the rocks?
-- Ronn! :)
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On 25 Jan 2008, at 23:18, Robert Seeberger wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:33 PM
Subject: RE: CoS in the news
Because I love you guys, I give you the CS orientation video:
http
- Original Message -
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:33 PM
Subject: RE: CoS in the news
Because I love you guys, I give you the CS orientation video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJtUDcm3bBw
http://www.youtube.com
On 26/01/2008, at 12:01 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem.
Because that's worked so well in the USSR and Communist China.
Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for
religions and quasi-religious organistions, with the
Because I love you guys, I give you the CS orientation video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJtUDcm3bBw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfiZehbTAxU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7W9Duq145Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdSqzl9QYTQ
It's pretty funny stuff.
Jim
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