RE: Loss (was: Religious freedom)

2006-09-08 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 3:17 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Loss (was: Religious freedom) Then, last Saturday, my Dad died at the age of 90...and I just got

Re: Manners (was Re: Religious freedom)

2006-09-07 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 6, 2006, at 7:47 PM, jdiebremse wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's nice that this topic has attracted some interest and that people are giving some thought to the sickening poisonous evil filth of religion and the ghastly damage it causes

Re: Manners (was Re: Religious freedom)

2006-09-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Sep 2006, at 3:47AM, jdiebremse wrote: Wow. I do have to admire your chutzpah.. That's cute from the guy whose favourite topic reduces to accusing everyone who uses contraception of being a mass-murderer. Goose Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web :

Re: Manners (was Re: Religious freedom)

2006-09-06 Thread John W Redelfs
On 9/3/06, Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4 Sep 2006 at 0:41, William T Goodall wrote: It's nice that this topic has attracted some interest and that people are giving some thought to the sickening poisonous evil filth of religion and the ghastly damage it causes individuals

Re: Manners (was Re: Religious freedom)

2006-09-06 Thread William T Goodall
On 6 Sep 2006, at 12:40PM, John W Redelfs wrote: I agree with Goodall, us religious people are sickening poisonous evil filth. That is why we need the Atonement and forgiveness that can only come in one way. But I can see things from the atheist perspective too. Since all of us are

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Richard Baker wrote: Andrew said: Plenty which can be done. But someone who is dyslexic will allways make certain personally consistant spelling errors. That is not something which can be overcome, as stated. Does your mail client support the checking of spelling? Mail.app for OS X

Loss (was: Religious freedom)

2006-09-06 Thread Deborah Harrell
-- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Then, last Saturday, my Dad died at the age of 90...and I just got back from the funeral...and helping my mom. I'm sorry to hear of your loss. Even when we expect our loved ones to die soon, of whatever, it's hard when they go. Debbi Anticipating

Manners (was Re: Religious freedom)

2006-09-06 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's nice that this topic has attracted some interest and that people are giving some thought to the sickening poisonous evil filth of religion and the ghastly damage it causes individuals and society. However a number of

Re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument

2006-09-05 Thread William T Goodall
On 5 Sep 2006, at 5:52AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On 04/09/2006, at 8:05 PM, Dan Minette wrote: 3) A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader. Now, #4 is consistent with Tom Cruise and Scientology, but it is also consistent with you and atheism.

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-04 Thread Charlie Bell
On 03/09/2006, at 4:30 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: And you know who fights them? Not your precious atheists, it's Christians and Jews. Sweeping statement. And utter bollocks. Your attitude towards atheism is hard to distinguish from Will's baiting about religion. How about you *both*

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-04 Thread Charlie Bell
On 04/09/2006, at 6:44 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: Really. So Keith Henson is not an atheist? I'd be surprised to learn that. Yes, there's allways the odd one. But in my experience, the people opposing Scientology are in the ratio of arround 20:1 theists:atheists. Maybe because the

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Sep 2006, at 3:20AM, Dan Minette wrote: We know that pedophiles like to get jobs that put them in contact with youth, like church youth workers, boy scout leaders, girl guide leaders, teachers, etc. This does not make any of these organizations inherently evil. Up until recently,

RE: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument

2006-09-04 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Hobby Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 11:53 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument Dan Minette wrote: ... Again, per my last email

Re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument

2006-09-04 Thread William T Goodall
(Oops, I had digital signing on when I first sent this.) On 4 Sep 2006, at 4:08PM, Dan Minette wrote: Sure it is. Sociology of religion does included discussions of belief systems, as well as behavior. In a sense, while the beliefs are non-empirical...the written and stated beliefs are

RE: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument

2006-09-04 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William T Goodall Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:52 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument It is not part of the necessary definition

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-04 Thread maru dubshinki
On 9/4/06, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04/09/2006, at 6:44 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: Really. So Keith Henson is not an atheist? I'd be surprised to learn that. Yes, there's allways the odd one. But in my experience, the people opposing Scientology are in the ratio of

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-04 Thread Richard Baker
Andrew said: Plenty which can be done. But someone who is dyslexic will allways make certain personally consistant spelling errors. That is not something which can be overcome, as stated. Does your mail client support the checking of spelling? Mail.app for OS X consistently underlines in

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Richard Baker wrote: Does your mail client support the checking of spelling? Mail.app for OS X consistently underlines in red the spelling mistakes in those of your emails to which I reply. When I use Linux KDE's kmail, it starts underlining every English word, until it reaches a point

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-04 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 3, 2006, at 2:30 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:09PM, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 3, 2006, at 12:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 7:55PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in seeing William provide evidence that the Catholic Church has

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-04 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Sep 2006 at 0:30, David Hobby wrote: Andrew Crystall wrote: ... Your basic lack of knowledge about dyslexia is glaring. It is not something which can be overcome by an educator. It is a literal perceptile gap on the part of the dyslexic person. Andrew-- Sorry about my

Re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument

2006-09-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Sep 2006, at 6:05PM, Dan Minette wrote: One of the ways that we differ is that I believe that definitions of words are set by those that use the language...while you believe that words mean what William Goodall want them to mean and that everyone else is wrong if they differ with

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Sep 2006, at 8:20PM, Dave Land wrote: Prove it. Document *Centuries* of pedophilia in the Catholic church or please shut the hell up. As has been established elsewhere in this thread I don't need to. They do it now, they did it fifty years ago and absent some reason why

Word games (was Re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument)

2006-09-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Sep 2006, at 6:05PM, Dan Minette wrote: Just to check, I found a common source for definitions I haven't used before, and now quote it's definition of religion: Answers.com And I quote: quote re·li·gion (rĭ-lĭj'ən) n. 1a) Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers

Re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument

2006-09-04 Thread Charlie Bell
On 04/09/2006, at 8:05 PM, Dan Minette wrote: 3) A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader. Now, #4 is consistent with Tom Cruise and Scientology, but it is also consistent with you and atheism. And number 3 is also consistent with

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 2:30AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006 at 0:53, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006, at 10:10PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006 at 21:57, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006, at 9:34PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: No, the issue is that some people are

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 3:03AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Interesting. Why do you suppose you feel that way? Oh, I suppose I feel that way. Eliza Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Theists cannot be

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 3 Sep 2006 at 8:31, William T Goodall wrote: Perhaps if you read the origional again? I gave plenty of evidence, which starts with the fact that they operate as whatever sort of organisation better suits the area. They not a religion, they are a form of organised crime (especially in

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 3:07PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006 at 8:31, William T Goodall wrote: Perhaps if you read the origional again? I gave plenty of evidence, which starts with the fact that they operate as whatever sort of organisation better suits the area. They not a religion, they

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread dcaa
I would be interested in seeing William provide evidence that the Catholic Church has been running a pedophile ring for centuries... Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 7:55PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in seeing William provide evidence that the Catholic Church has been running a pedophile ring for centuries... It's common knowledge. There have been hundreds of news stories about the Catholic Church covering up

RE: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Dan Minette
Merging several posts on this subject: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PAT MATHEWS Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 3:49 PM To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Religious freedom TIME! Everything's been repeated - asserted

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread dcaa
. -Original Message- From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 20:18:29 To:Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Religious freedom On 3 Sep 2006, at 7:55PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in seeing William provide evidence

Re: history is evil, why it must be eradicated [was: Religious freedom]

2006-09-03 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 1, 2006, at 9:05 AM, William T Goodall wrote: And yes, OSX is marvelous. Its merest bootlace, Windows is not worthy to kiss. - David Brin With all the things that you and I have to disagree about, it is nice that we have this in common. Dave

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 8:28PM, Dan Minette wrote: Merging several posts on this subject: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PAT MATHEWS TIME! Everything's been repeated - asserted, not debated - several times over and we're

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 8:37PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The point is, If I presented a paper that, FREX, the Fyrd was a common element of the Anglo-norman army as common knowledge, I can guarantee I wouldn't make it too far. But I'm not presenting a paper. And since it is common knowledge

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 2, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 15:49:52 -0700, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/2/06, PAT MATHEWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TIME! Everything's been repeated - asserted, not debated - several times over and we're getting into battling

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 3, 2006, at 12:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 7:55PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in seeing William provide evidence that the Catholic Church has been running a pedophile ring for centuries... It's common knowledge. There have been hundreds of

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:09PM, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 3, 2006, at 12:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 7:55PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in seeing William provide evidence that the Catholic Church has been running a pedophile ring for centuries... It's

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread dcaa
. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -Original Message- From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:48:02 To:Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Religious freedom On 3 Sep 2006, at 8:37PM, [EMAIL

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 3 Sep 2006 at 21:45, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 8:28PM, Dan Minette wrote: IMHO, that's not surprising when people are discussing sets of presuppositionsespecially when one of the people is convinced that his own set is Truth. I'm glad you're prepared to

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:45PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's put it this way: I flatly reject that it is common knowledge since I have NEVER heard of a centuries old Catholic Pedophile Ring. Irregardless, saying its common knowledge in no way makes it true. Let me be more blunt then:

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:45PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: And no, I can't spell. I'm dyslexic. Your point? It's harder to read your incoherent babbling when it's full of spelling mistakes. Good spelling is polite Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web :

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread dcaa
22:53:13 To:Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Religious freedom On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:45PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's put it this way: I flatly reject that it is common knowledge since I have NEVER heard of a centuries old Catholic Pedophile Ring. Irregardless

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:53PM, William T Goodall wrote: It seems pretty obvious to me, but it's not a subject I find important enough to put any extra effort into. If you want to prove me wrong go ahead and knock yourself out. Otherwise we'll just have to differ on the matter. Just to

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread John W Redelfs
On 9/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in seeing William provide evidence that the Catholic Church has been running a pedophile ring for centuries... There are many things that are true for which no evidence can be produced. In fact, I would suggest that

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 11:03PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, I had no real expectation that you would respond in any meaningful way, but I could not let such a statement of intellectual vacuum lay unchallenged. Since so far you are the only one making a statement of such belief, I can rest

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 3 Sep 2006 at 17:19, William T Goodall wrote: I doubt that the heads of most religions believe. These are intelligent college educated people after all. Belief is what they use to gull money and power from the ignorant and superstitious people that they prey on. There's only one

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On 9/3/06, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the Catholic Church is the largest pedophile ring in the world. That's pretty criminal and they've been covering that up for centuries. That is an absolutely ridiculous statement. Dan posted a very clear analysis here during the

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
WTG wrote: And no, I can't spell. I'm dyslexic. Your point? It's harder to read your incoherent babbling when it's full of spelling mistakes. Thta's rude, William. Yuo can't bunr peopel at the steak for things they are born with! Ablerto Monteiro

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread John W Redelfs
On 9/3/06, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:53PM, William T Goodall wrote: It seems pretty obvious to me, but it's not a subject I find important enough to put any extra effort into. If you want to prove me wrong go ahead and knock yourself out. Otherwise

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread dcaa
. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -Original Message- From: John W Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 14:15:08 To:Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Religious freedom On 9/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread dcaa
Message- From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 23:15:17 To:Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Religious freedom On 3 Sep 2006, at 11:03PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, I had no real expectation that you would respond in any meaningful way

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 11:19PM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 9/3/06, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the Catholic Church is the largest pedophile ring in the world. That's pretty criminal and they've been covering that up for centuries. That is an absolutely ridiculous statement.

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 11:33PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have no intention of pursuing this line of thought, why are you continuing to post on it? I'll stop right now! Your other post only illustrates you want to make conclusions based on belief, not on evidence. You have

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 11:23PM, John W Redelfs wrote: On 9/3/06, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given the Church's ongoing efforts to cover up the issue any lack of published scandal prior to the well-known present day cases can't show that molestation wasn't going on then too. I

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Sep 2006, at 11:19PM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: Dan posted a very clear analysis here during the height of the recent pedophilia scandal that showed that rates of pedophilia among Catholic priests was no higher than in the general population at large, and I seem recall reading

Manners (was Re: Religious freedom)

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
It's nice that this topic has attracted some interest and that people are giving some thought to the sickening poisonous evil filth of religion and the ghastly damage it causes individuals and society. However a number of people (you know who you are and I won't embarrass you by quoting

Re: Manners (was Re: Religious freedom)

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Sep 2006 at 0:41, William T Goodall wrote: It's nice that this topic has attracted some interest and that people are giving some thought to the sickening poisonous evil filth of religion and the ghastly damage it causes individuals and society. No, people are calling you a atheist

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 3 Sep 2006 at 23:00, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:45PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: And no, I can't spell. I'm dyslexic. Your point? It's harder to read your incoherent babbling when it's full of spelling mistakes. That's nice. I allready know you can't be

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 3 Sep 2006 at 23:08, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:53PM, William T Goodall wrote: It seems pretty obvious to me, but it's not a subject I find important enough to put any extra effort into. If you want to prove me wrong go ahead and knock yourself out.

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread dcaa
: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:58:01 To:Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Religious freedom On 3 Sep 2006 at 23:00, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:45PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: And no, I can't spell. I'm dyslexic. Your point

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Sep 2006, at 12:58AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006 at 23:00, William T Goodall wrote: Good spelling is polite Maru Not criticising people for disabilities is polite, as well. But given the propaganda you spew, I can't expect politeness from you. I'm being far politer to you

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Sep 2006, at 1:15AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More to the point, pointing out spelling mistakes and bad grammer is an indication you have nothing better to say... Some posts have nothing in them worth replying to. Both my parents were teachers Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Sep 2006 at 1:22, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Sep 2006, at 12:58AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006 at 23:00, William T Goodall wrote: Good spelling is polite Maru Not criticising people for disabilities is polite, as well. But given the propaganda you spew, I can't

Religious Freedom the junk mail box

2006-09-03 Thread PAT MATHEWS
I have started deleting every post headed religious freedom after sampling the endless debate and the level of debate. (You're another!) Two of them just showed up in my junk mail box. Dave Land and William Goodall. TIME Gentlemen! http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:33 PM Sunday 9/3/2006, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 11:19PM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 9/3/06, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the Catholic Church is the largest pedophile ring in the world. That's pretty criminal and they've been covering that up for

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Sep 2006, at 1:28AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 4 Sep 2006 at 1:22, William T Goodall wrote: I'm being far politer to you than all the careless educators who couldn't be bothered to teach you the basics of thinking and writing because you had a handicap. Your basic lack of knowledge

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Sep 2006 at 1:27, William T Goodall wrote: Both my parents were teachers Maru Shame they didn't teach you the value of tolerence. AndrewC ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Sep 2006 at 1:51, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Sep 2006, at 1:28AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 4 Sep 2006 at 1:22, William T Goodall wrote: I'm being far politer to you than all the careless educators who couldn't be bothered to teach you the basics of thinking and writing

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Charlie Bell
On 04/09/2006, at 2:58 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006 at 23:08, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:53PM, William T Goodall wrote: It seems pretty obvious to me, but it's not a subject I find important enough to put any extra effort into. If you want to prove me wrong

Roots of evil (was Re: Religious freedom)

2006-09-03 Thread Nick Arnett
Perhaps inspired by today's pink unicorn sighting, allow me mumble a bit about evil and ethics (not just a county in England, as Tom Holt says). When I arrived at Kenyon College a couple of decades ago for my freshman year, one of the rites of passage was a talk by the provost, whose name I wish

RE: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Bell Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 8:44 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Religious freedom On 04/09/2006, at 2:58 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006 at 23:08, William

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread maru dubshinki
On 9/2/06, Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's just the best link again: http://www.xenu.net And you know who fights them? Not your precious atheists, it's Christians and Jews. AndrewC Really. So Keith Henson is not an atheist? I'd be surprised to learn that. ~maru

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread maru dubshinki
On 9/2/06, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2 Sep 2006, at 11:49PM, Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/2/06, PAT MATHEWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TIME! Everything's been repeated - asserted, not debated - several times over and we're getting into battling assertions now with ad hominem

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 3 Sep 2006 at 23:38, maru dubshinki wrote: On 9/2/06, Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's just the best link again: http://www.xenu.net And you know who fights them? Not your precious atheists, it's Christians and Jews. AndrewC Really. So Keith Henson is not

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Maru Dubshinki wrote: Clearly that the pink unicorn is actually an Invisible Pink Unicorn, as no one can see it. It surprised me that so many of you believe in this Pink Unicorn Myth. The ammount of people that believe in this is a strong evidence that They(tm) didn't disable the Orbital Mind

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread David Hobby
Andrew Crystall wrote: ... Your basic lack of knowledge about dyslexia is glaring. It is not something which can be overcome by an educator. It is a literal perceptile gap on the part of the dyslexic person. Andrew-- Sorry about my Scientototology joke a couple days ago. On the other hand,

re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument

2006-09-03 Thread David Hobby
Dan Minette wrote: ... Again, per my last email absolute rubbish. Scientology is a creed, a UFO cult set up to milk the members of cash. It is a business, not a religion. If I could step in here, I think this is part of William's point. From the outside, it's hard to tell one group that

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-03 Thread David Hobby
William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:53PM, William T Goodall wrote: It seems pretty obvious to me, but it's not a subject I find important enough to put any extra effort into. If you want to prove me wrong go ahead and knock yourself out. Otherwise we'll just have to differ on

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Sep 2006, at 7:10PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: Aggressive atheists cannot be trusted since they believe right and wrong are entirely relative and their ethics are based on no firm principles except intolerance and the hatred of the religious. Straw man. I don't know who you have in mind

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 2 Sep 2006 at 16:54, William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Sep 2006, at 7:10PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: Aggressive atheists cannot be trusted since they believe right and wrong are entirely relative and their ethics are based on no firm principles except intolerance and the hatred of the

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Sep 2006, at 5:07PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: Yes, amazing how different it is if you, say, follow the teachings of say Marx, or L. Ron Hubbard, or your grandma... Oh wait, it's not. You are saying Marx, L Ron Hubbard and my grandma all have the same 'teachings'? That seems a

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 2 Sep 2006 at 17:29, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006, at 5:07PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: Yes, amazing how different it is if you, say, follow the teachings of say Marx, or L. Ron Hubbard, or your grandma... Oh wait, it's not. You are saying Marx, L Ron Hubbard and my

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Sep 2006, at 5:42PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006 at 17:29, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006, at 5:07PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: Yes, amazing how different it is if you, say, follow the teachings of say Marx, or L. Ron Hubbard, or your grandma... Oh wait, it's not.

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Richard Baker
Andrew said: The ONLY given with a militant atheist is that he is driven by hatred and intolerence. Whuch you are. But am I? Rich GCU Tarred With The Same Brush ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 2 Sep 2006 at 18:17, William T Goodall wrote: No, of course they don't have the same teachings. That's the point - there are a variety of non-religious creeds which vary from Scientology to Communism and so on. Scientology is a religion. Communism is a quasi-religion. Again, per my

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 2 Sep 2006 at 18:42, Richard Baker wrote: Andrew said: The ONLY given with a militant atheist is that he is driven by hatred and intolerence. Whuch you are. But am I? I don't see you posting constant slams and digs at the slightest opportunity against religious people, you don't

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Sep 2006, at 6:53PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: Militant forms of zealotry - militant atheism among them - and free goverment are incompatible by the base principle, and I for one happen to take a stand against your intollerence and biggotry. So you're intolerant of my views then? And I

RE: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Ritu
Andrew Crystall wrote: Straw man. I don't know who you have in mind but *I* certainly am not a relativist and my ethical principles have immovably solid foundations. No, you do not. Your principles have no backing beyond what you feel. Two things: How would you know? And, how about

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread David Hobby
Andrew Crystall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006 at 18:17, William T Goodall wrote: No, of course they don't have the same teachings. That's the point - there are a variety of non-religious creeds which vary from Scientology to Communism and so on. Scientology is a religion. Communism is a

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 2 Sep 2006 at 19:46, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006, at 6:53PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: Militant forms of zealotry - militant atheism among them - and free goverment are incompatible by the base principle, and I for one happen to take a stand against your intollerence and

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 2 Sep 2006 at 16:08, David Hobby wrote: Andrew Crystall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006 at 18:17, William T Goodall wrote: No, of course they don't have the same teachings. That's the point - there are a variety of non-religious creeds which vary from Scientology to Communism and so on.

RE: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 3 Sep 2006 at 0:27, Ritu wrote: Andrew Crystall wrote: Straw man. I don't know who you have in mind but *I* certainly am not a relativist and my ethical principles have immovably solid foundations. No, you do not. Your principles have no backing beyond what you feel.

Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread PAT MATHEWS
TIME! Everything's been repeated - asserted, not debated - several times over and we're getting into battling assertions now with ad hominem trimmings. And around and around and around goes this topic All things get said whether left, right, or wrong. We are the children of the Goddess called

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Sep 2006, at 9:34PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: No, the issue is that some people are blind bigots and others are not. It is a plain fact that scientology is not a religion. Andrew says, so it must be so isn't a form of argument that other people will necessarily find very convincing.

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 2 Sep 2006 at 21:57, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006, at 9:34PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: No, the issue is that some people are blind bigots and others are not. It is a plain fact that scientology is not a religion. Andrew says, so it must be so isn't a form of argument

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Nick Arnett
On 9/2/06, PAT MATHEWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TIME! Everything's been repeated - asserted, not debated - several times over and we're getting into battling assertions now with ad hominem trimmings. I resent that. I believe I wrote something original about pink unicorns. Stupid-face.

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Sep 2006, at 11:49PM, Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/2/06, PAT MATHEWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TIME! Everything's been repeated - asserted, not debated - several times over and we're getting into battling assertions now with ad hominem trimmings. I resent that. I believe I wrote

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 3 Sep 2006 at 0:53, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006, at 10:10PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006 at 21:57, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Sep 2006, at 9:34PM, Andrew Crystall wrote: No, the issue is that some people are blind bigots and others are not. It is a

Re: Religious freedom

2006-09-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:17 PM Saturday 9/2/2006, William T Goodall wrote: You are very confused. Perhaps you should seek therapy to get your beliefs to accord more closely with reality. Interesting. Why do you suppose you feel that way? -- Ronn! :) ___

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