Re: The Root of all Evil?

2006-01-06 Thread Robert J. Chassell
... for example, George Washington may or may not actually have cut down a cherry tree ... the story tells us something ... about America ... Yes, and so you need to judge evidence. Does the story tell us about the legend? This example is still whether the Geo. Washington story is

The Root of all Evil?

2006-01-05 Thread William T Goodall
A new television documentary about religion presented by Richard Dawkins on C4 in the UK. I personally think Dawkins is too soft on religion, but it's interesting to read a moderate viewpoint on the subject. This is an interview with Dawkins in Radio Times magazine introducing the

Re: The Root of all Evil?

2006-01-05 Thread Dave Land
such an exciting grasp of the answers to such questions, it's a kind of blasphemy not to embrace them. First of all, the Bible got that saying all wrong. The love of money is the *square root* of all evil was the original version, but, as it is well established that mathematics and religion don't

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-05-02 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: The Root of All Evil Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:13:00 -0500 At 07:04 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, Erik Reuter wrote: * Ronn!Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-05-01 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains why God is a delusion, religion is a virus, and America has slipped back into the Dark Ages. Currently, Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, a position

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-05-01 Thread Gary Denton
On 5/1/05, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains why God is a delusion, religion is a virus, and America has slipped back into the Dark Ages. Currently, Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-05-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 1, 2005, at 8:43 AM, Gary Denton wrote: Microsoft is playing both sides now - it is paying Ralph Reed a $20K a month retainer. After a meeting with Rev. Ken Hutcherson, leader of a mega-church in Seattle who threatened a national Christian boycott, Microsoftie reversed its policy on

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-05-01 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 5/1/05, Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The cowardice evinced by MS is staggering in this case. They, like many in the current national legislature, have vastly overestimated the numbers of radical right-wing loonies out there. A fundamentalist boycott of MS products would dent

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-05-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 1, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Maru Dubshinki wrote: MS fouled up. They should have stood firm. But they changed their position before that ludicrous broadcast that featured (among others) James Dobson, and so I think were laboring under the assumption that the fundies were a serious threat. --

The Root of All Evil

2005-04-30 Thread William T Goodall
at Oxford University, a position created for him in 1995 by Charles Simonyi, a Microsoft millionaire. Earlier this year, Dawkins signed an agreement with British television to make a documentary about the destructive role of religion in modern history, tentatively titled The Root of All Evil

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-04-30 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 4/30/05, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/30/dawkins/ Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains why God is a delusion, religion is a virus, and America has slipped back into the Dark Ages. ... Currently, Dawkins is the

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-04-30 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:53 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/30/dawkins/ Cute (though hardly original) use of Photoshop, but who has a cost- and spam-free link to the actual article? -- Ronn! :) ___

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-04-30 Thread Erik Reuter
at Oxford University, a position created for him in 1995 by Charles Simonyi, a Microsoft millionaire. Earlier this year, Dawkins signed an agreement with British television to make a documentary about the destructive role of religion in modern history, tentatively titled The Root of All Evil. I met

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-04-30 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:46 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, Erik Reuter wrote: * Ronn!Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 12:53 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/30/dawkins/ Cute (though hardly original) use of Photoshop, but who has a cost- and spam-free

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-04-30 Thread Erik Reuter
* Ronn!Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Or the behavior of one who simply refuses to be an enabler to spammers. No spam. Pay attention. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The Root of All Evil

2005-04-30 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:04 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, Erik Reuter wrote: * Ronn!Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Or the behavior of one who simply refuses to be an enabler to spammers. No spam. Pay attention. Sorry. I'm so broke this month I can't pay attention. *rimshot* I Told You I Know All The Old Jokes