At 02:49 PM 12/6/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
who once used an 8-sider to determine sides for a Trivial Pursuit game
I have a pair of 10-sided dice (one labelled 0-9, the other 00-90) that I
keep in a pocket in my grade book. Sometimes, e.g., when I am giving back
a test that everyone co
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/6/2002 1:42:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > > You wouldn't believe what was kept in the old Pringles can.
> >
> > Do I want to *know* what was kept in the old Pringles can? :)
> >
> > Dan had one of those 20-
In a message dated 12/6/2002 1:42:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > You wouldn't believe what was kept in the old Pringles can.
>
> Do I want to *know* what was kept in the old Pringles can? :)
>
> Dan had one of those 20-sided ones that were just numbered 0 to
Ronald Blankenship wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:54 PM
> Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
>
> >
> > Julia
&
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:25:19 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > > A person who puts dice in their juicebox is preadolescent.
> >
> >
> > Okay, Mr. Smarty, where do you keep your dice between games?
> >
>
> D&D die were kept in a
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Ultra-radical fast food terrorists kidnap the mayor of St.
> Louis. Will be
> released once the Gateway Arch is painted bright yellow.
Then the giant mirror will be built just next to it.
- jmh
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--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I advocate logic. Religion is illogical. I want
> people to understand
> just how illogical their idiocy is. I want people
> who undertand that
> religion is idiocy, to stop having religion and stop
> trying to force idiocy on other people.
Do you kno
Nick Arnett wrote:
Slavery wasn't an end unto itself, however. Surely there is little
disagreement that the South's desire to preserve slavery was motivated by
the economics of operating plantations.
No, and don't call me Shirley. 8^) Seriously, I would disagree
wholeheartedly with that s
> From: Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Fool wrote:
>
> >C. I am not preventing anyone from enslaving their mind to idiocy,
> >F. I think forcing a way of life/thinking on someone else is wrong.
>
> And yet the title of this thread from the very beginning is "religion
is evil, why it must
The Fool wrote:
>C. I am not preventing anyone from enslaving their mind to idiocy,
>F. I think forcing a way of life/thinking on someone else is wrong.
And yet the title of this thread from the very beginning is "religion is evil, why it
must be eradicated." Seems to me that if you had your
> From: Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Just a general question for the Fool, after hours of reading the
volumes of discussion here:
>
> Posts you've made in the past suggest you have an almost rabid love for
Free Speech. Doesn't your position on religion, et. al. strike you as
even a little h
Just a general question for the Fool, after hours of reading the volumes of discussion
here:
Posts you've made in the past suggest you have an almost rabid love for Free Speech.
Doesn't your position on religion, et. al. strike you as even a little hypocritical?
Or is it that free speech and
At 05:46 AM 11/27/2002 -0600 Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
>At 10:48 PM 11/25/02 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
>>if you're south of the Mason-Dixon line, the War Between the States
>
>
>Wrong.
>
>It's called "The War of Northern Aggression."
In Boston, they call it "The Rebellion" - which is more accurate,
"K. Feete" wrote:
> Superstition and irrational beliefs occur with or without religion.
> Witness Skinner's "superstitious" pigeons, or my conviction that
> mentioning the fact that it's raining if I want it to rain will make the
> rain stop.
>
I thought that's what umbrellas are for. Bring one
Dan Minette wrote:
> One needs to look at sources that support one's view with the same critical
> eye as those that oppose it. Technique is a good starting point.
I think that that is scientifically incorrect. You first need to try to
disprove your own point in all possible ways to be able to p
In a message dated 11/27/2002 2:43:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Should the Democratic party be eradicated because of the illegal actions
>of Bill Clinton?
[I think they're doing a good enough job of that all by themselves.]
[and don't forget Hillary.]
Willi
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Jeroen wrote:
> >
> > However, given the worship of the Almighty Dollar by
> > some people, one cannot help but wonder if Capitalism
> > qualifies as a religion... :-)
> >
> Not Capitalism, but just one perverted sect of capitalism
> that believes that the dollar is wor
The Fool wrote:
> > From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >
> > Reggie Bautista asked:
> > >
> > >Kneem, should the Republican party be eradicated because of the
> illegal
> > >actions of Richard Nixon? Should the Democratic party be eradicated
> because
> > >of the illegal actions of Bi
> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 04:59 PM 11/25/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote:
> >> Hum. The dark ages, IIRC, were a result of invading barbarians
> >destroying
> >> a weakened Rome. The Catholic Church helped preserve what knowledge
was
> >
> >> left and bring them to the end.
> >
>
> From: Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Fool - Isn't "religion is evil" a rather broad statement? Do you
really
No. It is an exact statement.
> believe ALL religions are inherently evil? Do no religions do any good
for
Yes.
> the world so that they must all be eradicated?
No, yes.
>
The Fool quoted a bunch of biblical quotes to show how the Bible endorses
slavery and the divine right of kings.
My reply:
This is why a literal interpretation of the Bible is problematic at best.
For each of these passages, there are other passages that can be quoted that
contradict them (I
> From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of The Fool
>
> ...
>
> > > conquestadors, slavery, apartheid, and feudal systems were
political
> > and
> >
> > conquistadors: conquer, take gold, convert to catholicism. Notice
how
> >
> From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Fool wrote:
> >
> > No. Which exactly my point. If I can't prove my own
> > existence I also can't prove god's existence.
> > Math exists whether god, the universe,
> > consciousness, I, etc. exist. Math is the only thing
> > that is tr
> From: K. Feete [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Yes, but, as Searle and Merleau-Ponty are both so fond of
Merleau-Ponty? Isn't that that English comedy team that did all those TV
shows and movies???
- jmh
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Ronn said:
> It's called "The War of Northern Aggression."
Didn't the US Civil War start with the Confederacy firing on Fort
Sumter? And wouldn't that make it "The War of Southern Aggression"?
Rich
GCU Hazy Knowledge
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At 10:48 PM 11/25/02 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
if you're south of the Mason-Dixon line, the War Between the States
Wrong.
It's called "The War of Northern Aggression."
;-)
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> > > Of course, as a conservative, my odds of actually
> > > getting an academic job are essentially zero, but
> > > that's the way these things work nowadays...
> > >
> > > Gautam
> >
> > You're just in the wrong field . . .
> > -- Ronn! :)
>
> True - in economics or the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Namaste whether you like it or not.
Well, I like it, so thank you.
Julia
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Doug wrote:
>
> Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Why did Kamikaze Pilots wear helmets Maru
> >
> I don't know. To protect them from loose objects in the cockpit? To
> keep the hair out of their eyes? To keep their ears warm?
>
> Doug
>
> 8^)
To attach the goggles more firmly to their h
"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:40 PM
> Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
>
> > Juli
"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:19 PM
> Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
>
> >
> >
At 08:59 AM 11/26/02 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> > Of course, as a conservative, my odds of actually
> > getting an academic job are essentially zero, but
> > that's the way these things work nowadays...
> >
> > Gautam
>
> You're just in the wrong field . . .
> -- Ronn! :)
True - in economics
> > Of course, as a conservative, my odds of actually
> > getting an academic job are essentially zero, but
> > that's the way these things work nowadays...
> >
> > Gautam
>
> You're just in the wrong field . . .
> -- Ronn! :)
True - in economics or the hard sciences I'd be fine.
Well, probably.
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 26 november 2002 6:36
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> Well, as a statement, I find this particularly unconvinci
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Nick Arnett wrote:
> Slavery wasn't an end unto itself, however.
Slavery was an end in itself because self-aggrandizement is an end in
itself, and in the South the two were flip sides of the same coin.
This does not mean it was not also a means to other ends. But one rac
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Doug
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:50 PM
...
> That's the succinct answer. Obviously it is difficult to accurately
> summarize the determinant of any great human conflict in a few
> sentences,
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 12:19:57AM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> >> To me, a religion is any system of thought or ideaology in which,
> >> when you start asking questions, you soon reach the point where you
> >> have no choice but to passively accept what you are told: "take my
> >> word for it"
Nick Arnett wrote:
I wasn't, so please amplify. I was a lousy history student. I've made up
for a lot of that in regard to the Renaissance and Reformation, but not U.S.
history, I fear. What *was* the Civil War (or, if you're south of the
Mason-Dixon line, the War Between the States) about?
In a message dated 11/25/2002 10:40:37 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes in reply to this:
> >The catholic church did ten times as much damage as the sacking of Rome
> >ever did.
--
> Well, as a statement, I find this particularly unconvincing. Perhaps you
> should try
In a message dated 11/25/2002 10:39:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Like when I ask "How did the singularity that preceded the Big Bang get
> there?" ;-)
Call forwarding? ;-)
Why just one Big Bang? Go for Star Maker and Bang infinitum.
William Taylor
---
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Doug
...
> >>Slavery was ever aided and abetted by the bible, the bible says slavery
> >>is OK, tells how to mark slaves, how to treat slaves, how to
> sell slaves,
> >>how to free slaves (except femal
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Adam C. Lipscomb
...
> Jeroen, I'd like to apologize for suggesting that you're funnier than
> Jerry Lewis. You're still funnier than Carrot Top and Pauly Shore,
> though. Not in a bad way, though.
At 09:34 PM 11/24/2002 -0500 K. Feete wrote:
>I'm living with a girl who's strongly Catholic right now. I don't
>understand her, and she doesn't understand me, but we've learned which
>subjects to avoid (sex is the biggie) and we get along very well.
Why do you avoid this topic? My best frien
At 08:31 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
>ROTFLMAO. Colombia, is not in Arsecrack Alabama. My daughter turned down
>a full scholarship + living money at Yale because Colombia it was a better
>school. :-)
University of Bogota or of Cartagena? ;-)
JDG
_
At 07:39 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
>> The US Constitution has been subject to hundreds of years of
>> verification. It seems to work fairly well.
On the other hand, the right of Congress to declare war has been
eviscerated, the limitations on the powers of Congress in article II have
>> To me, a religion is any system of thought or ideaology in which, when
>> you start asking questions, you soon reach the point where you have no
>> choice but to passively accept what you are told: "take my word for it"
>> or "just have faith".
Like when I ask "How did the singularity that prec
Nick wrote:
> I'm not sure if that was meant kindly or not, so I'll take advantage
of the
> ambiguity to mention that your list administrators will endeavor to
be fair
> in protecting *everyone* from personal attacks, regardless of
whether or not
> they happen to be moderated, new, old, or a Hugo a
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Why did Kamikaze Pilots wear helmets Maru
I don't know. To protect them from loose objects in the cockpit? To
keep the hair out of their eyes? To keep their ears warm?
Doug
8^)
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Nick Arnett wrote:
Slavery was ever aided and abetted by the bible, the bible says slavery
is OK, tells how to mark slaves, how to treat slaves, how to sell slaves,
how to free slaves (except female slaves). It was the religious who used
the bible as justification for slavery in the south, befo
- Original Message -
From: K. Feete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Brin-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
>
> Burning at the stake was an accepted criminal punishment, not
> particularly
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Erik Reuter
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 5:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Kindness (was RE: religion is evil, why it must be
> eradicated)
>
>
> On M
The Fool - Isn't "religion is evil" a rather broad statement? Do you really
believe ALL religions are inherently evil? Do no religions do any good for
the world so that they must all be eradicated?
As for the Crusades: http://www.angelfire.com/ky/dodone/Crusades.html .
It took quite long, but I
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
> The Zippo might be more effective than the knife. Just lure it into a
> tar/petroleum pit and light!
Not bad! I like the Japanese version, by way of Usagi Yojimbo, that
involves getting all the heads stinking drunk first, then killing the
beast at one'
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From: William Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> In a message dated 11/25/2002 2:34:21 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [EMAIL
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From: The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > From: "The Fool"
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From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> The Fool wrote:
> >
> > Are you trying to push godels theorem here?
>
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From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > F
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 05:24:31PM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
> ambiguity to mention that your list administrators will endeavor to
> be fair in protecting *everyone* from personal attacks, regardless of
> whether or not
I didn't ask for your "protection" or censorship, so please don't
include me
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From: The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> > From: Ronald Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > From: Erik Reuter <
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Adam C. Lipscomb
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:48 PM
...
> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>
> Comedy gold, sir. You really ought to take this act on tour. I mean,
> you make Jerry Lewis l
- Original Message -
From: Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
>
> Of course, as a conservative, my odds of actually
> getting an academic job
I wrote:
>
> I have friends who suffer from Broncoism (Denver)
> and
> Tigerism (Louisiana State University): these
> conditions affect their dress (picture grandma in
> tiger-striped leotards), their pocketbooks (how many
> families of four can afford an evening at the
> Diaphragm - excuse me, I
on 25/11/02 2:31 am, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Why must I use your definition? Yes, you found a theologian, at a minor
> school that agreed with you.
>>
>> A professor with a Chair at Oxford University?
>
> No, actually I was talking about the guy at Santa Barbara. The guy at
> From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Fool wrote:
> >
> >I think this is backwards from reality. Read His _Otherness_. Then
> >consider two societies, the free west and thought police of the middle
> >east, like saudi arabia. Which one bans things like pokemon? Freedom
> >from the
--- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted:
> "...Second, Marxism can be called a
> quasi-religion insofar as it calls from its
> followers a devotion and a
> commitment that in their empirical character greatly
> resemble the commitment
> and devotion that characterize religious people.
>
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
And our elected vice-President
belongs to a party that is _controlled_ by the worst kind
of Protestantism: those that worship Mammon.
How do you elect a socialist president and a vice president who worhips
Mammon at the same time?
Aren't they diammetrically opposed to
The Fool wrote:
>
>conquistadors: conquer, take gold, convert to catholicism. Notice how
>most of south America is adamantly catholic?
>
BTW, are you aware that Brazil is quickly becoming the
biggest ex-Catholic country in the world? I guess if you
count people that regularly go to Church, the Pr
The Fool wrote:
>
>I think this is backwards from reality. Read His _Otherness_. Then
>consider two societies, the free west and thought police of the middle
>east, like saudi arabia. Which one bans things like pokemon? Freedom
>from the thought control of religion allows this 'otherness' meme
Jeroen asked:
> At 20:30 24-11-2002 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> >Should the Internet be banned because some people send out spam?
>
> Should Internet discussion groups be banned because some people
resort to
> personal attacks when they cannot win an argument?
>
> Jeroen "Corruption delend
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 05:13:24PM -0500, K. Feete wrote:
> Oops. And me an English major. It was late, okay?
> And I have trouble with these things... damned effect and affect
That's awl write. Loose the affective righters, ewe set lose the left!
--
"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In a message dated 11/25/2002 4:00:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> The crusades: initiated by popes (in some of them): bringing the cross to
> the unbelievers, and retaking the holy land, in particular jerusalem.
But by way of Constantinople one time.
I was try
> From: K. Feete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Fool wrote:
>
> >No. Which exactly my point. If I can't prove my own existence I also
> >can't prove god's existence. Math exists whether god, the universe,
> >consciousness, I, etc. exist. Math is the only thing that is
> >transcendent. And those m
on 25/11/02 12:18 am, Alberto Monteiro at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Richard Baker wrote:
>>
>>> Questionable. Communist might be considered a kind of religion, as
>>> some of its dogmas are based on faith.
>>
>> It explicitly rejects supernatural explanations though.
>>
> Some religions als
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of The Fool
...
> > conquestadors, slavery, apartheid, and feudal systems were political
> and
>
> conquistadors: conquer, take gold, convert to catholicism. Notice how
> most of south America is adamant
Kat Feete wrote:
Therefore, Kant concludes, math is *not* transcendant; it requires
reference to the material world and expression through it, and is
therefore, as Merleau-Ponty will argue a century or so later, affected
and defined, like all things, by our worldview and our subjective
conciousnes
In a message dated 11/25/2002 3:12:22 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Screw eradicating religion. Let's eradicate politics and economics.
It's not yet economical to eradicate politicians, but the Internet is
certainly taking us in that direction.
I'd rather have a on
Marvin's back!
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 11:46:07AM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
> It'll be like trying to kill Hydra with a Swiss Army knife and a
> Zippo.
The Zippo might be more effective than the knife. Just lure it into a
tar/petroleum pit and light!
--
"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: K. Feete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Lets look at a couple of things religion brought us in the past before
we
> >examine this question. We have: the dark ages, the crusades, the
Spanish
> >inquisition, the divine right of kings, jihad, forced religious
> >convers
The Fool wrote:
>No. Which exactly my point. If I can't prove my own existence I also
>can't prove god's existence. Math exists whether god, the universe,
>consciousness, I, etc. exist. Math is the only thing that is
>transcendent. And those math proofs do exist.
Yes, but, as Searle and Merl
> From: K. Feete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 09:34:11PM -0500, K. Feete wrote:
> >> I'm actually preparing to write a scifi story where the government
has
> >> outlawed religious expression (along with any racial references
> >> whatsoever). The p
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Lets look at a couple of things religion brought us in the past before we
>examine this question. We have: the dark ages, the crusades, the Spanish
>inquisition, the divine right of kings, jihad, forced religious
>conversions, thought crimes AKA heresy, caste systems, re
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 09:34:11PM -0500, K. Feete wrote:
>> I'm actually preparing to write a scifi story where the government has
>> outlawed religious expression (along with any racial references
>> whatsoever). The point being that a) it doesn't work and b) they liv
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From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated
> > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > From: "The
In a message dated 11/25/2002 2:34:21 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hope that isn't a rose -- I'm allergic.
>
I'll make it a Carnation.
An ice cream carnation, since Carnation is an old establised AZ brandname.
Pink candycane flavored ice cream top, green cake ici
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Julia Thompson wrote:
> Logic is a pretty flower that smells bad.
>
> Julia
Pbbbt!
:-)
Marvin "off to clean the keyboard now" Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
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> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The Fool wrote:
>
> > Formal logic is all computer scientist / programmers do. All formal
> > logic system must have one [or more] axiom, but in math we keep that
one
> > axiom very very simple.
>
> What's the simplest one [or more] axiom you can bas
The Fool wrote:
> Formal logic is all computer scientist / programmers do. All formal
> logic system must have one [or more] axiom, but in math we keep that one
> axiom very very simple.
What's the simplest one [or more] axiom you can base a system on?
Julia
Julia Thompson wrote:
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> As theorems go, that could be a difficult one to push.
> Proof of the quadratic equation, now, that's an easier
> pill to swallow.
>
I once tryed to push the cubic equation (Cardano's theft
from Tartaglia) to a younger friend with mathematical
skills. He's a shrin
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> > a slight exaggeration. They existed from at least 1200's and
annually
> > killed [estimation] somewhere between 30k-50k people / year. It
could
> > actually be higher or lower than that. It comes out it the
The Fool wrote:
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> Are you trying to push godels theorem here?
Now, *there's* something I'd like to see -- theorem pushers. :)
As theorems go, that could be a difficult one to push. Proof of the
quadratic equation, now, that's an easier pill to swallow.
Julia
who contributed to a dr
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> > > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > > > > So, Marxism isn't a religion, because a Marxist will argue for
his
> > > > > "scientific proof of the dialect
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> In a message dated 11/25/2002 2:16:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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> > Logic is a pretty flower that smells bad.
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> > Julia
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> Ah. Perverted minds think alike.
Why, thank you for the compliment! :)
> ~~~{~~~@ to Julia.
>
> W
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> > > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > > >
> > > > That's not the point. They could in fact get to those proofs,
even
> > if
> > > > they do not do so, t
In a message dated 11/25/2002 2:16:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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> Logic is a pretty flower that smells bad.
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> Julia
Ah. Perverted minds think alike.
~~~{~~~@ to Julia.
William Taylor
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> a slight exaggeration. They existed from at least 1200's and annuall
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> What is logic?
I liked Spok's answerbut I can't say I remember it exactly.
Something like:
Logic is a beautiful flower--that smells awful.
William Taylor
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> No. Which exactly my point. If I can't prove my own
> existence I also can't prove god's existence.
> Math exists whether god, the universe,
> consciousness, I, etc. exist. Math is the only thing
> that is transcendent. And those math proofs do exist.
>
> This may
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