[FairfieldLife] WCWJU - What Computer Would Jesus Use?

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
A Mac, of course. This is a rap by Steve Poltz, singer/songwriter/comedian/social critic/all around weird and wonderful guy: [https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/q71/1377437_6639\ 87896953896_1001825505_n.jpg]

[FairfieldLife] Chestnuts roasting on an open...uh...fire glass pit

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
For those who like the idea of a cozy fire during the winter, but are too eco-whipped to light one. [https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q71/1381400_6621\ 47467140768_2080852133_n.jpg] https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q71/1381400_66214\

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Fab 4 frustrated...

2013-10-22 Thread doctordumbass
I heard from someone, who was on the Rishikesh course in the 60's, that the (not so) Fab 4 actually stole pretty much everything, from these guys. It sucks, but that's life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS73iuwxA7M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS73iuwxA7M ---In

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: A vision of Fairfield#39;s future?

2013-10-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
“The younger generation grew restive, however, and demanding personal freedom and individual ownership of property. In 1898 the [Zoar] Society was disbanded and property divided up among the members.” ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: The Zoarites

[FairfieldLife] RE: Moral and Courageous

2013-10-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Meditators, citizens in strength and sacrifice “Ask not what your world can do for you, ask what you can do for your world”. The doors for group meditation in the Domes are open at 7am and 4pm everyday. Numbers and proximity matter. It is time. Come join in Come on In. Come Be with us.

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Moral and Courageous

2013-10-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Only a few generations have been granted the role of defending Freedom and promoting Spirituality as we do today in places like [meditating] Fairfield, I do not shrink from this responsibility I welcome it in every meditation, -Buck in the Dome Meditators, citizens in strength and

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Moral and Courageous

2013-10-22 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Friends, Never have the nations of the world had so much to lose or so much to gain. Together we shall save our planet or together we shall perish is its flames. Save it we can and save it we must and then shall we earn the eternal thanks of human kind and as peace makers the eternal blessing

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Fab 4 frustrated...

2013-10-22 Thread Michael Jackson
The Rutles (The Prefab Four[1]) are a band known for their visual and aural pastiches and parodies of The Beatles. This originally fictional band, created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes for 1970s television programming, became an actual group (while remaining a parody of The Beatles) and toured

[FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread emptybill
The famous/infamous Tertullian (150-220 AD.) said: Prorsus credibile est, quia ineptum est. It is certain because it is impossible. De Carne Christi (5.4) What a fitting tribute to Barry – Who believes in not believing Who believes it to be true that there is no such thing as truth

[FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread awoelflebater
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: What I don't understand -- on either the believers' side or the atheists' side -- is this compulsion to defend their faith, or their lack thereof. It seems *completely* ego-driven to me, almost as insane as someone declaring that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: The famous/infamous Tertullian (150-220 AD.) said: Prorsus credibile est, quia ineptum est. It is certain because it is impossible. De Carne Christi (5.4) What a fitting tribute to Barry -- Who believes in not believing Who believes it

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Fab 4 frustrated...

2013-10-22 Thread doctordumbass
LOL - Sure, buddy - Next, you'll be telling me that Spinal Tap (rock on!) is a spoof, too. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: The Rutles (The Prefab Four[1]) are a band known for their visual and aural pastiches and parodies of The Beatles. This

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: The Flu, shots, and the Dome Meditation

2013-10-22 Thread Share Long
Dr. Mercola explains Vit D as the *universal flu vaccine* AND gives useful info about the various flu vaccines currently available.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
Yeah, it didn't take Barry very long to try and drive this thread to the outhouse. Go figure. On 10/22/2013 8:15 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: What I don't understand -- on either the believers' side or the atheists' side --

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Fab 4 frustrated...

2013-10-22 Thread awoelflebater
Pure unmitigated hysteria. Fantastic. What a time, what a place, what a band. Now if this isn't a higher state of consciousness I don't know what it is. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Wow. Great footage. I almost fainted 48 years later.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Re Judy and I assent to the ideas because I have the feelings; I don't have the feelings because I've assented to the ideas, and Spufford refers to Christians making truth claims, That contrast between ideas and feelings is misleading. I expect that when most people talk about faith they're

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: The Flu, shots, and the Dome Meditation

2013-10-22 Thread authfriend
More information on Mercola: http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.html http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.html http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.htmlhttp://www.skepdic.com/news/newsletter1106.html http://www.skepdic.com/news/newsletter1106.html

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread authfriend
Seraphita wrote: (snip) As intuitions are personal isn't Barry making a fair point to stress that you can't compel others to adopt your view so it's counter-productive to rabbit on about it. Sure, it's a fair point in a vacuum, as I said. But entirely irrelevant to my conversation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@... wrote: Yeah, it didn't take Barry very long to try and drive this thread to the outhouse. Go figure. Wow. No *wonder* Willytex is in such a bad mood so much of the time. He has to *drive* to his outhouse. :-)

[FairfieldLife] RE: A hole in the head - the solution to your problems?

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Re the plumber who wrote the books on Tibetan lama culture: he did not deny that he had been born as Cyril Hoskin, but he claimed that his body was now occupied by the spirit of Lobsang Rampa. From Wiki I extract this passage: American tibetologist Donald S. Lopez, Jr., in Prisoners of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: As intuitions are personal isn't Barry making a fair point to stress that you can't compel others to adopt your view so it's counter-productive to rabbit on about it. Not to mention DUMB. :-) He mentions the first arrival of Europeans in Japan.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Re When the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries arrived in Japan and found that the heathens had no fuckin' interest in what these smelly furriners were trying to sell them, they *often* resorted to violence. The Portuguese missionaries occasionally killed people to make an example of them, and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: The Flu, shots, and the Dome Meditation

2013-10-22 Thread Bhairitu
So it's all about Mercola? :-D :-D :-D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijWGUKsK9pg The folks from Quackwatch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo-L9GS6Z0k On 10/22/2013 08:20 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: More information on Mercola: http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/mercola.html

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread authfriend
Seraphita wrote: Re Judy and I assent to the ideas because I have the feelings; I don't have the feelings because I've assented to the ideas, (I was quoting Spufford, in case that isn't clear.) and Spufford refers to Christians making truth claims, That contrast between ideas

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
It sure didn't take Barry long to drive this thread to the shit house. Go figure. On 10/22/2013 10:35 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams punditster@... wrote: Yeah, it didn't take Barry very long to try and drive this thread to the outhouse.

[FairfieldLife] Where Are The Boomers Headed?

2013-10-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
Perhaps no urban legend has played as long and loudly as the notion that empty nesters are abandoning their dull lives in the suburbs for the excitement of inner city living. ...more expensive, denser cities like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Jose, Calif., saw the worst boomer

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread authfriend
Barry wrote: (snip) But one wonders what Empty believes in that someone who *does* or even *might* believe such things gets his panties all in a twist. :-) One wonders what sort of weird sexual trauma Barry underwent as a child that causes him to have these repeated fantasies of people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Re When the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries arrived in Japan and found that the heathens had no fuckin' interest in what these smelly furriners were trying to sell them, they *often* resorted to violence. The Portuguese missionaries

[FairfieldLife] Re: RE: RE: RE: The Flu, shots, and the Dome Meditation

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: So it's all about Mercola? :-D :-D :-D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijWGUKsK9pg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijWGUKsK9pg The folks from Quackwatch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo-L9GS6Z0k

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Yes, we're following the distinction between what you say and when you quote Spufford. My approach is that *if* something like Christianity is true then deep down we must all really know it's true - even if we don't consciously recognise that fact. (Yes, the idea of unconsciously knowing

[FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Re the information in question came from JAPANESE history books: What! Like the denials of wartime atrocities by the Imperial Army in China and elsewhere? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Where Are The Boomers Headed?

2013-10-22 Thread Bhairitu
Maybe because lattes are cheaper at Starbucks in dusty little towns? http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/22/21078363-starbucks-caught-in-chinas-crosshairs-over-posh-prices?lite On 10/22/2013 09:10 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: Perhaps no urban legend has played as long and loudly

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread authfriend
Seraphita wrote: Yes, we're following the distinction between what you say and when you quote Spufford. Yes, I know you are. But other readers may not be, you see.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael??

2013-10-22 Thread jr_esq
I've read similar information about the relationship between Jews and Arabs. But one wonders why they're continually fighting each other if they're genetically related. Is it due to karma? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister@... wrote: Are all Arabs descendants of Ishmael,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: RE: RE: RE: The Flu, shots, and the Dome Meditation

2013-10-22 Thread authfriend
Hilarious. Barry actually thinks he's getting me by citing Quackwatch contra TM and MA-V. How many more times is he going to fall painfully on his fat ass before he gets control of himself? This is the fifth time in the past couple of days, ever since he got caught making up stuff to get

[FairfieldLife] Violence Resumes in Mozambique

2013-10-22 Thread jr_esq
Joaquim Chissano, the past president of Mozambique, practiced TM and encouraged his staff to do the same. Apparently, the current president has not continued the practice to maintain the peace in the country.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Where Are The Boomers Headed?

2013-10-22 Thread Share Long
Some boomers have found mid sized towns with universities to be just the right balance of small town affordability and big city liveliness. Moving to such was a trend at one point. Even places with horrendous weather, like Iowa City, found themselves on lists of ideal retirements spots. On

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Moral and Courageous

2013-10-22 Thread Share Long
The doors to the town flying halls are open at 7:15 am and 4:45 pm and THEY ARE NEVER LOCKED CLOSED. You can arrive as late as your schedule necessitates. On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:25 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:   Meditators, citizens in strength and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Re the information in question came from JAPANESE history books: What! Like the denials of wartime atrocities by the Imperial Army in China and elsewhere? History is written by the winners. - axiomatic saying often misattributed to Winston

[FairfieldLife] Re: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
BTW, just to continue riffing on the Japanese thang, which you seem more interested in, some might take offense at my frequent reference to the smelly barbarians from Europe who were the first such people from Europe the Japanese had ever seen. That's because you don't get how big a deal smelly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Where Are The Boomers Headed?

2013-10-22 Thread Bhairitu
Back in the 1980s folks headed back from the cities to the small towns around where I grew up and bought the local restaurants and turned them from greasy spoons to haute cuisines. We even had lobster nights at the restaurant in the wide spot in the road where I grew up. I doubt if they have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Where Are The Boomers Headed?

2013-10-22 Thread Share Long
When we have beautiful weather here, temps around 70, I understand why people are willing to put up with the high cost of living in CA. OTOH I find the four seasons very appealing, just maybe a more moderate version. Some of those lists about best places to retire list San Diego as having the

[FairfieldLife] RE: Trouble with Atheists for Seraphita

2013-10-22 Thread s3raphita
Re And, to their credit, these monks were *honest*. They wrote down *exactly* what was presented into evidence, including the statements of the Cathars,: That's right. The lack of surviving info gives novelists and film-makers a field day for their imaginations to run riot. Another

[FairfieldLife] Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
Watching this documentary tonight, in French although the original was in English. Very powerful, and very disturbing. It's about sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, told beautifully and heart-breakingly. The film won three Primetime Emmy awards, and won top honors at the British Film

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
Correction. Now that I'm paying more attention to the French, I should say that most of the people speaking in the documentary in sign language are students who were formerly abused by the priests, not necessarily monks who had taken a vow of silence. The students were deaf, you see, and the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael??

2013-10-22 Thread Mike Dixon
Read the story of Abraham. Ishmael was Abraham's first born son but his mother was Hagar, an Egyptian maid servant of Abraham's wife, Sarah. Sarah later became pregnant with Isaac. Isaac received the blessings and inheritance of Abraham and the Fit hit the shan. Supposedly Hagar and Ishmael

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael??

2013-10-22 Thread jr_esq
Mike, That family karma is about right. If the NT prophecy is right, Armageddon is supposed to start in the Palestine area. This is probably the main reason why Christians in the USA are favoring the Israelis over the Arabs in the area. They want the Rapture to come and to witness the

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael??

2013-10-22 Thread authfriend
John, as you know--don't you?--this is only a relatively small segment of American Christians who are into the Rapture and Armageddon and so on. You really shouldn't use the term Christians without some qualification, as if what you were describing applied to all Christians in the country. A

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Wed 23-Oct-13 00:15:03 UTC

2013-10-22 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 10/19/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 10/26/13 00:00:00 248 messages as of (UTC) 10/23/13 00:10:22 38 authfriend 34 dhamiltony2k5 26 Share Long 19 s3raphita 19 TurquoiseB 16 Bhairitu 15 Richard J. Williams 11

Re: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael??

2013-10-22 Thread Mike Dixon
Jr. Not just New Testament prophesy but Old Testament as well. See the books of Daniel and Ezekial as well, not sure of the other prophets.. On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:57 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:   John, as you know--don't you?--this is only a relatively

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael??

2013-10-22 Thread Michael Jackson
there are a hell of a lot more of 'em than you might think, at least here in the South. On Tue, 10/22/13, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael?? To:

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael??

2013-10-22 Thread authfriend
Michael wrote: there are a hell of a lot more of 'em than you might think, at least here in the South. There aren't more than I do think, Michael. I wrote: John, as you know--don't you?--this is only a relatively small segment of American Christians who are into the Rapture and

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael??

2013-10-22 Thread jr_esq
Judy, Most people in the USA, whether Christians or not, are not familiar with the issues in Palestine. We just see constant violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians without knowing why. It is good that someone like Jimmy Carter is making headlines to disclose the apartheid

[FairfieldLife] RE: Arabs descendants of Ishmael??

2013-10-22 Thread jr_esq
Michael, Here's a Pastor David Pack who explains briefly the sources for the prophecy of Armageddon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShEoyPcGMrk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShEoyPcGMrk ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... wrote: Jr. Not just New Testament prophesy

[FairfieldLife] Before evangelizing TM, consider your target audience

2013-10-22 Thread TurquoiseB
Just a note of caution to those who still believe that If we charge more/less/enough for TM, they will come, *they* in this case being the untold millions you think are required to make the world a better place and who are out there, just waiting for the right TM marketing approach. Consider who