Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why do people sound American when they sing in English?

2014-10-21 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : kept passive by low wages and good quality TV. Dr. Who keeps 'em mesmerized! Yup, it works for me! Always did actually. I met Tom Baker when he started as Dr Who. It was like meeting god, better than that to me as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Jim has lost it before and will lose it again, but this is by far the worst case of losing it so far. Enlightened? At this point he's barely human... I'm interested in why anyone who risks a dissenting voice round here is

[FairfieldLife] Good news for John and Jim

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Finally, they can try to actually get some payoff from their beliefs by trying to sell their imaginary friend on eBay. One guy sold his for $2750, so who knows...John might be able to sell his imaginary friend God for that much, so he can finally buy a brain. Jim might earn enough to buy a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Jim has lost it before and will lose it again, but this is by far the worst case of losing it so far. Enlightened? At this point he's barely human... I'm interested in why anyone who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Wow. 200 messages in this thread, just so far. Since it started with absolutely no comment from me, just the graphics pasted in below, I suspect that its...uh...popularity must have something to do with a few people being upset at my choice of Subject line. Dare I suggest that their reaction

[FairfieldLife] A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
And just think...only a few days ago TM TBs on this forum were trying to make a case for the imaginary Maharishi Effect having created an unprecedented era of peace in the world. Yet another example of how TM fucks with the minds of its long-term practitioners and turns them into mush...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thanks for the heads-up, lurking reporter

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Barry brings up the 'lurking reporters', just as Lenz brought up 'negative entities'. A boogeyman. How unimpressive. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : You don't read their stuff, but i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Could astrology be correct? The season in which you were born may affect your personality, scientists claim

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It wasn't fun, but what else you gunna do?! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Could be - I am far more emotional than my wife is - She was born in January, and I was born in June. However

[FairfieldLife] Re: A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Wow, Barry, how incendiaryyawnz. I see your new tactic is to bore us all to death... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : And just think...only a few days ago TM TBs on this forum were trying to make a case for the imaginary

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Funny, you accusing me of losing something, that you never had, in the first place. lol. You would not know the first thing about Enlightenment, especially after that spiritual criminal taught you and the rest of the chumps that only two people out of the hundreds that worshipped him, even

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I have a lot of friends on here. No need to pretend otherwise. Perhaps you should be giving advice to the turd flinging chimp on here, whom you find so much in common with, both of you far less than raging successes in the world. Your attempt at sussing my motivation, is absurd. I don't play

[FairfieldLife] Re: Love This Guy

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Excellent - As usual, had me laughing almost uncontrollably. Have you seen his series, 'Extras'? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oH0ReL3Cew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oH0ReL3Cew

[FairfieldLife] Re: Good news for John and Jim

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Why do you spend so much time, ranting against those whose messages you don't read? I'll bet the lurking reporters have noted this inconsistency. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Finally, they can try to actually get some payoff from their beliefs by trying to

Re: [FairfieldLife] For Share

2014-10-21 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ann, I hear Limbach is allergic to colloidal silver so I'm all set! On Monday, October 20, 2014 10:20 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why do people sound American when they sing in English?

2014-10-21 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Baker has always been my favorite Dr. - My daughter LOVES Dr. Who, tho her favs have been David Tennant and Matt Smith. Didn't take her long to accept Peter Capaldi. I haven't seen any of Capaldi's episodes yet. From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 3:23 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Wow. 200 messages in this thread, just so far. Since it started with absolutely no comment from me, just the graphics pasted in below, I suspect that its...uh...popularity must have something to do with a few

Re: [FairfieldLife] A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 3:38 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: A child is killed on this planet every five minutes /Some people will sink to just about any level in order to win a religious debate. This message of Barry's is just creepy! / And just think...only a few days

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thanks for the heads-up, lurking reporter

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 4:29 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Barry brings up the 'lurking reporters', Barry is the lurking reporter planting messages in order to elicit information for his magazine or ramalila.net web site. He is obviously an informant - we just don't know

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 4:33 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Funny, you accusing me of losing something, that you never had, in the first place. lol. /This is not funny - a guy that has believed in Buddhas for a decade has apparently lost it - lost his faith in karma and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 4:47 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Wow, Barry, how incendiaryyawnz. I see your new tactic is to bore us all to death... /Following Barry's logic, it's all Jim's fault - because Jim realized he has been

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Old Index to FFL

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 7:55 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: For Researching purposes, /The person levitating or flying through the air was a guy named Frederick Lenz, who also called himself Rama./ - TurquoiseB, 2007

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You seem to be just trolling. Do you practice TM? I was talking about things that spiritual practices advertise they can bring into one's awareness. These things are private, you cannot prove you have these kinds of experiences. My body has a mother and father, my awareness does not, the

Re: [FairfieldLife] For Share

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 7:09 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Ann, I hear Limbach is allergic to colloidal silver so I'm all set! /A child is killed by violence every day in America and your risk of catching Ebola is far less than your risk of dying from the flu, which

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
2005. Yes, another one of Barry's justifications, for having accomplished nothing - Something along the lines of, See what a cruel horrible can't make any progress everybody gets hurt, world it is?! waaah, no wonder I'm such a loser, who wouldn't be? Then he forces my success, to fit into

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Jim has lost it before and will lose it again, but this is by far the worst case of losing it so far. Enlightened? At this point he's barely human... If you are the benchmark for the def of human then you are absolutely

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Jim has lost it before and will lose it again, but this is by far the worst case of losing it so far. Enlightened? At this point he's barely human...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Wow. 200 messages in this thread, just so far. Since it started with absolutely no comment from me, just the graphics pasted in below, I suspect that its...uh...popularity must have something to do with a few people being upset

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Thanks for the heads-up, lurking reporter

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Barry brings up the 'lurking reporters', just as Lenz brought up 'negative entities'. A boogeyman. How unimpressive. They're his imaginary friends, Mac. Soon he'll be selling them on eBay...

[FairfieldLife] Re: A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Wow, Barry, how incendiaryyawnz. I see your new tactic is to bore us all to death... I gave up by post #2 of his this morning, I mean, I just got up and I can't possibly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is a lot of airy talk, though telling. My concern after having read it, is, I feel it was written by someone who takes less than complete responsibility for their life, and their personal thoughts and actions. Taking this line, of the strong possibility of random action, so seriously, as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Love This Guy

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Excellent - As usual, had me laughing almost uncontrollably. Have you seen his series, 'Extras'? No I haven't because I watch so little TV. But I have stumbled on various excerpts of him and have sought out others

[FairfieldLife] Re: A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
What I find funniest is how Barry always compares his cretinous intelligence to the rest of us, in a boastful way - very entertaining. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : Wow, Barry, how

Re: [FairfieldLife] Good news for John and Jim

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 2:52 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Finally, they can try to actually get some payoff from their beliefs by trying to sell their imaginary friend on eBay. One guy sold his for $2750, so who knows...John might be able to sell his imaginary friend God

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I know. let's ban violence towards children! On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 6:54 AM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: What I find funniest is how Barry always compares his cretinous intelligence to the rest of us, in a boastful way

[FairfieldLife] Re: Love This Guy

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Extras David Bowie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE Extras David Bowie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE Segment from Extras where a random encounter with a music legend in an exclusive pub ends up as an embarrassment.

[FairfieldLife] Re: A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : What I find funniest is how Barry always compares his cretinous intelligence to the rest of us, in a boastful way - very entertaining. Yes, I must admit bawee is the funniest one here, on a sort of perverse and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Love This Guy

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This is good, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeIqneQKA0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeIqneQKA0 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdEExtras David Bowie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/20/2014 11:43 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Xeno, I'm flabbergasted at the statements you just said. In the physical existence of human beings here on earth, everyone has to have a mother and a father. Were you not created by your father's sperm that impregnated your

[FairfieldLife] Irony

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks to the LR (lurking reporter) who wrote to me to point out that Ann and Jim are currently obsessing non-stop about me -- writing post after post after post, having admitted to having read two books about Rama to fuel their obsession and give them research material for it. At the same

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
** I think the reason this happens is that Jim and other spiritual/religious types don't realise their beliefs are emotional rather than logical and insult any contrarians in an accordingly similar way to how they feel they've been slighted. On 10/21/2014 3:09 AM, TurquoiseBee

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: A child is killed on this planet every five minutes

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
What I find funniest is how Barry always compares his cretinous intelligence to the rest of us, in a boastful way - very entertaining. On 10/21/2014 9:05 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Yes, I must admit bawee is the funniest one here, on a sort of perverse and twisted

[FairfieldLife] Re: 6 Daily Habits Of The World's Most Successful CEOs

2014-10-21 Thread dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
3. They meditate every day. Meditation is a wildly popular strategy for clearing the mind and focusing. Oprah Winfrey is so devoted to the practice of transcendental meditation (TM) that she has TM teachers instruct everyone in her company who wants to learn the art of meditation. She fits at

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 10/20/2014 11:43 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Xeno, I'm flabbergasted at the statements you just said. In the physical existence of human beings here on earth, everyone has to have a mother

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's such a delight to read something written by someone who can still think, Curtis. Thanks. The very IDEA that someone could consider Robin Carlsen or Jim Flanegin or John R rational astounds me. From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 8:27 AM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: You seem to be just trolling. /Now that's a thought-stopper!/ Do you practice TM? /Non sequitur.//TM has not been defined./ I was talking about things that spiritual practices advertise they can bring into one's

[FairfieldLife] Hubble Sees Turquoise-Tinted Plumes in Large Magellanic Cloud

2014-10-21 Thread 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife]
I always knew TurquoiseB was an inter-galactic dude: Hubble Sees Turquoise-Tinted Plumes in Large Magellanic Cloud http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=clickenid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkP TIwMTQxMDIxLjM3MjY1NzUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MTAyMS4zNzI2NTc1M

Re: [FairfieldLife] Hubble Sees Turquoise-Tinted Plumes in Large Magellanic Cloud

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I admit it. I left those plumes there when I created the universe. :-) From: 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:14 PM Subject:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Love This Guy

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : This is good, too: Ricky Gervais talking about David Bowie - brilliant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeIqneQKA0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeIqneQKA0 Ricky Gervais talking about David Bowie - brilliant!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : both of you far less than raging successes in the world. M: This often repeated idea is a key to understanding you Jim. I think it lies at the root of your need to present yourself in a ridiculously inflated way You are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Love This Guy

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdEExtras David Bowie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE Extras David Bowie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hubble Sees Turquoise-Tinted Plumes in Large Magellanic Cloud

2014-10-21 Thread fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Rick, Check that prescription on your glasses.:-) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rick@... wrote : Hubble Sees Turquoise-Tinted Plumes in Large Magellanic Cloud I always knew TurquoiseB was an inter-galactic dude: Hubble Sees Turquoise-Tinted Plumes in Large Magellanic Cloud

[FairfieldLife] Re: Irony

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Thanks to the LR (lurking reporter) who wrote to me to point out that Ann and Jim are currently obsessing non-stop about me -- writing post after post after post, having admitted to having read two books about Rama to fuel their

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : It's such a delight to read something written by someone who can still think, Curtis. Thanks. The very IDEA that someone could consider Robin Carlsen or Jim Flanegin or John R rational astounds me. Thanks bro but I think

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread inmadi...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]
there seem to be 2 questions running through this thread: 1) is a belief in God a mental illness and 2) is a belief in God justifiable. the first question is too cumbersome for me - having the notion of mental illness imbedded in the question . . . and I can't speak as to what a mental

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness --In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote :

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Could astrology be correct? The season in which you were born may affect your personality, scientists claim

2014-10-21 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
The jyotish (sidereal) Cancer Sun transit is from July 16th to August 15th. And of course a Cancer ascendants occur throughout the year. On 10/20/2014 09:51 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I meant to show that those dates are in summer. But in jyotish, anyone can be a Cancer

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
M: I hope you don't mind me weighing in,this was a particularly thought provoking post. I too am an amateur philosopher. But I am not sure philosophy is the right discipline to answer your question from, except to enhance the discussion of how could we know? Here is the section you quite

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Fresh air blowing through the Funny Farm Lounge from DC area and Madison. Thanks guys for this example of FFL at its best. On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:18 AM, curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: M: I hope you don't mind me weighing in,this

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Gotta agree with you on this one, Share. I also have to say that if there is anyone on the planet I'd most like to see have a sit-down, on-the-record conversation with Sam Harris, it would be Curtis. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 10:42 AM, inmadi...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: there seem to be 2 questions running through this thread: 1) is a belief in God a mental illness and 2) is a belief in God justifiable. /There are actually three questions running through this thread:// // / 1. /Is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Curtis, I just had a lunch of veggies and salmon so maybe my brain is a little more up to respond. Maybe! Definitely not as good as Sam Harris (-: Anyway, my questions are: 1. how do we know that we know? Which is kind of abstract and probably just me reliving a past life as a haetera! 2.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Everyone in the forum is invited to participate in this discussion to ask Xeno about his revelations regarding his physical existence. /Everyone on this forum seems to believe in causation - that for every event there is a cause. The question is if everything that

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I enjoyed your response till you went its all about Barry on my ass Richard. I am not on board with your use of the term inference and its validity in gaining knowledge on its own. It is one of the pieces of the epistemological puzzle and fraught with issues. Nor do I accept that the claim of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness I enjoyed your response till you went its all about Barry on

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote : Curtis, I just had a lunch of veggies and salmon so maybe my brain is a little more up to respond. Maybe! Definitely not as good as Sam Harris (-: Anyway, my questions are: 1. how do we know that we know? Which is kind of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Very, very nice. For somewhat obvious cafe- and waitress-related reasons, I liked your answer to question #2 the best, but all were wonderful. From: curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Xeno, You are changing your tune today which is clearly not what you stated yesterday. Earlier, you said that everything that exists has no cause. Then you said that: As far as my experience is concerned, I have always existed. The body that gives me eyes seems to have had prior

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : Very, very nice. For somewhat obvious cafe- and waitress-related reasons, I liked your answer to question #2 the best, but all were wonderful. That is from Hard Luck Shoes so you may already know that we never find out. My guess is

[FairfieldLife] TV series review: The Knick

2014-10-21 Thread TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I watched the first episode of Steven Soderberg's new TV series The Knick a few weeks ago, realized immediately its depth, and Put It The Fuck Away Until I Had Time To Binge Watch The Whole Series At Once. I have only in the last few days been able to binge watch the whole series. I think it's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why do people sound American when they sing in English?

2014-10-21 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Baker has always been my favorite Dr. - My daughter LOVES Dr. Who, tho her favs have been David Tennant and Matt Smith. Didn't take her long to accept Peter Capaldi. I haven't seen any of Capaldi's episodes yet. I didn't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Richard, Your points are excellent. It's good that you reminded us of Aristotle's idea regarding the first cause and principle. But it appears that there are some people here who will disagree with you on this point. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote :

Re: [FairfieldLife] TV series review: The Knick

2014-10-21 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 11:46 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I watched the first episode of Steven Soderberg's new TV series The Knick a few weeks ago, realized immediately its depth, and Put It The Fuck Away Until I Had Time To Binge Watch The Whole Series At Once. I have

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Trem23, Regarding Q1, you have to understand who started this thread in the first place. The person who started it is a self-proclaimed non-theist. You can ask him what this means. You may or may not get a consistent answer from him. Regarding Q2, MMY said that everything in the world

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread inmadi...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Yes you got the spirit of my thoughts, and thanks for chiming in.The heart of it was this sentence: ' I include anything that is physical/material, or anything that interacts with the physical/material.' especially the . . . and anything that interacts with the physical/material because

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 12:07 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Curtis, I just had a lunch of veggies and salmon so maybe my brain is a little more up to respond. Maybe! Definitely not as good as Sam Harris (-: According to Sam Harris consciousness is the only thing that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fleetwood_macncheese@... wrote : This is a lot of airy talk, though telling. My concern after having read it, is, I feel it was written by someone who takes less than complete responsibility for their life, and their personal thoughts and actions. Taking

[FairfieldLife] Crop Circles — Messages in the Fields

2014-10-21 Thread nablusoss1008
Crop Circles — Messages in the Fields http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-odAVYR6Scfeature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-odAVYR6Scfeature=youtu.be Crop Circles — Messages in the Fields http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-odAVYR6Scfeature=youtu.be Thousands of extraordinary

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: How Can You Help Fight the Spread of Ebola?

2014-10-21 Thread Sharalyn Pliler homeonthef...@iowatelecom.net [FairfieldLife]
DAILY SNAPSHOT Tuesday, October 21, 2014 Featured How Can You Help Fight the Spread of Ebola? Right now, Americans across the country are helping in a variety of ways to help fight the global spread of Ebola. Whether

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Upcoming Arts Entertainment Events

2014-10-21 Thread Sharalyn Pliler homeonthef...@iowatelecom.net [FairfieldLife]
Begin forwarded UPCOMING EVENTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 The Honey Dewdrops. Spare, original songs with a modern sensibility. 8 PM Cafe Paradiso SAT SUN OCTOBER 25 26 Atwood Corn Maze Saturday; 10 am - 6 pm Sunday 1-5 1639 Packwood Rd Closed if raining SUNDAY,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :No Xeno, You are changing your tune today which is clearly not what you stated yesterday. Earlier, you said that everything that exists has no cause. Then you said that: As far as my experience is concerned, I have always

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Wed 22-Oct-14 00:15:04 UTC

2014-10-21 Thread FFL PostCount ffl.postco...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 10/18/14 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 10/25/14 00:00:00 511 messages as of (UTC) 10/21/14 23:51:55 84 fleetwood_macncheese 70 awoelflebater 61 'Richard J. Williams' punditster 42 TurquoiseBee turquoiseb 33 salyavin808 29

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, inmadison@... wrote : there seem to be 2 questions running through this thread: 1) is a belief in God a mental illness and 2) is a belief in God justifiable. the first question is too cumbersome for me - having the notion of mental illness imbedded in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote : From: curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, inmadison@... wrote : Yes you got the spirit of my thoughts, and thanks for chiming in.The heart of it was this sentence: ' I include anything that is physical/material, or anything that interacts with the physical/material.' especially the . .

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I may not respond point by point Ann. You and I have our clear channel. I think we get each other. I am more of a one one one poster here. Steve nailed me recently. He said I respond to everyone in sympathetic response to how they respond to me. That was a typical insightful naildown from my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, inmadison@... wrote : Yes you got the spirit of my thoughts, and thanks for chiming in.The heart of it was this sentence: ' I include anything that is physical/material, or

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/21/2014 1:57 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Richard, Your points are excellent. It's good that you reminded us of Aristotle's idea regarding the first cause and principle. But it appears that there are some people here who will disagree with you on this point. /So

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : I may not respond point by point Ann. You and I have our clear channel. I think we get each other. I am more of a one one one poster here. Steve nailed me recently. He said I respond to everyone in sympathetic response to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
That's a nice piece Ann. I feel as though I have a pretty good idea of the real person behind people's online persona. I think you might be referring to Barry in some of what you say here. I've had a changing relationship with him. He thinks I've changed. I think he's changed.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
As to the first question, mental illness perhaps results from atypical wiring and growth of the brain, causes not necessarily known. Mental illness is not considered a contagious disease. So contrary to the title Barry gave to this thread, the hook if you will, belief in god is not a mental

[FairfieldLife] Re: Belief in God is a form of mental illness

2014-10-21 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Xeno, Thank you for your ideas. I believe we've exhausted this debate. There is no point to continue. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote :No Xeno, You are changing your tune today which is clearly