Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love this guy. His book the transcendental Temptation was such an important piece of my intellectual discovery after leaving the movement. Thank you for posting this. Funny, I thought Transcendental

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I have to imagine that the advent of this technology is responsible for the drop in movie box-office. Of course, theatre box office only represents about 25% of a movie's total revenue. But, hey, why go to a

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: ...at least get an upscaling DVD player. You won't regret it. Makes all the difference in the world, if your monitor/TV supports HD. A good cheap one, and one that can be easily converted to

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
I'm just sayin' to you guys...'Lost' is a much better obsession, and with far better-lookin' babes than the Old Testament... :-) I've never seen Lost but I understand Michelle Rodrigues is in it. Loved her in Girl Fight. She just died.

[FairfieldLife] Re: was No yellow stars -Northern arrogance

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Leaving aside the debate about whether or not the ME works, why do you say that I should take my medication because I say that the ME strategy is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx coshlnx@ wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], matrixmonitor matrixmonitor@ wrote: Buddhism has the

[FairfieldLife] Re: was No yellow stars -Northern arrogance

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: So, Caucasians= Sattva dominates, rajas secondary Semitic = Rajas

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
I'm just sayin' to you guys...'Lost' is a much better obsession, and with far better-lookin' babes than the Old Testament... :-) I've never seen Lost but I understand Michelle Rodrigues is in it. Loved her in Girl Fight. She just died.

[FairfieldLife] Re: was No yellow stars -Northern arrogance

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Leaving aside the debate about whether or not the ME works, why do you say that I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx coshlnx@ wrote: --- In [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm just sayin' to you guys...'Lost' is a much better obsession, and with far better-lookin' babes than the Old Testament... :-) I've never seen Lost but I understand Michelle

[FairfieldLife] Re: was No yellow stars -Northern arrogance

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Leaving aside

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I'm just sayin' to you guys...'Lost' is a much better obsession, and with far better-lookin' babes than the Old Testament... :-)

[FairfieldLife] Pope Benedict at Auschwitz: Where was God?

2006-05-29 Thread hyperbolicgeometry
--- good question!! Where was God?' The leader of 1.1 billion Roman Catholics also prayed for peace in his native German, which he has mostly avoided to not hurt Polish and Jewish sensitivities. He was forced to join the Hitler Youth and drafted into the army during the war.

[FairfieldLife] Kurtz: Is God needed for people to be moral?

2006-05-29 Thread hyperbolicgeometry
--- Paul Kurtz says no. (Free Inquiry, June/July, 2006, p. 33 Why I am a Skeptic about Religious Claims): ...theists maintain that one cannot be good unless one believes in God. Skepticism about God's existence and divine plan does not imply pessimism, nihilism, the collapse of all

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: I'm just sayin' to you guys...'Lost' is a much better obsession,

[FairfieldLife] Bios -- some notable secular humanists

2006-05-29 Thread hyperbolicgeometry
--- http://www.pointofinquiry.org/ --- --- To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion

[FairfieldLife] Paul Kurtz: secular humanist declaration on evolution

2006-05-29 Thread hyperbolicgeometry
-- from http://www.secularhumanism.org Evolution Today the theory of evolution is again under heavy attack by religious fundamentalists. Although the theory of evolution cannot be said to have reached its final formulation, or to be an infallible principle of science, it is nonetheless

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A thoughless act doesnt necessarily mean you don't care. I wasnt thinking... If you'd read more Buddhism you'd possibly understand that a thoughtless act *does* mean that you don't care. To subscribe, send a

[FairfieldLife] Sam Harris on the religious roots of history's greatest atrocities.

2006-05-29 Thread hyperbolicgeometry
--- from http://www.secularhumanism.org 2. If religion were necessary for morality, there should be some evidence that atheists are less moral than believers. People of faith regularly allege that atheism is responsible for some of the most appalling crimes of the twentieth century. Are

[FairfieldLife] Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread hyperbolicgeometry
--- Religion Paranormal The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal by Paul Kurtz. Published by Prometheus Books. Guide Rating - Is there some basic connection between religious beliefs and paranormal beliefs? Some commonality which helps

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2006-05-29 Thread yeshchopra_223
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[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: A thoughless act doesnt necessarily mean you don't care. I wasnt thinking... If you'd read more Buddhism you'd possibly understand that a

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: snip I have to imagine that the advent of this technology is responsible for the drop in movie box-office. That and a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I love this guy. His book the transcendental Temptation was such an important piece of my intellectual discovery after leaving the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was his articulation of ethics without religion that had the most important influence on me. Have you read it? No, just asking on the basis of the bit that was quoted, assuming that was representative of his

[FairfieldLife] Re: was No yellow stars -Northern arrogance

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, Caucasians= Sattva dominates, rajas secondary Semitic = Rajas dominates, sattva secondary Oriental = Rajas dominates, tamas secondary Black = Tamas dominates, rajas secondary Someone doesn't know math, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm just sayin' to you guys...'Lost' is a much better obsession, and with far better-lookin' babes than the Old Testament... :-) I've never seen Lost but I understand Michelle

[FairfieldLife] Re: was No yellow stars -Northern arrogance

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: Leaving aside

[FairfieldLife] Re: Kurtz: Is God needed for people to be moral?

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Paul Kurtz says no. (Free Inquiry, June/July, 2006, p. 33 Why I am a Skeptic about Religious Claims): ...theists maintain that one cannot be good unless one believes in God. Well, *some* theists

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Religion Paranormal The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal by Paul Kurtz. Published by Prometheus Books. Guide Rating - +++ Once upon a time, the world

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: snip I have to imagine that the advent of this technology

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread curtisdeltablues
I believed that ethics and morals were like natural laws that came from God to mankind through the scriptures in each culture. Now I believe that we choose our ethics while shaped by our reason and our social contract with others. Much of this was created in our primate past as we learned the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Religion Paranormal The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal by Paul Kurtz. Published by Prometheus Books. snip The first part of the book comprises of a solid

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry hyperbolicgeometry@ wrote: --- Religion Paranormal The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal by Paul Kurtz. Published

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread Vaj
On May 28, 2006, at 10:09 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, coshlnx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], matrixmonitor matrixmonitor@ wrote: Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry hyperbolicgeometry@ wrote: Religion Paranormal The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal by Paul Kurtz. Published by

[FairfieldLife] 100K mark passed

2006-05-29 Thread Rick Archer
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/10 We quietly passed the 100,000 mark, and matrixmonitor, who was on a roll, was the lucky winner. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: shempmcgurk

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread hugheshugo
: It's one thing to speculate that we use only 10 percent of the brain's *potential* (although it's hard to say how one would arrive at a specific percentage); but the notion that we use only 10 percent of the brain itself is simply inaccurate. I read somewhere recently that we only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believed that ethics and morals were like natural laws that came from God to mankind through the scriptures in each culture. Now I believe that we choose our ethics while shaped by our reason and our

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry hyperbolicgeometry@ wrote: Religion Paranormal The Transcendental

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread curtisdeltablues
De Waal's work with bonobo chimps has facinating information about primate cultures. His work Peacemaking Among Primates is a great book for finding the roots of many social customs in our ancient past. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067465921X/103-7153482-6367068?v=glancen=283155 --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry

[FairfieldLife] Re: kuurma-naaDii-saMyama (III 32): Bhojadeva's comment!

2006-05-29 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | yadi vaa kaayasya sthairyam utpadyate na kenacit spandayitum shakyata ityarthaH | (sandi-vigraha: ... shakyate; iti; arthaH) Our best guess: The meaning is [also?](ityarthaH; iti + arthaH: thus the meaning): if

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: ...at least get an upscaling DVD player. You won't regret it. Makes all the difference in the world, if your monitor/TV supports HD. A good cheap one, and one that can be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread shirleybrahman
I know you're more capable then your inane comment (below). Just in case you are that incapable you can start here. http://home.btconnect.com/scimah/einstein.htm You can also go to google and type in Einstein Buddhism --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip You have to remember that here in the US film is just a cash cow for a select bunch of jerks. They put out low common denominator films that anyone with any taste would not waste their time seeing even for free

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shirleybrahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know you're more capable then your inane comment (below). Just why is it inane to ask for a recommendation for a good source of information about a topic you aren't familiar with? That would seem to me to be the

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You have to remember that here in the US film is just a cash cow for a select bunch of jerks. They put out low common denominator films that anyone with any taste would not waste their time seeing even for free on

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: snip You have to remember that here in the US film is just a cash cow for a select bunch of jerks. They put out low common denominator films that

[FairfieldLife] Fear in the Streets

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But also because it's a matter of opinion, one on which you and I disagree, but on which a lot of other people do agree. One of the things that, *without exception*, every American who has visited me here in France

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: De Waal's work with bonobo chimps has facinating information about primate cultures. His work Peacemaking Among Primates is a great book for finding the roots of many social customs in our ancient past.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: snip You have to remember that here in the US film is just a cash cow for a select bunch of jerks. They put out low common denominator films that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believed that ethics and morals were like natural laws that came from God to mankind through the scriptures in each culture. When people refer to living the Dharma -- while mutiple meanings are possible -- it

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: snip You have to remember that here in the US film is just a cash cow for a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry hyperbolicgeometry@ wrote: Religion Paranormal The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal by Paul Kurtz. Published by

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry hyperbolicgeometry@ wrote: --- Religion Paranormal The Transcendental

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry hyperbolicgeometry@ wrote: Religion Paranormal The Transcendental

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100K mark passed

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/10 We quietly passed the 100,000 mark, and matrixmonitor, who was on a roll, was the lucky winner. About as significant a personal achievement as Barry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote ...to the extent that this is generally agreed, it's agreed on the basis of a misunderstanding of the findings of early EEG research. See

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread shirleybrahman
For all of the years Lawson has posted on amt and here on FFL and who knows where else I know he is quite capable of using google or any of the other varieties of searches available on the internet. TO me, he was just riffing on Barry. If I got that wrong my apologies, however, their

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shirleybrahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For all of the years Lawson has posted on amt and here on FFL and who knows where else I know he is quite capable of using google or any of the other varieties of searches available on the internet. I'm sure

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : It's one thing to speculate that we use only 10 percent of the brain's *potential* (although it's hard to say how one would arrive at a specific percentage); but the notion that we use only 10 percent of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry hyperbolicgeometry@ wrote: Religion Paranormal The Transcendental

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] On the other hand, he lacks other abilities that average people have. Maybe the brain has room for only so many abilities, and average people have more abilities but each ability is allotted a smaller portion

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shirleybrahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For all of the years Lawson has posted on amt and here on FFL and who knows where else I know he is quite capable of using google or any of the other varieties of searches available on the internet. TO me, he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] +++ Interesting article. Maybe integrated hemisphere functioning would be the better term. I was thinking of Mr. Peake (sp) (the Rain man) who still continues to absorb knowledge and be able to recall it. His

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread curtisdeltablues
I'd guess you cited the bonobo as evidence against my speculative suggestion that humans may intuit orderliness and that this intuition may be a source of their sense of ethics. No, I liked what you wrote. I should have said so to avoid my post sounding like a refutation. The bonobo's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: snip You have to remember that here in the US film is just a cash cow for a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shirleybrahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For all of the years Lawson has posted on amt and here on FFL and who knows where else I know he is quite capable of using google or any of the other varieties of searches available on the internet. TO me, he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: De Waal's work with bonobo chimps has facinating information about primate cultures. His work Peacemaking Among Primates is a great

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Einstein on Buddhism

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shirleybrahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For all of the years Lawson has posted on amt and here on FFL and who knows where else I know he is quite capable of using google or any of the other varieties of searches available on the internet. TO me, he was

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...] On the other hand, he lacks other abilities that average people have. Maybe the brain has room for only so many abilities, and average people

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Revelations/ Number:666 +G.W.Bush =?'

2006-05-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: You have to remember that here in the US film is just a cash cow for a select bunch of jerks. They put out low common denominator films that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hyperbolicgeometry

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@ wrote: : It's one thing to speculate that we use only 10

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd guess you cited the bonobo as evidence against my speculative suggestion that humans may intuit orderliness and that this intuition may be a source of their sense of ethics. No, I liked what you wrote.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: De Waal's work with bonobo chimps has facinating information

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [...] Thats pretty funny. And seems to ignore the history of science. Are you suggesting Kurtz is ignorant of, or denies the history of science? +++

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +++ Once upon a time, the world was flat. With the passing of time and more expierience gained, it has become round. This author lacks expierience with which the paranormal becomes

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [...] On the other hand, he lacks other abilities that average people have. Maybe the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100K mark passed

2006-05-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/10 We quietly passed the 100,000 mark, and matrixmonitor, who was on a roll, was the lucky winner. When does he get his 2006 Corvette Stingray?

[FairfieldLife] Re: 100K mark passed

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer fairfieldlife@ wrote: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/10 We quietly passed the 100,000 mark, and matrixmonitor, who was on a roll,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread new_morning_blank_slate
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@

[FairfieldLife] 'Forgive Them Father: They Know Not What They Do'

2006-05-29 Thread Robert Gimbel
KILLING FIELDS Iraq Is the Republic of Fear By Nir RosenSunday, May 28, 2006; Page B01 Every morning the streets of Baghdad are littered with dozens of bodies, bruised, torn, mutilated, executed only because they are Sunni or because they are Shiite. Power drills are an especially popular

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the other hand, there was a one-legged roadrunner at Pima Community College, Tucson, who used to hop down the stairs to the entrance to the cafeteria and attack his image in the window at the same time every

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Critique of The Transcendental Temptation

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: [...] I believe that all the existing connections are used constantly, Wow. way different than my sense of things. It would be useful and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Skeptic Kurtz on God.

2006-05-29 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig sparaig@ wrote: On the other hand, there was a one-legged roadrunner at Pima Community College, Tucson, who used to hop down the stairs to the entrance to the

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