Re[2]: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheepletricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-27 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Folks, Sunday, 28 November, 2004, 02:38:12, you wrote: C True, but what I mean is that life struggles to keep order within, C at least. C And, since a single individual can't do that forever, we procreate. C Best regards, C Christopher I'm replying to Christopers mail but these

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-26 Thread bob allen
(This may be a bit late.) I don't know about you guys but here is how I came to the realization that there is indeed a God. Silly as it may seem, I found God through science. snip Also, nothing else in the universe goes against ENTROPY but living things. In any spontaneous process,

RE: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-26 Thread Christopher
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of robert luis rabello Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping,not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God Appal Energy wrote: Cobb County Georgia School Board puts stickers

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-13 Thread robert luis rabello
Interesting. I really don't understand how you rationalize micro evolution on a daily basis but reject macro evolution over many, many millenia. For the same reason why I don't win the lottery every day. Micro evolution is the expression of phenotype in response to changing

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-13 Thread Kirk McLoren
I remember seeing an electron microscope picture of a virus and thinking the thing had more in common with a nanobot than something living. Looked very mechanical. Don't remember which virus but think it was in Scientific American about 15 years ago. -Kirk --- robert luis rabello [EMAIL

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2004-11-12 Thread Legal Eagle
to determine your fate. Best to do it with a solid foundation, or not, your choice. Luc - Original Message - From: Tim Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:23 AM Subject: RE: [Biofuel] about God Gabriel, You are obviously a profound thinker

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-12 Thread robert luis rabello
What? I have personally conducted experiments, verifiably and reproducibly (as have countless others) that transform one kind of living thing into another. Really? The examples you have cited consist of variations on a theme. A fruit fly is still a fruit fly. A virus remains a virus.

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-12 Thread robert luis rabello
Robert, I didn't say that any supposed diety should be subjected to any chemical tests or an MRI to substantiate existance. All I said was that proof of existance should be offered. And after several hundred million years, one would think that proof would be abundant. Perhaps I've

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-12 Thread Appal Energy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:46 PM Subject: Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping,not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God Appal Energy wrote: Robert, I didn't say that any supposed diety should be subjected to any

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2004-11-12 Thread Appal Energy
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2004-11-12 Thread Emmerick, Craig
or hole. Craig -Original Message- From: Appal Energy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God Robert, The proof of God's

RE: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general s heeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-12 Thread aleksander . kac
snip It is human nature to believe in A HIGHER BEEN because we all look for a father or mother figure to cling to. Um, I am a strong believer of higher beans ... :-) ... red kidney especially. And that these beans cling to poles :o). Yum. Cheers Aleks

RE: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-12 Thread Peggy
in this discussion anyway.) You hit the nail on the head when you targeted beliefs as the persuasion to and from difficulty. Best wishes, Peggy Subject: RE: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God Belief in a god of any king

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2004-11-12 Thread btmd
Hey Tim: In oreder to have a chicken one must then have to have a fertile egg right ? Ok, who insiminated the first egg? Ergo, Creation. The chicken came first. :) Actually, there was a non-chicken egg layer long before there was a chicken. Ergo, Evolution. The egg came first.

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2004-11-12 Thread Peggy
The essence of egg-o-ism drew the chicken unto itself and into a future probability as did the squawking joy of reverberating sound made by the chicken as she laid her first egg. Forevermore the sound of joyful laying of eggs shall disrupt hen houses followed by the cackle of remembrance--a

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2004-11-12 Thread Kirk McLoren
God laid an egg? H. . . :) Kirk --- Peggy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The essence of egg-o-ism drew the chicken unto itself and into a future probability as did the squawking joy of reverberating sound made by the chicken as she laid her first egg. Forevermore the sound of joyful

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-12 Thread bob allen
bob allen wrote: What? I have personally conducted experiments, verifiably and reproducibly (as have countless others) that transform one kind of living thing into another. Really? The examples you have cited consist of variations on a theme. A fruit fly is still a fruit fly. A

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2004-11-12 Thread Keith Addison
probability as did the squawking joy of reverberating sound made by the chicken as she laid her first egg. Forevermore the sound of joyful laying of eggs shall disrupt hen houses followed by the cackle of remembrance--a feeling men will never know. Peggy Peggy, it's a nice story, but you're

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2004-11-12 Thread Peggy
I appreciate time-tested answers from learned thinkers. Paul Foster Case reports that nature unaided fails and that sub-consciousness is amiable to suggestion. The essence of egg-o-ism drew the chicken unto itself and into a future probability as did the squawking joy of reverberating sound

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-11 Thread robert luis rabello
Cobb County Georgia School Board puts stickers on their biology books stating that evolution is only a theory, all at the behest of a few screaming meamies, and two thousand petition signers. They're rationale? God is real but evolution is unproven. Well now..., one must ask the question:

Re[2]: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-11 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Robert, The scientific method requires, if memory serves: 1. Define operational terms 2. Allow for experimental duplication, repeatability 3. Emperical observation and induction 4. Analytic-synthetic thinking 5. Prediction and falsification 6. Scientific public consensus of truth

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-11 Thread bob allen
snip Further, no experimentation has ever demonstrated that non living matter can be transformed into living things; nor has any verifiable, reproducible experiment ever shown the transformation of one kind of living thing into another. Our understanding of genetics harmonizes with

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2004-11-11 Thread Jonathan Schearer
Very interesting reading Martin. I did not realize there was so much involved with discussion groups. Personally, I see no need for messages such as the one originally listed here that you responded to. I don't think it benefited anyone. Other than that, this list has a lot of interesting

Re: Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-11 Thread Appal Energy
general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God Appal Energy wrote: Cobb County Georgia School Board puts stickers on their biology books stating that evolution is only a theory, all at the behest of a few screaming meamies, and two thousand petition signers. They're rationale? God is real

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2004-11-10 Thread Tim Ferguson
Gabriel, You are obviously a profound thinker so I will pose a troubling question to you. Which cam first? The Chicken..or the Egg? Best wishes, Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gabriel Proulx Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 9:54 PM

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2004-11-10 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Gabriel, The problem with your proposition is that in logic one has to define and agree upon terms and definitions and since God is a concept beyond definition there can be no logical discussion about God. We can discuss different beliefs we hold or don't hold about God or we

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2004-11-10 Thread Mel Riser
So this excrement you speak of? Can we make fuel or fertilizer from it? Is it a fertilizer of great strength? Does it Excrete often or once every millennia or so? How might we transport this excrement? mel -Original Message- From: Gabriel Proulx [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

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2004-11-10 Thread Jonathan Dunlap
Very well said... Jonathan Tim Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gabriel, You are obviously a profound thinker so I will pose a troubling question to you. Which cam first? The Chicken..or the Egg? Best wishes, Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

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2004-11-10 Thread Greg Harbican
Message - From: DHAJOGLO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 08:40 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] about God But here is my 2 cents on god and the bible (or qur'an): People don't have faith in god, people have faith in men (gender specific) that they told

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2004-11-10 Thread Tim Ferguson
Thanks Keith, I can now rest easy :) ! Best wishes, Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keith Addison Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Biofuel] about God Um... the rooster? Keith Very

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2004-11-10 Thread DHAJOGLO
I have faith that a higher being exists but its not based in any writen work; just my gut feeling. I have to disagree. and you are welcome to disagree= ;) This is why we should 'study the scriptures, and pray about what they are about, and what they mean ', and not just put blind trust in

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2004-11-10 Thread Greg Harbican
, November 10, 2004 10:54 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] about God The scriptures were writen by mortal hands not buy the had of any god. therefore, they can and may be completley made up. You have faith that they indeed are telling true stories. Its akin to the scientists studying maps of a flat earth

Bible, Koran Torah Thumping, not to mention other general sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] about God

2004-11-10 Thread Appal Energy
Message - From: Greg Harbican [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] about God You put words into my mouth. I did not say that I have faith that they indeed are telling true stories . Again, faith and trust