To many of us (and I honestly don't know how many), the idea that a deity would concern him/her/itself with such matters is bizarre anyway.
Observing that others are using a religious justification for their position is one thing. Countering with a "God is on our side" argument, when the issue is rational and scientific and unrelated to religion or a theistic belief, is quite another. This is not an attempt to denigrate anyone's basic religious beliefs -- just a request, from one participant to others, that they not be aired here. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of David King >Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 15:03 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:30671] Re: Stupid anti-metric poem > > >The idea that imperial units came from God is rather ridiculous. The >ancient Israelites did not use imperial units, although the early >Christian Church would have perhaps used the Roman imperial system as it >was the commonly used and dominant system in the world at that time, at >least in the Roman Empire. Today metric is the dominant system, and I >believe that God would want us to use the dominant system, just as we >have the Bible today in modern English and do not have to learn ancient >Hebrew and Greek to understand it, so we should not have to use ancient >measurement units in our daily lives just because something similar was >once used in the Bible. > >The whole thing about pyramidology I know little about, but it sounds >very ungodly to me -- it was the ungodly Egyptians who built pyramids, >and the ancient Israelites who were rescued from Egypt, and the Bible >refers to Egypt as a sinful place. > >Thus I cannot see any reason why God would want His people to use >imperial units in the modern age. But He would have wanted them used >before metric was invented back in the Middle Ages. > >If we revert back to imperial measures, then why not revert back to old >English, old currency, get rid of all the modern things of society like >cars, planes, computers, electricity, and free speech, and go back to >the days of old when no one had freedoms except the very rich, and >everything measured in imperial. Is this what anti-metric people really >want? I doubt it, but they probably want the modern world, or least the >benefits and comforts of it, but without the thing that makes it so >good. The imperial system is totally inadequate for scientific use in >regards to the technology of today, so those who want imperial should >really be shunning all modern technology otherwise they are hypocrites. > >David King > > > >Han Maenen wrote: > >>James, >> >>I know that other poem, it was from the 19th century. It was >connected with >>Pyramidology, which claimed that Imperial and US units were given by God. >> >>A Prod is an insulting term for Protestant. Another insult used >in Northern >>Ireland is Taig. A Taig is a Roman Catholic. >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "James Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Saturday, 2004-08-07 13:01 >>Subject: [USMA:30662] Re: Stupid anti-metric poem >> >> >> >> >>>It's bigoted poetry, too. I don't know what a "Prod" is, but the term >>> >>> >>"Mick" is considered a nasty anti-Irish slur in the US. >> >> >>>At least some of the old anti-metric verse was creative. One of the >>> >>> >>better ones I remember goes like this: >> >> >>>Then down with every metric scheme taught by the foreign school! >>>We'll worship still our fathers' God, and keep our fathers' rule! >>>A perfect inch, a perfect pound will still on Earth be found, >>>When time shall come unto an end, and Gabriel's trumpet sound! >>> >>>-- Jason >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: Han Maenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 3:08 AM >>>Subject: [USMA:30661] Stupid anti-metric poem >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Here is the whole stupid junk. Apart from the anti-metric nonsense, how >>>> >>>> >>>can >>> >>> >>>>he claim that the English language is in danger? English is assaulting >>>>language after language and it is spreading all over the world. >>>>He even wants to go back to LSD money, what kind of a dinosaur is this >>>>Manderson? >>>> >>>>Han >>>> >>>>
