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From: Eeyore on 18 Oct 2006 20:28 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote in message > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > >> You haven't been paying attention. That is the reward for > >> murdering thousandS and millions of people. > > > > Actually, I have been paying attention. The toughest job in heaven > > these days is virgin wrangler. > > Is that someone who wrangles virgins, or a wrangler who has not yet gotten > laid? Thanks. You just helped me get it. Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Oct 2006 20:29 John Larkin wrote: > Someone should do a serious psychological study of suicide bombers. I > bet there's a lot of sexual issues involved. Of course, proven suicide > bombers are hard to interview. One of the London bomders was married with a kid ! What's that all about ( aside from mental illness ) ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Oct 2006 21:12 T Wake wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > > Fundamentalists understand the difference between just a theory > > and their belief. They get threatened when teachers of their > > kids present evolution as a belief; > > These teachers should be fired. I suspect BAH is confusing science with belief actually. Evolution is accepted science just as much as thermodynamics is. > > the implication of this > > is that the goal of teaching evolution is to substitute > > the religion known as evolution for the religion of God. > > Only in the mind of fundamentalists. Maybe they're afraid ppl will see that science disproves God ? That's what happened to me actually in a rather amusing way. Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Oct 2006 21:13 T Wake wrote: > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > > > There appears to be a tendency in humans to want certainty in life. > > Science provides absolutely no certainty, only explanations of varying > > degrees of usefulness. Religion provides absolute certainty, and > > religious explanations are therefore very appealing. In some sense, some > > of the theories of science (notably, evolution, but I think there are > > others) cast doubt on this certainty, and the religions appear to be > > fighting back by highlighting the uncertainty of the science, and the > > certainty of their religious offering. Sadly, the result is the ongoing > > decline of US science education, and a dearth of good American-born > > graduates at all levels of many sciences. Who knows where that will lead, > > but my gut feel is that it ain't good for the US economic or technical > > world hegemony. > > Unfortunately it isn't just the US. Universities in the UK are closing > science departments all over the country, and starting numerous courses in > "new media" or other arts type courses ("Surf management" for example) And a *few* ppl are now waking up to the fact that service industries don't invent things ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Oct 2006 21:27
T Wake wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote > > David Bostwick wrote: > > > >> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: > >> > >> >McVeigh was a part of the radical Christian right. The IRA was Catholic > >> >fighting Protestants (and Protestants fought back). > >> > >> And the guy who killed the Amish kids was what? > > > > Mad presumably. > > And at least a Christian :-) ("His suicide notes stated that he was still > angry at God for the death of a premature infant daughter nine years prior." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carl_Roberts) Hmmm..... The threat from fundamentalist religions. Graham |