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From: Jolly Roger on 10 Aug 2010 13:49 In article <C88708C7.6234D%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > In article 1jn0g4m.famrb01nixc6kN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike > Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 8/10/10 1:30 PM: > > > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > > > >> On 08-10-2010 08:30, Mike Rosenberg quoted: > >>> "Once I got thrown out of dance school for being too poor of a dancer. > >>> Regardless Fundamentalist do not dance and forbid dancing so I no longer > >>> have to worry about dancing skills." > >> > >> Only if he defines "Fundamentalist" to exclude over half of those who > >> apply that label to themselves. > > > > Good point. And there's no biblical injunction against dancing, so his > > cult can't claim it's God's will. > > They do it anyway: They all read the same drivel "source material," > pick-and-choose what suits their personal fancies/fantasies, and impose > their own interpretations. That's why there are so many different cults > claiming that _theirs_ is the will of God! Yep. Silly. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Mike Rosenberg on 10 Aug 2010 14:00 Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > Good point. And there's no biblical injunction against dancing, so his > > cult can't claim it's God's will. > > They do it anyway: They all read the same drivel "source material," > pick-and-choose what suits their personal fancies/fantasies, and impose > their own interpretations. That's why there are so many different cults > claiming that _theirs_ is the will of God! That's true, but usually they cite some bible passage, often out of context, that appears to support their view. I'd like to have John explain why his cult prohibits dancing. -- My latest dance routines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkxGQmTvctc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTajUBrlA6c
From: Nick Naym on 10 Aug 2010 14:02 In article jollyroger-3C3A1A.12495710082010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 8/10/10 1:49 PM: > In article <C88708C7.6234D%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> In article 1jn0g4m.famrb01nixc6kN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike >> Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 8/10/10 1:30 PM: >> >>> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On 08-10-2010 08:30, Mike Rosenberg quoted: >>>>> "Once I got thrown out of dance school for being too poor of a dancer. >>>>> Regardless Fundamentalist do not dance and forbid dancing so I no longer >>>>> have to worry about dancing skills." >>>> >>>> Only if he defines "Fundamentalist" to exclude over half of those who >>>> apply that label to themselves. >>> >>> Good point. And there's no biblical injunction against dancing, so his >>> cult can't claim it's God's will. >> >> They do it anyway: They all read the same drivel "source material," >> pick-and-choose what suits their personal fancies/fantasies, and impose >> their own interpretations. That's why there are so many different cults >> claiming that _theirs_ is the will of God! > > Yep. Silly. More than that: Such self-righteous, holier-than-thou bullshit is downright _dangerous_ (can you say "The Crusades?"), and the cause of most human misery (IMNSHO). -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Jolly Roger on 10 Aug 2010 20:28 In article <C8870C7B.6235E%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > In article jollyroger-3C3A1A.12495710082010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger > at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 8/10/10 1:49 PM: > > > In article <C88708C7.6234D%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > >> In article 1jn0g4m.famrb01nixc6kN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike > >> Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 8/10/10 1:30 PM: > >> > >>> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 08-10-2010 08:30, Mike Rosenberg quoted: > >>>>> "Once I got thrown out of dance school for being too poor of a dancer. > >>>>> Regardless Fundamentalist do not dance and forbid dancing so I no longer > >>>>> have to worry about dancing skills." > >>>> > >>>> Only if he defines "Fundamentalist" to exclude over half of those who > >>>> apply that label to themselves. > >>> > >>> Good point. And there's no biblical injunction against dancing, so his > >>> cult can't claim it's God's will. > >> > >> They do it anyway: They all read the same drivel "source material," > >> pick-and-choose what suits their personal fancies/fantasies, and impose > >> their own interpretations. That's why there are so many different cults > >> claiming that _theirs_ is the will of God! > > > > Yep. Silly. > > > More than that: Such self-righteous, holier-than-thou bullshit is downright > _dangerous_ (can you say "The Crusades?"), and the cause of most human > misery (IMNSHO). I whole-heartedly agree, but it is still silly. : ) -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Matt Broughton on 10 Aug 2010 21:17
In article <C88708C7.6234D%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > In article 1jn0g4m.famrb01nixc6kN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike > Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 8/10/10 1:30 PM: > > > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > > > >> On 08-10-2010 08:30, Mike Rosenberg quoted: > >>> "Once I got thrown out of dance school for being too poor of a dancer. > >>> Regardless Fundamentalist do not dance and forbid dancing so I no longer > >>> have to worry about dancing skills." > >> > >> Only if he defines "Fundamentalist" to exclude over half of those who > >> apply that label to themselves. > > > > Good point. And there's no biblical injunction against dancing, so his > > cult can't claim it's God's will. > > They do it anyway: They all read the same drivel "source material," > pick-and-choose what suits their personal fancies/fantasies, and impose > their own interpretations. That's why there are so many different cults > claiming that _theirs_ is the will of God! And with enough of these cults around, one has to wonder who will go to hell and just as importantly whether hell is endothermic of exothermic. For a definitive answer see <http://www.pinetree.net/humor/thermodynamics.html> -- Matt Broughton Only relatives are absolute. |