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From: António Marques on 23 Feb 2010 23:02 On Feb 24, 12:19 am, "Brian M. Scott" <b.sc...(a)csuohio.edu> wrote: > António Marques wrote: > > Adam Funk wrote (23-02-2010 20:02): > >> On 2010-02-23, António Marques wrote: > > [...] > > >>> From the Church's point of view, there aren't > >>> multiple churches. There's only one. To say that > >>> there is more than one church is heresy. It's not a > >>> matter of wishing to be the only one, it's a > >>> religious matter. The multiplicity of churches is > >>> anathema and downright sin. > >> Well, they would say that, wouldn't they... > > It's not what you think. Either the Church's message is > > universal and Christ did found one Church, or it isn't. > > It's by no means clear that the historical figure actually > founded *any* church, but even supposing that he did, > there's no reason to think that its message is universal. What, is it restricted to some specific culture(s)? Not applicable to other(s)? > > To endorse the idea of multiple churches is like > > endorsing the idea of apartheid. > > Hardly; it's more a matter of 'whatever floats your boat'. You're not listening. To endorse the idea of multiple churches is precisely like endorsing the idea of apartheid.
From: Brian M. Scott on 23 Feb 2010 23:03 On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:33:06 +0800, Robert Bannister <robban1(a)bigpond.com> wrote in <news:7ujdukFif6U1(a)mid.individual.net> in sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > Brian M. Scott wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:47:50 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels" >> <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote in >> <news:f7fabd1d-91cc-413d-96ca-38c1f6ba3d09(a)f8g2000vba.googlegroups.com> >> in >> sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: >>> On Feb 23, 12:52 am, "Brian M. Scott" <b.sc...(a)csuohio.edu> wrote: >>>> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:32:03 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels" >>>> <gramma...(a)verizon.net> wrote in >>>> <news:ad442cf6-ce22-4ffe-b05b-786b865fb3fc(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> >>>> in >>>> sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: [...] >>>>> The point is that the kiddies shouldn't go off to school >>>>> in the dark. >>>> I hadn't noticed that DST would make much difference to >>>> that in many of the places that I've lived. >>> Who was it said "I couldn't care less how dark it is in >>> the morning"? >> I did. So? 'Morning' covers rather a lot, and the fact >> remains that at the time of day that kids are going to >> school, DST doesn't necessarily make a great deal of >> difference in the amount of daylight. > It depends where you live and what time school starts and > finishes in your area. [...] Obviously. And on the latitude and climate. Hence 'in many of the places that I've lived' and 'necessarily'. Brian
From: Brian M. Scott on 23 Feb 2010 23:05 On 23 Feb 2010 17:41:22 -0800, R H Draney <dadoctah(a)spamcop.net> wrote in <news:hm204201q19(a)drn.newsguy.com> in sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > Robert Bannister filted: >> The eternal rift between morning and evening people. I >> get very ratty when politicians force me to get up in >> the dark more often than need be, whereas I think >> dinner is best eaten when it is dark outside. > Quite right...I had breakfast yesterday at noon, and > dinner at midnight....r That sounds about right, though my dinner might well be later than that. Brian
From: António Marques on 23 Feb 2010 23:06 On Feb 24, 1:14 am, Robert Bannister <robb...(a)bigpond.com> wrote: > Ant nio Marques wrote: > > It's not what you think. Either the Church's message is universal and > > Christ did found one Church, or it isn't. > > Now there's a new one: the first I've heard that Jesus founded or even > wanted a church. 'Church' has many meanings. I don't know which one(s) you're thinking of.
From: Evan Kirshenbaum on 23 Feb 2010 23:11
Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> writes: > On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:38:57 +0800, Robert Bannister > <robban1(a)bigpond.com> wrote: > >>What I want to know is what do they do with all this daylight they've >>saved? I'm not getting it, and I think they're using my daylight for >>nefarious activities. > > Benjamin Franklin first proposed daylight time (it's not really > called Daylight *Savings* Time anymore). > > I've hear it commented that daylight time was invented by an > Amrican Indian who, finding his blanket too short to reach his > chin, cut off the lower end of the blanket and sewed it onto the > upper end. Apparently Irishmen worry more about their feet: The Irishman, who found his blanket too short to cover his legs, hit upon the clever expedient, for lengthening it, of cutting a piece from the top and sewing it on to the bottom. This is pretty much what Sir Robert Peel has done for the Amendment of the Corn Law; what he has cut off from the duty he has tacked on to the averages.--(1842) _The Life and Labours of Albany Fonblanque_, 1874 An excuse may be found for the learned Archbishop that he possessed a Hibernian intellect, which is known to suffer from singular and amusing aberrations, like that of the Irishman who, finding his blanket too short to cover his feet, cut off a portion from the top and sewed it on to the bottom. P.C. Sense, _A Critical and Historical Enquiry into the Origin of the Third Gospel_, 1901 -- Evan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |The purpose of writing is to inflate 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, Palo Alto, CA 94304 |and inhibit clarity. With a little |practice, writing can be an kirshenbaum(a)hpl.hp.com |intimidating and impenetrable fog! (650)857-7572 | Calvin http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ |