Jim, Congratulations. This is superb. I suggest that we pass the hat and have portions printed up as the REASON manifesto! Yours, Clay ... From: Jim Bechtel ...
Well, let's not go overboard. But, yes, I can run off a stack of copies for a hand-out at future events. Thanks. ... From: Clay Farris Naff To:...
Jim Bechtel
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Aug 1, 2004 3:17 pm
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I read in the Sunday paper that the chicken pox vaccinations are required before admittance to kindergarten, however, exceptions for medical or religious...
Scott Foley
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Aug 1, 2004 3:39 pm
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Ok it is time to put my two cents worth in. shrunken coin are not a example of compression or any other process. I have been collecting coin since I was 15...
Glenn Pollock
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Aug 1, 2004 4:52 pm
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Have you even seen one of the ones we're discussing? ... From: Glenn Pollock To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 11:51 AM Subject:...
A history of fakery shouldn't overshadow a legitimate discovery. We shun the concept of alchemy as inherently fraudulent, historically a something-for-nothing...
We've established that the mass of a shrunken quarter is the same as an untreated one (I weighed them). It's smaller in diameter but puffed up in the middle....
Jim Bechtel
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Aug 1, 2004 9:55 pm
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While I think that measuring the volume is the only definitive test, I can think of two lines of reasoning that leave me feeling confident that the process...
What a hoot. As unbelievable as this quote may be, I actually work with people just like this!! ``I'm glad I didn't carry my gun. I'd probably be in jail right...
just what I thought. I too, have collected coins since I was a kid and figured things like this were just miniature replicas made for novelty and $. I have...
... From: mpackard@... To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [Reason-Omaha] shrunken coins just what I...
In response to this morningšs Update, KCFS has received news of a new book that may be of interest to our readers: Why Intelligent Design Fails, co-edited by...
Wow, Les even enriched it by tracking down & adding links, to the Forbes article and many other things mentioned in the essay, like the Mind Siege movement,...
Jim Bechtel
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Aug 2, 2004 8:57 pm
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Links are often useful enhancements, especially where there's lots of good info. If you've got a few more link suggestions I'll be happy to add them. ... ...
In a message dated 7/27/2004 8:36:58 AM Mountain Daylight Time, claynaff@... writes: Hummm... I generally have great respect for Garry Wills, but here...
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Aug 2, 2004 11:32 pm
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Nice job, Les! Clay ... From: Les Lane To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 3:25 PM Subject: [Reason-Omaha] Bechtel essay Now linked...
Hello Clay and all, Clay sez: Hummm... I generally have great respect for Garry Wills, but here his starchy moralizing makes him sound like one of the nuns in...