Clay's comment: " ...or c) (and this is the most intriguing one to me!) life achieves godhood -- by which I mean perfect knowledge and perfect union with...
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000410/creation.htm U.S. News: Hunting for God on a creation safari (4/10/00) After years of decline, the birthrate is on...
Our past would have been someone's future. Postulating a "god" in the future puts a "god" before whatever follows. If the universe has been contracting and ...
A sad example of creationist attempts to use fossils to dispute evolution: see U.S. News & World Report, April 10, 2000, under Science & Ideas: religion (p. ...
... Most people believe there's a God because that's how they were raised, and they never bothered to -really- question whether or not a God is plausible. In...
Hey, Folks, This is a truly momentous step: robotic heart surgery. As nanotechnology develops, some say the need for surgery will disappear altogether. We may...
Chris,
Good for you for replying to the Knibbe letter. Since you asked (and
since I'm a former editor, I just can't help myself!) I do have a
suggestion....
How about TWO letters, one from Chris (& any co-signors) and one from Clay signing for "the Lincoln chapter." Seriously! That would look really impressive:...
Chris: Don't necessarily take the following as outright reluctance on my part re your letter; I only offer this thought for your consideration. You're...
To all, just a mailing-list maintenance sort of letter. The nice folks who provide us our list at no charge have been doing a bit of updating at their site,...
... First, the question is not "why not take a poke..." but "why take a poke...". Never take a poke at someone just because you can. Second, being a moron is...
Along the lines of Jim's recent editorial submission, I've written another letter as a response to one I saw in the Public Pulse on April 2nd. For those of you...
Sean; a) They won't use your name. Signatures must include address & phone number to be used. I just wanted them to know I'm not alone in my defense of ...
Jim B.,
Great letter. I admire your ability to marshall logical and historical
arguments. My one concern is that, for a letter to the editor, it's a
bit long...
To all: Just got this unsolicited letter in the group e-mail account. I plan on following up on it myself, but first I'd like to pass it to the group for ...
From Jim Bechtel, member of REASON (Rationalists, Empiricists, and Skeptics of Nebraska). ... Your March 29 editorial warns that mankind may find itself in...
As a follow-up to today's meeting, I phoned the number below and reserved a booth for us at Earth Day. Although the official cutoff was yesterday, no problem,...
The series: "Teaching Evolution --Views from Science." Three speakers: Feb 23, Donald U. Wise, Franklin and Marshall College, "Creationist Propaganda and the...
Hey, folks, The other night, we were talking about the challenge to religion posed by the prospect of new, artificial life forms. For anyone who finds that an...
To all, especially those who attended Ken Miller's lecture in Lincoln on Wednesday. Click the link below for information about the upcoming conference in...
Big thanks to all who took part in last night's meeting! It was a great
discussion. Thanks especially to the Omaha gang who joined us. They were
gracious...
Well, this question really relates to all REASON members in both cities, Omaha and Lincoln. Several of us attended the meeting on Wednesday evening in...
Hey, Reasonable Omahans,
Those of you who are coming to the UNL lecture tomorrow, you are more
than welcome to join us afterwards for our humanist meeting at...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Lecture in Lincoln Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM CST (GMT-06:00) A reminder for any...
In light of the recent discussion of "Earth Day" activities for the group -- I just found this AP-abstract of a recent scientific study. Perhaps somebody in...
For those (few) of you who have responded so far: A quick reminder that the second of the 3 Creation-Evolution lectures will be held this coming Wednesday in...
