Public education is the worst. The emphasis in schools is heavily on gym, sex education and home economics. ... ...
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dskryja@...
Jun 2, 2000 3:46 am
Naturalism vs. Supernaturalism - atheists tend to assume naturalism and theists tend to assume supernaturalism. Which perspective is most reasonable? Which is...
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dskryja@...
Jun 2, 2000 3:50 am
From http://about.delphi.com/ab-atheism/messages/?msg=2620%2E1 Dear Dr. Laura, Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's law. I have ...
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ZNUMWA@...
Jun 2, 2000 5:27 am
After reading the comments about Dr. Laura, I am inspired. I pledge to burn a bull if possible under the Roosevelt head at Mount Rushmore. Wonder if Dr Laura...
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Seth Jacob Felton
sfelton1@...
Jun 2, 2000 6:04 am
Now this is great stuff!!! It makes the point so well :) Seth>...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 2, 2000 3:05 pm
R.E.A.S.O.N members will also like this, I think. From: dskryja@... Subject: The Onion: Physics Date: Thursday, June 01, 2000 11:06 PM ... MIT Physicists...
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Chris Peters
alpha_leonis@...
Jun 3, 2000 12:11 am
Late breaking from today's AP wire: Ex-Con Convicted in O'Hair Case AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An ex-convict was convicted of conspiring to rob feisty atheist leader...
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REASON - Omaha
reason01@...
Jun 3, 2000 5:33 pm
From our friend Joel Wentworth. Forwarded to the group by Chris Peters, your loving moderator. :) ... ...
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mwooge
mwooge@...
Jun 3, 2000 10:37 pm
Our REASON meeting was more interesting than usual... After the meeting, five of us went down the park, nearly to the river, where they were having a carnival,...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 4, 2000 10:28 pm
Call it SDI, Star Wars or National Missile Defense, for 20 years scientists have been pointing out a) how easy it would be to make decoys (mylar balloons,...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 4, 2000 10:28 pm
At the meeting an interest was expressed in this topic. info from Larry: In the mail last week was an offer from Rationalists NY for WHO'S WHO IN HELL, A...
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Chris Peters
alpha_leonis@...
Jun 4, 2000 10:52 pm
Looks good to me. Since I'll have a larger-than-average paycheck coming in a couple of weeks, I'll even foot the bill in lieu of receiving payments back from...
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Larry Forst
leforst@...
Jun 4, 2000 11:10 pm
The mailing we received has a check-box labeled: "Your freethought group is listed in a new book." That box IS checked. It would appear that we are in the...
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Clayton Naff
claynaff@...
Jun 5, 2000 10:36 am
Friends, Perhaps the skeptical impulse has grown too deep in me, but in the age of the Internet, I tend to see "Who's Who" books as vanity schemes. In this...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 5, 2000 3:26 pm
If it'll be commonly used as a reference, then it would be useful to be listed. Not as useful to just own one, true, but can we be listed if we don't? (Do...
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Seth Jacob Felton
sfelton1@...
Jun 5, 2000 4:20 pm
Personally I'd support some research on a good lite beer more than this SDI lemon :) Seriously though, this has been a pet project of the hawkishly inclined...
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mwooge
mwooge@...
Jun 5, 2000 6:53 pm
... guess ... My opinion is that no one would ever really use it, except to see if their own name was in it. If REASON was listed, is there any reason someone...
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mwooge
mwooge@...
Jun 5, 2000 7:04 pm
... I think there are a few good reason to do it. One is that it might actually work against an incoming missile. Unlikely, but it is concievable that a...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 5, 2000 7:35 pm
I BELIEVE! Just spent 2 hours working on my write-up of the War of the Worldviews, when all of a sudden the music on the radio clicked out and my computer went...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 5, 2000 7:59 pm
Sorry, Mark, I can't fully agree. You can pack a lot of cheap decoys into a MIRV cone, hiding the real warheads among the mylar balloons. If Russia launched...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 5, 2000 8:10 pm
Mark; Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of space exploration and research. I was one of the early members of the Planetary Society, and of NASD (Nebraska...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Jun 5, 2000 8:11 pm
Hey All, Just picked up a book called "The Third Chimpanzee" by Jared Diamond. I only paid fifty cents for it, but I was wondering if anyone is familiar with...
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dskryja@...
Jun 6, 2000 12:38 am
Diamond is a good writer and he writes about real science. Besides several acclaimed books to his credit, he's a frequent contributor to Discover Magazine. I...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 6, 2000 1:25 am
Back to the Dark Ages! Is that an exaggeration? Judge for yourself. Recall the bit about Tom Willis, a leading "creation scientist" and the person mainly...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 6, 2000 1:43 am
John; I just bought his Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies. Now in paperback. Won big honors (a Pulitzer, I believe). Also, Bill Gates raved...
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Sean Griffith
p_q30@...
Jun 6, 2000 1:52 am
This is just so perfect, I have to suspect they are making this person up: http://www.fadetoblack.com/asksusan/ FYI, Fade To Black is a humor webzine that...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Jun 6, 2000 2:16 am
My "War of the Worldviews" was produced too hurriedly, it's no doubt full of errors, but the most glaring is the names of those of us from REASON who attended...
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dskryja@...
Jun 6, 2000 4:21 am
Wow! Kinda leaves you speechless, doesn't it? ds. ... From: Jim Bechtel [mailto:jbechtel@...] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 8:32 PM To: R.E.A.S.O.N. Cc:...
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dskryja@...
Jun 6, 2000 4:32 am
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/060600sci-environ-canyon.htm l From Tues. NYT: June 6, 2000 Making Sense of Grand Canyon's Puzzles By SANDRA...
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dskryja@...
Jun 6, 2000 4:39 am
From http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/wi-nto053000.html 5 JUNE 2000 New theory on the mystery of the origin of life proposed by Weizmann Institute scientists...
