Dear Clayton and everybody, THanks for your courteous reply. I still have a lot to say about third parties but that will have to wait for tomorrow. For today,...
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Anita J
anitalikestennis@...
Nov 1, 2001 12:29 pm
Friends, Over the last several weeks, cogitating on the definition of religion and how society could transition to more "rational religion" (oxymoronic as they...
... Far be it from me to associate myself with the wartime propaganda of the administration. President Bush thinks our God will beat their God. Obviously, I...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Nov 1, 2001 3:22 pm
"the PRIMARY motivation of the terrorists is to defend fundamentalism from the corrosive effect of liberal, consumerist culture." OR (to fine-tune a bit) the...
Hello All, menzesheimer sez: Unfortunately, I will not be able to make the next REASON meeting but it is my sincere hope that there is some discussion and...
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Skryja, David
dskryja@...
Nov 1, 2001 3:44 pm
From Wed. InfoBeat News: Jackson: All My Songs Were Written by God Eccentric pop star MICHAEL JACKSON has made the bizarre claim that all of his songs were...
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Anita J
anitalikestennis@...
Nov 1, 2001 7:05 pm
Dan wrote: Jim's attack on David, some subsequent posts and the lack of an apology has led me to the conclusion that the list is Jim and Clay's living room....
If any of you REASONnaires are planning to attend this evening's shindig on the cosmos ("How the Universe Began, and Our Place in It," 7:30 p.m., Neb. Union...
New Statesman 29th October 2001 Lost in the swamp of modernity Peter Watson His survey of scholars around the world convinced Peter Watson that, outside the...
From andrewsullivan.com SHOULD IT BE A 'WAR'?: British historian Michael Howard gave a penetrating speech yesterday warning of the dangers of this war. His ...
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Duane Tiemann
duanetiemann@...
Nov 1, 2001 11:14 pm
Jim's attack was a bit harsh, but I hate to see it have a chilling effect on people's comments. Sure we can be courteous (and even respectful, if warranted),...
This "creating wealth" stuff cries out for rational rebuttal. Unfortunately, I am not qualified to do this. Is Wallace Peterson on the list? The right to...
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Duane Tiemann
duanetiemann@...
Nov 1, 2001 11:33 pm
I managed a couple more chapters in "Terrorism in the Mind of God". The first insight I got was that: terrorists seemed pretty much like normal people to him...
Hi everybody, THe article below gave me a lot of hope. All the smart people I pay attention (forgive me if some smart person on this list disagrees) believe ...
Published Friday November 2, 2001 Midlands Voices: Are atheists American? BY THOMAS MARTIN The writer is a professor of Philosophy at the University of...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Nov 2, 2001 4:18 pm
So, Americans aren't wasteful, because "the average weight of a plastic soda bottle fell by 30 percent." Well, gosh, Sean, how can you argue against such...
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Bart W
MrSciTrek@...
Nov 2, 2001 5:20 pm
... like the campaign against smoking. People can be embarrassed to be religious, just like they are embarrassed to still be smoking. Its not exactly ...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Nov 2, 2001 7:11 pm
Hey all, There are so many things wrong with this I wont even begin to tackle them (anyone else?). Just one thing really needs to be pointed out to Mr. Martin;...
The Declaration of Independence captures thoughts and emotions, etc. of a relatively brief period of time. The same period of time in which men owned other...
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Bart W
MrSciTrek@...
Nov 2, 2001 9:14 pm
Is this another case of a philosopher prof rattling a cage just to see what squeaks? Or, maybe he's pushing the point far beyond reason because he wants...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Nov 3, 2001 12:43 am
Last night a van-full of us went to Lincoln to hear Michael Turner's witty lecture on cosmology (loved those home-made graphics; a regular Kandinsky!). Among...
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Skryja, David
dskryja@...
Nov 3, 2001 2:41 am
BTW, I'm a little ways into de Waal's The Ape and the Sushi Master right now, and I'll say that it's one heck of a fun read. From what I've read so far, I...
Anita wrote: After the incident, we did discuss possible policies and procedures that the moderator could use as he deems appropriate in the future. I think ...
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Duane Tiemann
duanetiemann@...
Nov 3, 2001 1:18 pm
Bart: I think you pretty much hit it on the head. You have some turn-off words for me and I didn't like where you came from but the examples you ended up with...
http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=82850&messageid=1004448042 The above link is to a speech given by Bill Moyers at the Environmental Grantmakers...
I was looking through some of my folders to do some deleting and ran across this post from Larry: The consensus date for a November Reading Circle was the...
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sgcol50326@...
Nov 4, 2001 1:49 am
Below is the text of the letter I sent the OWH Pulse editor Saturday morning. It probably won't be printed. I hope someone else can yank the guy's chain hard...
Reasonaires, Found this site after becoming more curious about hydrogen power: http://www.blacklightpower.com/ The theory behind the technology/product is...
An interesting article. I believe that some of the studies that they are looking for are in the veterinary literature, especially equine. I would be cautious...
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HM
cfct@...
Nov 5, 2001 4:22 am
I went to this website, and request that one or more of you physics types post some analysis of the "Blacklight Process." While it smells lightly of snake oil,...
