A question just came to me, perhaps you can answer it Mike, I notice that all western industrialized nations are experiencing negative replacement birth rates...
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Ambrose Hawk
AmbroseHawk
Dec 5, 2005 12:25 am
Marc wrote: I watched a debate on TV yesterday, the whole bunch was there: Catholics, Muslims and Humanists. It became very clear: the only ones who were ...
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Ambrose Hawk
AmbroseHawk
Dec 5, 2005 12:12 am
Actually, Randi has before this been clearly implicated in out right fraudulent scams which were presented to the public via mass media as legitimate tests of...
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Wayne Turner
zullaboy
Dec 4, 2005 7:52 pm
Thanks, Mike, for a well-presented response. I really appreciate it. I definite need to read Dawkins for myself. I keep putting it off because I read so many...
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Marc Steurbaut
msteurbaut
Dec 4, 2005 10:10 am
The guy of the Vatican states that in his opinion, ID isn't a scientific
concept. ... Van: Wayne Turner Datum: 12/03/05 23:22:28 Aan:...
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mikebispham@...
mikebispham
Dec 4, 2005 8:38 am
Undeniable Gene, if polemic... watch the rhetorical sleight-of-hand with the key term: Science... "Real scientific advances usually stem from the discovery...
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mikebispham@...
mikebispham
Dec 4, 2005 8:24 am
Hi Wayne In a message dated 12/3/05 11:25:44 PM GMT Standard Time, hermes@... writes: "It sure seems to me that a lot of the negative reaction to...
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mikebispham@...
mikebispham
Dec 4, 2005 7:32 am
In a message dated 12/3/05 9:34:32 PM GMT Standard Time, ... only. ... itself is ... least ... ways to ... such as ... are - ... form a view on ... "Hi Mike, ...
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Eugene Johnson
anthropik9
Dec 4, 2005 6:47 am
Hi, I just read a passage in Wilson Bryan Key's book "The Age of Manipulation; and it was so right on with the flow of this discussion I couldn't pass up...
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Wayne Turner
zullaboy
Dec 3, 2005 11:24 pm
It sure seems to me that a lot of the negative reaction to "Intelligent Design" is connected to the spin and the fear that it's ONLY a Creationist end-run...
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Marc Steurbaut
msteurbaut
Dec 3, 2005 11:03 pm
... Van: Wayne Turner Datum: 12/03/05 23:22:28 Aan: sacredlandscapelist@yahoogroups.com Onderwerp: RE: [sl] Vatican Official Refutes Intelligent Design Thank...
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Wayne Turner
zullaboy
Dec 3, 2005 10:22 pm
Thank God! _____ If this really comes from the Vatican, it is a 'wise' decision. Of course, it also implies: don't take the bible literally... Marc...
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Eugene Johnson
anthropik9
Dec 3, 2005 9:34 pm
... principles only. ... can be ... consiousness itself is ... at least ... states ... find ways to ... that such as ... clearly are - ... as 'metaphysical. ...
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mikebispham@...
mikebispham
Dec 3, 2005 9:21 pm
Not that I want to align myself with the vatican's position here, but... In a message dated 12/3/05 8:40:38 PM GMT Standard Time, ... ANSA ... (Dan writes) ...
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Eugene Johnson
anthropik9
Dec 3, 2005 8:54 pm
The Legend of Nasrudin Introduction This is an adaptation of a Sufi teaching story. Sufis are Eastern and middle Eastern mystics. They are most usually...
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mikebispham@...
mikebispham
Dec 3, 2005 8:51 pm
Hi Dan This is going nowhere. "Because he talks objectivity doesn't mean that he is objective. If he wants to be taken seriously, he needs to designate an...
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Marc
msteurbaut
Dec 3, 2005 8:38 pm
If this really comes from the Vatican, it is a 'wise' decision. Of course, it also implies: don't take the bible literally... Marc ... the ... is ... ...
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Daniel N. Washburn
danw888
Dec 3, 2005 7:06 pm
Thanks, Marc Interesting article but poor headline and poor explanation of what the ID argument is. No refutation is given, just an assertion that ID is not...
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Marc Steurbaut
msteurbaut
Dec 3, 2005 5:49 pm
VATICAN OFFICIAL REFUTES INTELLIGENT DESIGN By Nicole Winfield Associated Press November 18, 2005 ...
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Daniel N. Washburn
danw888
Dec 3, 2005 1:25 pm
... No, just an indication that Randi is blowing smoke out of his ass when he says that Schwartz has done no double blind studies. As I said, I want to take a...
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Marc Steurbaut
msteurbaut
Dec 3, 2005 10:00 am
I meant the bread and wine lol ... Van: Marc Steurbaut Datum: 12/03/05 10:32:32 Aan: sacredlandscapelist@yahoogroups.com Onderwerp: Re: [sl] Re: Scientists &...
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mikebispham@...
mikebispham
Dec 3, 2005 9:58 am
Hi Gene I agree Pirsig's division is useful, but a guide to rough principles only. Once we've begun to appreciate the distinctions between things and their ...
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Marc Steurbaut
msteurbaut
Dec 3, 2005 9:32 am
Intolerance of 'institutionalized' religion, yes Chris. Because it means
dictatorship, and is against the emancipation of the individual. Let's not
become...
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mikebispham@...
mikebispham
Dec 3, 2005 9:15 am
In a message dated 11/30/05 11:45:10 AM GMT Standard Time, danw@... writes: "Just flew out to Illinois over the weekend and while I was on the...
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Chris
euxenite2000
Dec 3, 2005 4:35 am
You propose to fight religious intolerance with intolerance of religion. Yeah, I can really see how that rises above your "madhouse"; theory. There is something...
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Marc
msteurbaut
Dec 2, 2005 8:35 pm
I was thinking the other day: it's time to start fighting religion. Frederik von Hohenstaufen said in 1239: The world has been cheated by three crooks: Mozes,...
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mikebispham@...
mikebispham
Dec 2, 2005 4:59 pm
Hi Dan Thoughts below: In a message dated 12/2/05 1:06:32 AM GMT Standard Time, danw@... writes: "Recently read another book called Afterlife...
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Eugene Johnson
anthropik9
Dec 1, 2005 7:13 pm
... doubtless ... necessity ... puzzle to ... within a ... the notion that ... you agree ... ethical ... reserved for use ... Well, the way I sort this out is...
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Daniel N. Washburn
danw888
Dec 1, 2005 11:17 am
Hi, Mike Some comments on Randi's eval of Gary Schwartz. (http://www.randi.org/jr/03-23-2001.html ) ... Recently read another book called Afterlife Encounters...
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mikebispham@...
mikebispham
Dec 1, 2005 8:56 am
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