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8951
Check this out, it's a free, short book on Atheism, including annotated sections on recommended books and websites. www.freewebs.com/thebgma/index.htm www...
thebgma
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Mar 5, 2006
10:16 pm
8952
hi folks, i'm looking for a group, here in yahoo or in usenet, where rationalists (as opposed to religionists) go toe-to-toe with neo-pagan new-age...
rufi_dukes
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Mar 10, 2006
3:36 am
8953
Rufus, You should read "The Aquarian Conspiracy." It doesn't really describe a classic "conspiracy," but from a skeptical viewpoint it might anyway. It details...
Lee
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Mar 10, 2006
4:39 pm
8954
... skeptical viewpoint it might anyway. It details a dream of a New Age paradigm shift being effectuated, and so-Called "Alternative" Medicine (sCAM) is the...
rufi_dukes
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Mar 11, 2006
2:10 pm
8955
sCAM is an acronym for so-Called "Alternative" Medicine (sCAM) (always spelled with a small "s" and capitalized "CAM".) Here's my article at SkepticWiki: ...
Lee
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Mar 11, 2006
3:16 pm
8956
... Rufi, Once in a while a new-age'ist, religious, Art-Bellist or some other similar kind stumbles into this group, gets paddled while walking through the...
Darrell
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Mar 14, 2006
3:32 am
8957
... respect ... gone. ... thx Darrell, having thought a bit more about this since i posted, i realize what should have a very obvious point: new-age types...
rufi_dukes
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Mar 14, 2006
11:57 am
8958
He just plain old dishonest. If anybody is interested in our emails back and forth, I'll be happy to post them!...
hey_pep
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Mar 16, 2006
1:38 am
8959
... Sure; go ahead. It should be interesting to have an example of JREF correspondence. Maybe you should point out what exactly you think he was dishonest...
Walter Hecker
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Mar 16, 2006
5:02 am
8960
I've heard the claim several times that Randi's challenge is bogus. I'd be happy to read some of your emails. Eric Carlson...
ecarlson
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Mar 16, 2006
4:25 pm
8961
There are 22 emails. Do you want me to just post them all to the group? Pepper ... Alternatvie Epilepsy Treatments http://epilepsyalternatives.freeservers.com ...
Pepper
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Mar 16, 2006
8:26 pm
8962
Eric, Would you like me to forward the emails to you? 22 of them. Also, you might want to look at this. I found out about it after Randi blocked me. ...
Pepper
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Mar 16, 2006
8:27 pm
8963
My problem is that he wants proof of the supernatural. Fact is a don't believe in the supernatural, nothing is above the basic laws of nature. Though I'm not...
technogiddo
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Mar 16, 2006
8:34 pm
8964
Technogiddo ... I think you should make a distinction between ET on one hand and spirits and telepathy on the other. Extraterrestrial Intelligence does not...
Walter Hecker
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Mar 16, 2006
10:37 pm
8965
... Not as individual posts, naturally. You could copy the 22 emails in chronological sequence into one file and then upload that into the files section of...
Walter Hecker
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Mar 16, 2006
10:54 pm
8966
Better if you post them on the web. If you can't do that, send them to me, and I'll find a way to post them. It might not be right away, however. Eric...
ecarlson
ecarlson2002
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Mar 17, 2006
2:25 am
8967
I'm putting the file together. For right now, I'll point out one clear lie Randi told about the exchange on his site. (For some reason, he calls me "Sam") ...
Pepper
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Mar 17, 2006
2:28 am
8968
... I've uploaded the file, randiandpepper.txt. ... When did he come up with that excuse? Why didn't he just tell the person who made the claim that? I'll tell...
Pepper
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Mar 17, 2006
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8969
... The "laws of nature" are just our descriptions of what we have observed. Pepper Alternative Epilepsy Treatments http://epilepsyalternatives.freeservers.com...
Pepper
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Mar 17, 2006
2:29 am
8970
... You seem to prefer to hide behind some aliases. I guess you don't really want us to believe that is Pepper is your real name. You may indeed have good...
Walter Hecker
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Mar 17, 2006
5:05 am
8971
... No, Pepper is not my real, as in legal, name, but people do call me that IRL. Anyway, why make ME the issue? Call me Pepper, Schmepper, or whatever, either...
Pepper
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Mar 17, 2006
3:33 pm
8972
... spirits and ... This is meerely a matter of semantics. I would describe something as "supernatural" if it seems to contradict our current understanding of...
ecarlson
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Mar 17, 2006
3:39 pm
8973
... Rather than answering this claim myself, I will point out that the JREF website specifically addresses this claim. The following is from: ...
ecarlson
ecarlson2002
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Mar 17, 2006
3:49 pm
8974
... Let us make our own judgements. Actually, here is part of the response from the website you cited: "We only respond to responsible claims." It is...
ecarlson
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Mar 17, 2006
4:02 pm
8975
Dear Pepper, I read through the correspondence, and have no reason to particularly doubt that it is genuine. It was not clear to me that Mr. Randi at any ...
ecarlson
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Mar 17, 2006
4:34 pm
8976
... Read my last email to him. ... The last email Randi sent to me ended like this: "'Bye. You're blocked. James Randi." Thus, he told me he does not want to...
Pepper
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Mar 17, 2006
8:53 pm
8977
... That's not what he told the person. ... Lock the guy up, monitor him, and don't feed him. If he asked to leave, I'd let him go. If his health started to...
Pepper
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Mar 17, 2006
8:54 pm
8978
... Because you are coming darn close to publicly slandering Mr. Randi while it has become exceedingly clear that you caused the problem with him by not ...
Walter Hecker
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Mar 17, 2006
9:32 pm
8979
March 17, 2006, 8:11AM Oldest light shows universe grew fast, researchers say First stars arose 400 million years after big bang, not 200 million years, as...
Joe Needham
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Mar 18, 2006
4:50 am
8980
... No, it's not. It would be clear that a person's claim to be able to live without food was false long before they were in any serious danger. ... Who judged...
Pepper
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Mar 18, 2006
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