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"Robert Knowles" <p00261@psilink.com> | Re: KORESH IS GOD! | Kupajava, East of Krakatoa | >DATE: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 14:15:20 +0100
>FROM: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
>
>The latest news seems to be that Koresh will give himself up once he's
>finished writing a sequel to the Bible.
>
>mathew
Writing the Seven Seals or something along those lines. He's already
written the first of the Seven which was arou... | 0alt.atheism |
decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) | Re: some thoughts. | AT&T | In article <madhausC5yD87.KIp@netcom.com>, madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann) writes:
> healta@saturn.wwc.edu (Tammy R Healy) writes: >
>
> >Tammy "See, Maddi, I trimmed it!" Healy
>
> Well, you're going to have to practice, but you're getting
> the hang of it. Soon we're going to have to give you a new
> nickname.... | 0alt.atheism |
jimh@carson.u.washington.edu (James Hogan) | Re: What's a shit shoveler to do? (was Re: Amusing atheists and) | University of Washington, Seattle | In article <timmbake.735278230@mcl> timmbake@mcl.ucsb.edu (Bake Timmons) writes:
>
>James Hogan writes:
>
>[fine sentiments]
>
>From his very first post Jim assumed an attack of ad hominem, sarcastic
>innuendo, i.e., shit to be shoveled. He conveniently forgets this, of course,
>and then _whines_ about his boredom.
A... | 0alt.atheism |
a137490@lehtori.cc.tut.fi (Aario Sami) | Re: note to Bobby M. | Tampere University of Technology, Computing Centre | In <1993Apr10.191100.16094@ultb.isc.rit.edu> snm6394@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.N. Mozumder ) writes:
>Insults about the atheistic genocide was totally unintentional. Under
>atheism, anything can happen, good or bad, including genocide.
And you know why this is? Because you've conveniently _defined_ a theist as
someone who... | 0alt.atheism |
aaron@minster.york.ac.uk | Re: Gulf War / Selling Arms | Department of Computer Science, University of York, England | Mark McCullough (mccullou@snake10.cs.wisc.edu) wrote:
: I heard about the arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Now, how is it such a grave
: mistake to sell Saudi Arabia weapons? Or are you claiming that we shouldn't
: sell any weapons to other countries? Straightforward answer please.
Saudi Arabia is an oppressive regime th... | 0alt.atheism |
west@next02cville.wam.umd.edu (Stilgar) | Re: Gospel Dating | Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park | In article <kmr4.1433.734039535@po.CWRU.edu> kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M.
Ryan) writes:
> In article <1993Apr5.163050.13308@wam.umd.edu>
west@next02cville.wam.umd.edu (Stilgar) writes:
> >In article <kmr4.1422.733983061@po.CWRU.edu> kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M.
> >Ryan) writes:
> >> In article <1993Apr5.025924.11361@... | 0alt.atheism |
keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) | Re: "Cruel" (was Re: <Political Atheists?) | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena | livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
>>They spent quite a bit of time on the wording of the Constitution.
>I realise that this is widely held belief in America, but in fact
>the clause on cruel and unusual punishments, like a lot of the
>rest, was lifted from the English Bill of Rights of 1689.
Just bec... | 0alt.atheism |
mikec@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Micheal Cranford) | Re: Rawlins debunks creationism | Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. | John E. King (king@ctron.com) posts a whopping one liner:
* "The modern theory of evolution is so inadequate that it deserves to be *
* treated as a matter of faith." -- Francis Hitching *
I have a few points to make about the above posting.
1. Science is not based on and does not consis... | 0alt.atheism |
I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau) | Re: islamic authority over women | Technical University Braunschweig, Germany | In article <C5rACM.41q@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>
bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) writes:
>I can't recall anyone claiming that God -makes- anyone act a particlar
>way, I think that you're attempting to manufacture a contradiction.
A world creator god does, the moment it creates the world. And to sayi
that you ... | 0alt.atheism |
decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) | Re: some thoughts. | AT&T | In article <EDM.93Apr15104322@gocart.twisto.compaq.com>, edm@twisto.compaq.com (Ed McCreary) writes:
> >>>>> On Thu, 15 Apr 1993 04:54:38 GMT, bissda@saturn.wwc.edu (DAN LAWRENCE BISSELL) said:
>
> DLB> First I want to start right out and say that I'm a Christian. It
> DLB> makes sense to be one. Have any of you r... | 0alt.atheism |
frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) | Re: Bayesian Statistics, theism and atheism | Siemens-Nixdorf AG | In article <1993Apr24.165301.8321@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale) writes:
#In article <1quei1$8mb@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
#>In article <1993Apr15.181924.21026@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale) writes:
[I write:]
#>>>... | 0alt.atheism |
keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) | Re: Keith IS a relativist! | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena | 9051467f@levels.unisa.edu.au (The Desert Brat) writes:
>Keith, if you start wafffling on about how it is different for a human
>to maul someone thrown into it's cage (so to speak), you'd better start
>posting tome decent evidence or retract your 'I think there is an absolute
>morality' blurb a few weeks ago.
Did I cl... | 0alt.atheism |
aaron@minster.york.ac.uk | Re: Death Penalty / Gulf War (long) | Department of Computer Science, University of York, England | Mark McCullough (mccullou@snake2.cs.wisc.edu) wrote:
: >Prove it. I have a source that says that to date, the civilian death count
: >(er, excuse me, I mean "collateral damage") is about 200,000.
:
: I have _never_ seen any source that was claiming such a figure. Please
: post the source so its reliability can be jud... | 0alt.atheism |
kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) | Re: Gospel Dating | Case Western Reserve University | In article <1993Apr6.021635.20958@wam.umd.edu> west@next02cville.wam.umd.edu (Stilgar) writes:
>Fine... THE ILLIAD IS THE WORD OF GOD(tm) (disputed or not, it is)
>
>Dispute that. It won't matter. Prove me wrong.
The Illiad contains more than one word. Ergo: it can not be
the Word of God.
But, if you will humb... | 0alt.atheism |
acooper@mac.cc.macalstr.edu | Re: thoughts on christians | Macalester College | In article <1993Apr15.050750.3893@nuscc.nus.sg>, cmtan@iss.nus.sg (Tan Chade Meng - dan) writes:
> sandvik@newton.apple.com (Kent Sandvik) writes:
> : In article <1q338l$cva@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>, gsu0033@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Eric
> : Molas) wrote:
> : > Christianity is an infectious cult. The reasons it flourishes are
> : > ... | 0alt.atheism |
kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) | Re: Where are they now? | Case Western Reserve University | In article <1ql0d3$5vo@dr-pepper.East.Sun.COM> geoff@East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes:
>Your posting provoked me into checking my save file for memorable
>posts. The first I captured was by Ken Arromdee on 19 Feb 1990, on the
>subject "Re: atheist too?". That was article #473 here... | 0alt.atheism |
kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) | Re: 27 fundamental beliefs of SDA | Case Western Reserve University | In article <healta.183.735790222@saturn.wwc.edu> healta@saturn.wwc.edu (Tammy R Healy) writes:
> I was asked to post list of the SDA Church's basic beliefs. The SDA
>church has always been reluctant to formalize a creed in the usual sense of
>word. However, the powers that be in the church deemed it neccessary... | 0alt.atheism |
I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau) | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is | Technical University Braunschweig, Germany | In article <1r0fpv$p11@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>
frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
(Deletion)
># Point: Morals are, in essence, personal opinions. Usually
>#(ideally) well-founded, motivated such, but nonetheless personal. The
>#fact that a real large lot of people agree on some moral question,
>#sometimes... | 0alt.atheism |
livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is | sgi | In article <1qjclt$nh7@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
|> In article <1qiore$20b@fido.asd.sgi.com> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
|> #
|> #The intended audience is the set of people who *are* convinced
|> #by those arguments, who therefore finish up as church member... | 0alt.atheism |
jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com | Re: Gulf War / Selling Arms | null | In article <930420.113512.1V3.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk>, mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
> mccullou@snake2.cs.wisc.edu (Mark McCullough) writes:
From a parallel thread. Much about definitions of bombs, etc. deleted.
[...]
>
>> Aaaahhh. Tell me, how many innocents were killed in concentration camps?
>> mm-hm... | 0alt.atheism |
qpliu@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (q.p.liu) | Re: free moral agency | Princeton University | In article <kmr4.1575.734879106@po.CWRU.edu> kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) writes:
>In article <1993Apr15.000406.10984@Princeton.EDU> qpliu@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (q.p.liu) writes:
>
>>>So while Faith itself is a Gift, obedience is what makes Faith possible.
>>What makes obeying different from believing?
> I am stil... | 0alt.atheism |
keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) | Re: Is Keith as ignorant as he seems? | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena | mam@mouse.cmhnet.org (Mike McAngus) writes:
>>>No, everything wouldn't be OK, but it would be a start.
>>Now wait, if the religious organizations were no longer tax-exempt, what
>>other beef could you have? They would then have as much right to lobby
>>as would any other group.
>You asked "would everything be okay". ... | 0alt.atheism |
halat@pooh.bears (Jim Halat) | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is | null | >>#>
>>#> In article <1qk1pp$6hj@kyle.eitech.com> ekr@kyle.eitech.com (Eric Rescorla) writes:
>>#So what? The value I assign the results is as real *to me* as they can get.
>>#I'm just not limited to how things are valuable to me. Aside from our own
>>#desires for its results, science has no value. Nevertheless, it st... | 0alt.atheism |
geoff@East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) | Re: Where are they now? | SunSelect | Your posting provoked me into checking my save file for memorable
posts. The first I captured was by Ken Arromdee on 19 Feb 1990, on the
subject "Re: atheist too?". That was article #473 here; your question
was article #53766, which is an average of about 48 articles a day for
the last three years. As others have noted... | 0alt.atheism |
keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) | Re: Political Atheists? | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena | mmwang@adobe.com (Michael Wang) writes:
>I was looking for a rigorous definition because otherwise we would be
>spending the rest of our lives arguing what a "Christian" really
>believes.
I don't think we need to argue about this.
>KS>Do you think that the motto points out that this country is proud
>KS>of its freed... | 0alt.atheism |
arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is | Johns Hopkins University CS Dept. | In article <930423.103637.3O4.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
>> > There's no objective physics; Einstein and Bohr have told us that.
>> Speaking as one who knows relativity and quantum mechanics, I say:
>> Bullshit.
>Speaking as someone who also knows relativity and quantum mechanics,... | 0alt.atheism |
timmbake@mcl.ucsb.edu (Bake Timmons) | Re: Amusing atheists and agnostics | null |
Maddi Hausmann chirps:
>timmbake@mcl.ucsb.edu (Bake Timmons) writes: >
>>First of all, you seem to be a reasonable guy. Why not try to be more >honest
>>and include my sentence afterwards that
>Honest, it just ended like that, I swear!
That's nice.
>Hmmmm...I recognize the warning signs...alternating polite and
... | 0alt.atheism |
livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) | Re: Genocide is Caused by Atheism | sgi | In article <1qjf31$o7t@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
|> In article <1qimbe$sp@fido.asd.sgi.com> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
|> #In article <1qif1g$fp3@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
|> #|> In article <1qialf$p2m@fido.asd.sgi.... | 0alt.atheism |
mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is oxymoronic? | Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. | jaskew@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au (Joseph Askew) writes:
> Oh goody, I get to defend China again on alt.atheism. Just exactly what
> 'policy of mandatory forced abortion in Tibet' are we talking about here?
> What are the words 'policy' and 'mandatory' doing there - you mean there
> is a law requiring all (or even some... | 0alt.atheism |
kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) | Re: Smullyanism for the day..... | Case Western Reserve University | In article <1r8tpi$4pu@dr-pepper.East.Sun.COM> geoff@East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes:
>[This Raymond Smullyan quote is too big for a .sig, but deserves posting IMHO.]
To big for a .sig?
No way!
Keith " Home of the billdboard .sig files " Ryan
=)
---
Private note to Je... | 0alt.atheism |
I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau) | Re: atheist? | Technical University Braunschweig, Germany | In article <ePVk2B3w165w@mantis.co.uk>
Tony Lezard <tony@mantis.co.uk> writes:
(Deletion)
>> In other words, if there were gods, they would hardly make sense, and
>> it is possible to explain the phenomenon of religion without gods.
>>
>> The concept is useless, and I don't have to introduce new assumptions
>> in ord... | 0alt.atheism |
tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly) | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is | Laboratory for the Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh U | In article <1qkjvc$4jv@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
>If I can predict with almost 100% accuracy that Americans prefer to own their
>portions of the US than an infinitesmal portion of $1, in what sense are
>these values not objective?
Ahhhh. I see what you mean now.
But in th... | 0alt.atheism |
lefty@apple.com (Lefty) | Re: I'll see your demand and raise you... (was Re: After 2000 years etc) | Our Lady of Heavy Artillery | In article <1993Apr19.203616.21280@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>,
ece_0028@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (David Anderson) wrote:
>
> In article <930419.103239.5M4.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes:
> >
> >Prove that you exist, Frank.
> >mathew
>
> Cogito, ergo sum. :)
OK. Prove you _think_.
-... | 0alt.atheism |
David O Hunt <bluelobster+@CMU.EDU> | Re: Death Penalty / Gulf War (long) | Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA | From: jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com
>Actually, it was the fact that both situations existed that prompted US
>and allied action. If some back-water country took over some other
>back-water country, we probably wouldn't intervene. Not that we don't
>care, but we can't be the world's policman. Or if a coup had occured
>in... | 0alt.atheism |
kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) | Re: Contradictions | Case Western Reserve University | In article <C52oys.2CLJ@austin.ibm.com> yoder@austin.ibm.com (Stuart R. Yoder) writes:
>:
>: Then what would it have to do with "in the universe"? You theists
>: cannot understand that inside the universe and outside the universe
>: are two different places. Put God outside the universe and you
>: subtract from it t... | 0alt.atheism |
Nanci Ann Miller <nm0w+@andrew.cmu.edu> | Re: It's all Mary's fault! | Sponsored account, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA | dfuller@portal.hq.videocart.com (Dave Fuller) writes:
> Nice attempt Chris . . . verrry close.
>
> You missed the conspiracy by 1 step. Joseph knew who knocked her up.
> He couldn't let it be known that somebody ELSE got ol' Mary prego. That
> wouldn't do well for his popularity in the local circles. So what
> ha... | 0alt.atheism |
pww@spacsun.rice.edu (Peter Walker) | Re: Rawlins debunks creationism | I didn't do it, nobody saw me, you can't prove a thing. | In article <1993Apr15.223844.16453@rambo.atlanta.dg.com>,
wpr@atlanta.dg.com (Bill Rawlins) wrote:
>
> We are talking about origins, not merely science. Science cannot
> explain origins. For a person to exclude anything but science from
> the issue of origins is to say that there is no higher truth
> ... | 0alt.atheism |
kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) | Re: Gospel Dating | Case Western Reserve University | In article <C4vyFu.JJ6@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu> bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) writes:
>Keith M. Ryan (kmr4@po.CWRU.edu) wrote:
>:
>: Wild and fanciful claims require greater evidence. If you state that
>: one of the books in your room is blue, I certainly do not need as much
>: evidence to believe than if... | 0alt.atheism |
healta@saturn.wwc.edu (Tammy R Healy) | Re: YOU WILL ALL GO TO HELL!!! | Walla Walla College | In article <C5s9zM.9E0@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) writes:
>From: decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz)
>Subject: Re: YOU WILL ALL GO TO HELL!!!
>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:11:38 GMT
>In article <C5LH4p.27K@portal.hq.videocart.com>, dfuller@portal.hq.videocart.com (Dave Fuller) writ... | 0alt.atheism |
livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) | Re: Moraltiy? (was Re: <Political Atheists?) | sgi | In article <1r5cmnINNb8@gap.caltech.edu>, keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
|> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
|>
|> >Pardon me? *I* am trying to apply human terms to non-humans?
|>
|> That's right. You are basically stating that morality can only deal with
|> humans, because ... | 0alt.atheism |
eczcaw@mips.nott.ac.uk (C.Wainwright) | Re: Albert Sabin | Nottingham University | In article <1993Apr15.225657.17804@rambo.atlanta.dg.com>, wpr@atlanta.dg.com (Bill Rawlins) writes:
|>
|> Since you have referred to the Messiah, I assume you are referring
|> to the New Testament. Please detail your complaints or e-mail if
|> you don't want to post.
|> First-century G... | 0alt.atheism |
wpr@atlanta.dg.com (Bill Rawlins) | Re: Rawlins debunks creationism | DGSID, Atlanta, GA | In article <2BC8B03B.29868@ics.uci.edu>, bvickers@net1.ics.uci.edu (Brett J. Vickers) writes:
|> wpr@atlanta.dg.com (Bill Rawlins) writes:
|> >Science and the Bible are not in contradiction. God can supercede the
|> >scientific "laws" as man understands them. Creation is a good
|> >example. God has the power to crea... | 0alt.atheism |
() | Re: Yet more Rushdie [Re: ISLAMIC LAW] | Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada | In article <115561@bu.edu>, jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) wrote:
>Khomeini advocates the view that
> there was a series of twelve Islamic leaders (the Twelve Imams) who
> are free of error or sin. This makes him a heretic.
>
Wow, you're quicker to point out heresy than the Church in the
Middle ages. Seriously t... | 0alt.atheism |
mangoe@cs.umd.edu (Charley Wingate) | Re: A visit from the Jehovah's Witnesses (good grief!) | null | The amount of energy being spent on ONE LOUSY SYLLOGISM says volumes for the
true position of reason in this group.
--
C. Wingate + "The peace of God, it is no peace,
+ but strife closed in the sod.
mangoe@cs.umd.edu + Yet, brothers, pray for but one thing:
tove!mangoe + the marv'... | 0alt.atheism |
John A. Johnson <J5J@psuvm.psu.edu> | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is | Penn State University | In article <1r39kh$itp@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank
O'Dwyer) says:
>
[ . . .]
>Specifically, I'd like to know what relativism concludes when two
>people grotesquely disagree. Is it:
>
>(a) Both are right
>
>(b) One of them is wrong, and sometimes (though perhaps rarely) we have a
> pretty good ... | 0alt.atheism |
twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) | Re: [soc.motss, et al.] "Princeton axes matching funds for Boy Scouts" | Blasny Blasny, Consolidated (Amherst, MA Offices) | In article <1993Apr6.041343.24997@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger) writes:
>Roger and I have
>clearly stated our support of the BSA position on the issue;
>specifically, that homosexual behavior constitutes a violation of
>the Scout Oath (specifically, the promise to live "morally straight")... | 0alt.atheism |
nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) | Re: Amusing atheists and agnostics | University of Wisconsin Eau Claire | [reply to timmbake@mcl.ucsb.edu (Bake Timmons]
>...the same kind of ignorance is demonstrated in just about every post
>in this newsgroup. For instance, generalizations about Christianity
>are popular.
Which newsgroup have you been reading? The few anti-Christian posts are
virtually all in response to some Christ... | 0alt.atheism |
kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran) | We don't need no stinking subjects! | The Loyal Order Of Keiths. | In article <1ql1avINN38a@gap.caltech.edu> keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
>kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran) writes:
>>keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
>>>kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran) writes:
>
>>No, if you're goin... | 0alt.atheism |
Patrick C Leger <pl1u+@andrew.cmu.edu> | Re: thoughts on christians | Sophomore, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA | Excerpts from netnews.alt.atheism: 15-Apr-93 Re: thoughts on christians
by Dave Fuller@portal.hq.vi
> I'm sick of religious types being pampered, looked out for, and WORST
> OF ALL . . . . respected more than atheists. There must be an end
> in sight.
>
I think it'd help if we got a couple good atheists (or even ... | 0alt.atheism |
I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau) | Re: An Anecdote about Islam | Technical University Braunschweig, Germany | In article <114140@bu.edu>
jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes:
>>>>> In cases of prostitution
>>>>>both the man and the prostitute would be punished in public, quite
>>>>>severely.
(Deletion)
>
>>No Gregg, you cannot say A is lenient and A punishes severely in public.
>>Unless, of course, it is one of the ... | 0alt.atheism |
mls@ulysses.att.com (Michael L. Siemon) | Re: Albert Sabin | AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA | In article <1r67ruINNmle@ctron-news.ctron.com> king@ctron.com (John E. King) writes:
>
>rfox@charlie.usd.edu writes:
>
>[Discussion on Josephus inserts]
>
>Thanks. Am I correct, then, in assuming that that Josephus
>did in fact write about Jesus, but Christian copists embellished it?
"Correct" overstates the case. T... | 0alt.atheism |
timmbake@mcl.ucsb.edu (Bake Timmons) | Re: Amusing atheists and anarchists | null | mccullou@whipple.cs.wisc.edu writes:
>My turn
>I went back and reread your post. All you did is attack atheism, and
>say that agnosticism wasn't as funny as atheism. Nowhere does that
>imply that you are agnostic, or weak atheist. As most people who post
>such inflammatory remarks are theists, it was a reasonable a... | 0alt.atheism |
mam@mouse.cmhnet.org (Mike McAngus) | Re: Americans and Evolution | The cat is on the mat | On Tue, 20 Apr 1993 04:49:18 GMT bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) wrote:
>Robert Singleton (bobs@thnext.mit.edu) wrote:
>: > Sure it isn't mutually exclusive, but it lends weight to (i.e. increases
>: > notional running estimates of the posterior probability of) the
>: > atheist's pitch in the partition, and thus... | 0alt.atheism |
jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) | Re: The Inimitable Rushdie | Boston University Physics Department | In article <C5HKv2.Epv@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>In article <115256@bu.edu> jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes:
>>Judaism, for one. Maddi has confirmed this for one. And again I
>>reiterate that one can easily leave the religion at any time,
>>simply by making a p... | 0alt.atheism |
acooper@mac.cc.macalstr.edu (Turin Turambar, ME Department of Utter Misery) | Re: Christian Morality is | Macalester College | In article <4963@eastman.UUCP>, dps@nasa.kodak.com (Dan Schaertel,,,) writes:
> In article 21627@ousrvr.oulu.fi, kempmp@phoenix.oulu.fi (Petri Pihko) writes:
> |>Dan Schaertel,,, (dps@nasa.kodak.com) wrote:
> |>
> |>
> |>I love god just as much as she loves me. If she wants to seduce me,
> |>she'll know what to do.
> ... | 0alt.atheism |
jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) | Re: Yet more Rushdie [Re: ISLAMIC LAW] | Boston University Physics Department | In article <1993Apr10.123858.25059@bradford.ac.uk> L.Newnham@bradford.ac.uk (Leonard Newnham) writes:
>Gregg Jaeger (jaeger@buphy.bu.edu) wrote:
>> Khomenei was a jerk and so were plenty of
>>British "leaders", so what?
>>THE QUR'AN is the basis of judgement. Khomenei was clearly a heretic
>>by the standards of th... | 0alt.atheism |
nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) | Re: He has risen! | University of Wisconsin Eau Claire | [reply to kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan)]
>Our Lord and Savior David Keresh has risen!
>He has been seen alive!
>Spread the word!
Jeez, can't he get anything straight. I told him to wait for three
days.
GOD
David Nye (nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu). Midelfort Clinic, Eau Claire WI
This is patently absurd; but w... | 0alt.atheism |
mam@mouse.cmhnet.org (Mike McAngus) | Re: Death Penalty (was Re: Political Atheists?) | The cat is on the mat | On Tue, 20 Apr 1993 04:32:59 GMT bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) wrote:
>This is fascinating. Atheists argue for abortion, defend homosexuality
>as a means of population control, insist that the only values are
>biological and condemn war and capital punishment. According to
>Benedikt, if something is contardictor... | 0alt.atheism |
jboxhorn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Joseph E Boxhorn) | Re: Albert Sabin | Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee |
In article <1993Apr2.082500.28753@smds.com> rh@smds.com writes:
> If I recall correctly there
>are protist cells that can divide and multiply quite readily without
>nuclear DNA. If memory serves me correctly this is the case with white
>cells in the blood. [I rely on some indig... | 0alt.atheism |
kempmp@phoenix.oulu.fi (Petri Pihko) | Re: Consciousness part II - Kev Strikes Back! | University of Oulu, Finland | Scott D. Sauyet (SSAUYET@eagle.wesleyan.edu) wrote:
> In <1993Apr21.163848.8099@cs.nott.ac.uk>
> Kevin Anthony (kax@cs.nott.ac.uk) writes:
> > Firstly, I'm not impressed with the ability of algorithms. They're
> > great at solving problems once the method has been worked out, but not
> > at working out the method its... | 0alt.atheism |
livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) | Re: Yet more Rushdie [Re: ISLAMIC LAW] | sgi | In article <115565@bu.edu>, jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes:
|> In article <1qi3l5$jkj@fido.asd.sgi.com> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
|>
|> >I hope an Islamic Bank is something other than BCCI, which
|> >ripped off so many small depositors among the Muslim
|> >community in the Uk and els... | 0alt.atheism |
mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> | Re: Are atoms real? (was Re: After 2000 years blah blah blah) | Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. | kempmp@phoenix.oulu.fi (Petri Pihko) writes:
>mathew (mathew@mantis.co.uk) wrote:
>> What is the difference between a "_chemist_" and someone who is taught
>> Chemistry at, say, Cambridge University?
>
> Put like this, I can't answer. I was originally pointing out that your
> attitude _seemed to be_ (I don't know if i... | 0alt.atheism |
mangoe@cs.umd.edu (Charley Wingate) | Re: Gospel Dating | null | >So then, you require the same amount of evidence to believe that I
>a) own a pair of bluejeans and b) have superhuman powers?
Well, I could use the argument that some here use about "nature" and claim
that you cannot have superhuman powers because you are a human; superhuman
powers are beyond what a human has, and s... | 0alt.atheism |
eczcaw@mips.nott.ac.uk (A.Wainwright) | Re: Rawlins debunks creationism | Nottingham University | In article <1993Apr15.223844.16453@rambo.atlanta.dg.com>, wpr@atlanta.dg.com (Bill Rawlins) writes:
|> We are talking about origins, not merely science. Science cannot
|> explain origins. For a person to exclude anything but science from
|> the issue of origins is to say that there is no higher truth
|>... | 0alt.atheism |
sjchmura@ellis.uchicago.edu (steven joseph chmura) | Re: The _real_ probability of abiogenesis (was Re: Albert Sabin) | University of Chicago | In article <1q23qfINN91b@ctron-news.ctron.com> king@ctron.com (John E. King) writes:
>
>
>adpeters@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu (Andy Peters)writes:
>
>>>As I recall the figure for just one of the molecules forming is 1 : 10^-114.
>
>If amino acids were somehow formed in an organic soup, they must get out of
>it if they ... | 0alt.atheism |
mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> | Re: Are atoms real? (was Re: After 2000 years blah blah blah) | Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. | kempmp@phoenix.oulu.fi (Petri Pihko) writes:
> mathew (mathew@mantis.co.uk) wrote:
> : And I agree. I think you merely misunderstood the point I was trying to
> : make, which is that we simplify the real situation to something we can deal
> : with. For instance, we talk about electron pairs, and draw diagrams of
> : ... | 0alt.atheism |
keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) | Re: Keith Schneider - Stealth Poster? | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena | cmtan@iss.nus.sg (Tan Chade Meng - dan) writes:
>I somewhat agree with u. However, what it comes to (theist) religion,
>it's a different matter. That's because religion is like a drug, once u
>use it, it's very difficult to get out of it. That's because in
>order to experience a religion, u necessarily have to hav... | 0alt.atheism |
mtabbott@unix.amherst.edu (MTA) | Atheism survey | Amherst College | I am doing research on atheism, part of which involves field research here
on the net. The following is a survey directed towards all readers of this
group, intended to get data about the basis of atheistic belief. I would
seriously appreciate it if each and every one of you would fill it out and
mail it back to me a... | 0alt.atheism |
kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is | Case Western Reserve University | In article <1qkj31$4c6@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
>
>I'm not willing to attempt this until someone provides an objective
>basis for the notion that science is useful, worthy, or important in
>dealing with observed facts. Alternatively, you could try to
>demonstrate to me that sci... | 0alt.atheism |
oser@fermi.wustl.edu (Scott Oser) | Re: Studies on Book of Mormon | Washington University Astrophysics | I think that _The_Transcedental_Temptation_, by Paul Kurtz, has a good
section on the origins of Mormonism you might want to look at.
-Scott O.
| 0alt.atheism |
kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) | Re: some thoughts. | Case Western Reserve University | In article <C63AEC.FB3@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) writes:
>The "R Us" thing is trademarked. I don't know if Charles
>Lazarus is dead or alive, but I'd be careful, because with
>a name like Lazarus, he might rise again just to start a
>lawsuit.
The "R Us" is not trademarked, but th... | 0alt.atheism |
kempmp@phoenix.oulu.fi (Petri Pihko) | Re: Christian Morality is | University of Oulu, Finland | Dan Schaertel,,, (dps@nasa.kodak.com) wrote:
Since this is alt.atheism, I hope you don't mind if we strongly disagree...
: The fact is God could cause you to believe anything He wants you to.
: But think about it for a minute. Would you rather have someone love
: you because you made them love you, or because they ... | 0alt.atheism |
livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is | sgi | In article <1qkjvc$4jv@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
|> In article <1qk1md$6gs@kyle.eitech.com> ekr@kyle.eitech.com (Eric Rescorla) writes:
|> #In article <1qjbn0$na4@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
|> #>In article <kmr4.1571.734847050@po.CWRU.edu> ... | 0alt.atheism |
keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) | Re: Keith Schneider - Stealth Poster? | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena | mam@mouse.cmhnet.org (Mike McAngus) writes:
>Let me see if I understand what you are saying. In order to talk
>knowledgeably about religion, Atheists must first have been so immersed
>in a religion that only the rare individual could have left.
No, you don't understand. I said that I don't think people can disc... | 0alt.atheism |
simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale) | Re: Americans and Evolution, now with free Ockham's Razor inside | Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England | Sorry about the delay in responding, due to conference paper deadline panic.
In article <1qsnqqINN1nr@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> bobs@thnext.mit.edu (Robert Singleton) writes:
>In article <1993Apr18.043207.27862@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
>simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale) writes:
[Alarming amounts of agreement ... | 0alt.atheism |
jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) | Re: An Anecdote about Islam | Boston University Physics Department | In article <16BB112949.I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de> I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau) writes:
>In article <115287@bu.edu> jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes:
>>>>>A brutal system filtered through "leniency" is not lenient.
>>>>Huh?
>>>How do you rate public floggings or floggings at all? Chop... | 0alt.atheism |
battin@cyclops.iucf.indiana.edu (Laurence Gene Battin) | Re: The Universe and Black Holes, was Re: 2000 years..... | Indiana University | On re-reading this, I decided there was something else I'd like
to add to my earlier comments...
Please forgive me if I get any attributions wrong here...
Also, this isn't really appropriate to talk.origins, but I hope
you all will excuse me just this once, as they say...
In article <C5tx38.Av8@usenet.ucs.indiana.ed... | 0alt.atheism |
kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) | Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is | Case Western Reserve University | In article <1qkoel$5fr@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
>Good question, my point was that a world with truth is better than a world
>with falsehood. A world in which it were possible to say "yes, I am
>holding a Jew" (the truth) and you, me, the Jew, and the SS guy all sit
>down to cr... | 0alt.atheism |
mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> | Re: Death Penalty / Gulf War (long) | Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. | jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com writes:
> I don't regret the fact that sometimes military decisions have to be made
> which affect the lives of innocent people. But I do regret the
> circumstances which make those decisions necessary, and I regret the
> suffering caused by those decisions.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have ... | 0alt.atheism |
aaron@minster.york.ac.uk | Re: Death Penalty / Gulf War (long) | Department of Computer Science, University of York, England | Mark McCullough (mccullou@snake2.cs.wisc.edu) wrote:
: This figure, is far below all the other figures I have seen. If it
: is indeed accurate, then how do you explain the discrepancy between
: that figure, and other figures from international organizations?
: Most figures I have seen place the hit ratio close to 70%,... | 0alt.atheism |
rfox@charlie.usd.edu (Rich Fox, Univ of South Dakota) | Re: Americans and Evolution | The University of South Dakota Computer Science Dept. | In article <1pik3i$1l4@fido.asd.sgi.com>, livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
>In article <C4u51L.8Bv@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>, bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) writes:
>|>
>|>
>|> Why do you spend so much time posting here if your atheism is so
>|> incidental, if the question of God is trivial? Fe... | 0alt.atheism |
"Robert Knowles" <p00261@psilink.com> | Re: Islam And Scientific Predictions (was | Kupajava, East of Krakatoa | >DATE: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 15:23:54 GMT
>FROM: Umar Khan <khan@itd.itd.nrl.navy.mil>
>
> His conclusion was that,
>while he was impressed that what little the Holy Qur'an had to
>say about science was accurate, he was far more impressed that the
>Holy Qur'an did not contain the same rampant errors evidenced in
>the Tr... | 0alt.atheism |
I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau) | Re: islamic genocide | Technical University Braunschweig, Germany | In article <1qi83b$ec4@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>
frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
(Deletion)
>#>Few people can imagine dying for capitalism, a few
>#>more can imagine dying for democracy, but a lot more will die for their
>#>Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who Died on the Cross for their Sins.
>#>Motivation, pure... | 0alt.atheism |
acooper@mac.cc.macalstr.edu | Re: some thoughts. | Macalester College | In article <bissda.4.734849678@saturn.wwc.edu>, bissda@saturn.wwc.edu (DAN LAWRENCE BISSELL) writes:
> First I want to start right out and say that I'm a Christian. It
That's okay: it's what all the rest of them who come on here say...
> makes sense to be one. Have any of you read Tony Campollo's book- liar,
> ... | 0alt.atheism |
kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran) | Re: <Political Atheists? | Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept. | In article <1r5e1vINNkn@gap.caltech.edu> keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
>kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran) writes:
>
>>>>Wait. Are we talking about ethics or morals here?
>>>Is the distinction important?
>>Yes.
>
>Well, make it.
Ethics deal with individuals. Morals... | 0alt.atheism |
jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) | Re: Yet more Rushdie [Re: ISLAMIC LAW] | Boston University Physics Department | In article <1993Apr15.215833.15970@bnr.ca> (Rashid) writes:
>> What about the Twelve Imams, who he considered incapable of error
>> or sin? Khomeini supports this view of the Twelve Imans. This is
>> heresy for the very reasons I gave above.
>I would be happy to discuss the issue of the 12 Imams with you, althoug... | 0alt.atheism |
conor@owlnet.rice.edu (Conor Frederick Prischmann) | Re: Genocide is Caused by Theism : Evidence? | Rice University | In article <C60A0s.DvI@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> dekorte@dirac.scri.fsu.edu (Stephen L. DeKorte) writes:
>
>I saw a 3 hour show on PBS the other day about the history of the
>Jews. Appearently, the Cursades(a religious war agianst the muslilams
>in 'the holy land') sparked the widespread persecution of muslilams
>and jews in... | 0alt.atheism |
(Rashid) | Re: The Inimitable Rushdie (Re: An Anecdote about Islam | NH | In article <1993Apr14.121134.12187@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>,
darice@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Fred Rice) wrote:
>
> >In article <C5C7Cn.5GB@ra.nrl.navy.mil> khan@itd.itd.nrl.navy.mil (Umar Khan) writes:
Stuff deleted
> >>What we should be demanding, is for Khomeini and his ilk to publicly
> >>come clean and to show their ... | 0alt.atheism |
cmtan@iss.nus.sg (Tan Chade Meng - dan) | Christianity & Logic (was: Xtian Morality is) | Institute Of Systems Science, NUS |
In article <4949@eastman.UUCP> dps@nasa.kodak.com writes:
>Simple logic arguments are folly. If you read the Bible you will see
>that Jesus made fools of those who tried to trick him with "logic".
> If you rely simply on your reason then you will never
>know more than you do now. ^^^^^^
I once hear... | 0alt.atheism |
I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau) | Re: Genocide is Caused by Theism : Evidence? | Technical University Braunschweig, Germany | In article <1qibo2$f4o@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>
frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
>
>#>In the absence of some convincing evidence that theist fanatics are more
>#>dangerous than atheist fanatics, I'll continue to be wary of fanatics of
>#>any stripe.
>#
>#I think that the agnostic fanatics are the most dangero... | 0alt.atheism |
cfaehl@vesta.unm.edu (Chris Faehl) | Re: free moral agency | University of New Mexico, Albuquerque | In article <C5v2Mr.1z1@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>, bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) writes:
[deleted stuff from Andrew wrt which atheist myth is Bill re: to]
>
> Andrew,
>
> The myth to which I refer is the convoluted counterfeit athiests have
> created to make religion appear absurd.
"Counterfeit atheists". Hm... | 0alt.atheism |
qpliu@ernie.Princeton.EDU (q.p.liu) | Re: A visit from the Jehovah's Witnesses | Princeton University | In article <1993Apr5.091139.823@batman.bmd.trw.com> jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com writes:
>In article <16BA5DA01.I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de>, I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau) writes:
>> But could you give a definition of free will? Especially in the
>> presence of an omniscient being?
>"Will" is "self-deter... | 0alt.atheism |
mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> | Re: Gulf War and Peace-niks | Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. | mccullou@snake12.cs.wisc.edu (Mark McCullough) writes:
> We seem to be agreeing that the soldiers were just doing their job
> as best they could, following orders.
Proof positive that some people are beyond satire.
mathew
| 0alt.atheism |
livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) | Re: Morality? (was Re: <Political Atheists?) | sgi | In article <1ql5snINN4vm@gap.caltech.edu>, keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
|> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
|>
|> >>So, you are saying that it isn't possible for an instinctive act
|> >>to be moral one?
|> >
|> >I like to think that many things are possible. Explain to me
|>... | 0alt.atheism |
nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) | College atheists | University of Wisconsin Eau Claire | I read an article about a poll done of students at the Ivy League
schools in which it was reported that a third of the students
indentified themselves as atheists. This is a lot higher than among the
general population. I wonder what the reasons for this discrepancy are?
Is it because they are more intelligent? Youn... | 0alt.atheism |
mam@mouse.cmhnet.org (Mike McAngus) | Re: thoughts on christians | The cat is on the mat | On Wed, 21 Apr 1993 08:16:14 GMT sandvik@newton.apple.com (Kent Sandvik) wrote:
>In article <C5rGKB.4Fs@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>, bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu
[re. Conner's questioning of the blissful afterlife as a reason why many
joined the early Xian church]
>Well, as I remember Jacoby's "Mythmaker" talks about this t... | 0alt.atheism |
jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) | Re: Yet more Rushdie [Re: ISLAMIC LAW] | Boston University Physics Department | In article <1993Apr10.124753.25195@bradford.ac.uk> L.Newnham@bradford.ac.uk (Leonard Newnham) writes:
>Gregg Jaeger (jaeger@buphy.bu.edu) wrote:
>>Well, it seemed slightly incongruous to find the Union Jack flying
>>at City Hall in Belfast.
>May I ask why? It's there not because the British want it there (NI
>is j... | 0alt.atheism |
simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale) | Re: islamic authority over women | Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England | In article <1993Apr5.023044.19580@ultb.isc.rit.edu> snm6394@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.N. Mozumder ) writes:
> One thing that relates is among Navy men that get tatoos that say "Mom",
> because of the love of their mom. It makes for more virile men.
> Compare that with how homos are raised. Do a study and you will get my
>... | 0alt.atheism |
kax@cs.nott.ac.uk (Kevin Anthoney) | Re: Consciousness part II - Kev Strikes Back! | Nottingham University | In article <1993Apr17.045559.12900@ousrvr.oulu.fi>
kempmp@phoenix.oulu.fi (Petri Pihko) writes:
>Kevin Anthoney (kax@cs.nott.ac.uk) wrote:
>
>: This post is probably either brilliant or insane. Do let me know
>: which... :-)
>
>A brilliant example of using the introspective objection against
>materialist theories of ... | 0alt.atheism |
mangoe@cs.umd.edu (Charley Wingate) | A Remarkable Admission | null | Jon Livesey writes:
>I'm certainly not going to attempt to distinguish between different
>flavours of Christian, all loudly claiming to be the One True Christian.
Well, it's obvious that you *don't* attempt, otherwise you would be aware
that they *don't* all "loudly [claim] to be the One True Christian".
I've tried ... | 0alt.atheism |
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