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excuse me, but what makes you think that just because he's atheist he
doesn't know anything about christianity???? in my (albeit limited)
experience atheists are often the ones who know _more_ about the
bible, having searched it from end to end for answers. i myself am a
christian, but that doe... | 4 |
63 | --
Douglas C. Meier | You can't play Electro-magnetic Golf
Northwestern University, ACNS | according to the rules of Centrifugal
This University is too Commie- | Bumblepuppy. -Huxley, Brave New World
Lib Pinko to have these views. | dmeier@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
| 4 |
5,916 | Another article that fell between the cracks:
As evidence for the Resurrection, it is often claimed that the Disciples
were tortured to death for their beliefs and still did not renounce
their claim that Jesus had come back from the dead.
Now, I skimmed Acts and such, and I found a reference to this happening
to Ste... | 4 |
5,680 | The following is a juxtaposition of part of an ancient text known as
"de Sacramentis", usually attributed to St. Ambrose of Milan, and the
canon of the traditional Catholic Mass of the Roman rite. The
conclusion from this comparison is that the central part of the
traditional Roman canon was already fairly well in pla... | 4 |
3,441 | In <1qvh8tINNsg6@citation.ksu.ksu.edu> yohan@citation.ksu.ksu.edu (Jonathan W
This doesn't seem right. If I want to kill you, I can because that is what I
decide?
Not really. If whatever a particular society mandates as ok is ok, there are
always some in the "society" who disagree with the mandates, so which
... | 4 |
725 |
I don't think I've changed my stance at all. My original stance was that
a painless execution was not a cruel one. I didn't say what would be
considered cruel, only that a painless death wasn't. Now, cruelty must
involve some sort of suffering, I believe. I don't think someone that gets
shot in the head or electr... | 4 |
6,067 |
This is a point that seems to have been overlooked by many. The ending of a
1600 year old schism seems to be in sight.
The theologians said that the differences between them were fundamentally
ones or terminology, and that the Christological faith of both groups was
the same.
Some parishes have concelebrated the... | 4 |
7,389 |
It should be noted that belief in God is in itself no more a behavoral
imperative than lack of belief. It is religion which causes the harm,
not the belief in God. | 4 |
1,864 | [Frank's solution deleted.]
If you have access to telnet, contact nyx.cs.du.edu. It's a public access
Unix system, completly free, and all you need to for access is a verifiable
form of ID (I think he requires a notarized copy of a picture, or a check, or
some such). | 4 |
2,009 | way.qub.ac.uk writes (single angle brackets):
ng
There is no question of similarity in Jesus indication about John.
The passage in Matthew is very direct. Where Luke (1:17) reports
the angel Gabriel prophesying that John will go before Christ "in the
power and spirit of Elias", In Matthew 11: 14, Jesus himself say... | 4 |
1,359 | CJF> agrino@enkidu.mic.cl (Andres Grino Brandt) asks about Mormons.
CJF> Although I don't personally know about independent sudies, I do know
CJF> a few things.
CJF> One of the more amusing things in the BOM is a claim that a
CJF> civilization existed in North America, aroun where the mystical plates
CJF> were found... | 4 |
93 |
How about Acts 11: 15-18, 22-23
or, I John 4:1-8
which says to *try* the spirits to see if they be of God.
How do you know? When have you tried to learn anything about me?
--
| 4 |
3,856 | David Hammerslag asked:
How do you (Mormons) reconcile the idea of eternal marriage
with Christ's statement that in the resurrection people will
neither marry nor be given in marriage (Luke, chapt. 20)?
Several explanations for this seeming contradiction have been proposed,
but most LDS scholars whose opinions I h... | 4 |
6,933 |
Thanks for the etymology lesson, but I actually know what "orthodox" means.
You're avoiding my question, however, which was: From what body of theology
does your version of orthodoxy come? You seem to simply be saying that
whatever *you* understand the Bible to say is "orthodox."
You are obviously mistaken, sin... | 4 |
2,120 |
Well here's how I prepared. I got one of those big beach
umbrellas, some of those gel-pack ice things, a big Coleman cooler
which I've loaded up with Miller Draft (so I like Miller Draft,
so sue me), a new pair of New Balance sneakers, a Sony
Watchman, and a couple of cartons of BonTon Cheddar Cheese
Popcorn.
I have... | 4 |
4,991 | the prophets who were there when the foundation was laid for the house of the
LORD Almighty, let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built. | 4 |
1,436 | Edgar Pearlstein asks (Fri 7 May 1993) whether the Supreme Court, or
any other government authority, has attempted a legal definition of
religion.
The Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1958 exempted
from the draft those whose "religious training and belief" was
opposed to participation in war in any form.... | 4 |
6,735 |
Absolutely not true. Without religion - either an established one or
one you invent for yourself - the theist and atheist are equally
(not) interested in God, because without religious revelation there
is _no_ information about God available. Strip away the dogma and
the theists/atheists are no different, simply holdi... | 4 |
330 |
If you check the news today, (AP) the "authorities also found a state-of-the-art
automatic machine gun that investigators did not know was in the cult's arsenal."
[Carl Stern, Justice Department]
I imagine the authorities know the difference between semi and fully automatic
and probably knew weather the guns were leg... | 4 |
3,596 | From Bit.listserv.christia
Zane writes...
From: FACN34B@SAUPM00.BITNET (zane of dhahan)
Subject: Christianity in Crisis
Date: Wed May 12 14:43:19 1993
"Frank, first of all, thanks for all of the great Scripture verses. It
was a pleasure to read them."
MY REPLY...
You are welcome, Zane.
Zane...
"I am sure noth... | 4 |
1,606 |
[...]
I think you are mistaken in thinking Tom Scharle to be a atheist.
You will find both atheists and Christians among your opponents on t.o.
Calling your opponents them "Branch Athiests zealots" does nothing for
your credibility.
Oh yes, do.
Dear me. This is taken _so_ out of context that it's hard to kno... | 4 |
1,208 | Woo! So far, we've had the following interpretations of the figure of
the `Whore of Babylon' in Rev 17 & 18:
a) The United States of America
b) MHO dB) which was as a figure of the fallen spiritual powers who
corrupt and oppress human society
c) Historical Jerusalem
d) Historical Rome
Dare I suggest that the passa... | 4 |
6,511 |
The Catholic doctrine of predestination does not exclude free will in
any way. Since God knows everything, He therefore knows everything that
is going to happen to us. We have free will, and are able to change
what happens to us. However, since God knows everything, He knows all
the choices we will make "in adva... | 4 |
1,972 |
Just taking a guess, perhaps it was that Koresh had peaceably been served
with warrants before, and he did not shoot anyone but instead went with the
police without fighting.
--
"On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Leftover Turkey!
On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me...... | 4 |
2,908 |
As I understand, that number is deceptive. The reason is that the money
cost was in non-oil sales for the most part. Iraq still is not allowed
to sell oil, or do many of the things under the initial sanctions, but
is still surviving.
Of the ~93% (I have heard figures closer to 80%, but I won't quibble your
figures... | 4 |
1,749 |
What about the land mines which have already been mentioned?
Oh, very neat. Dismiss everything I say unless I can prove beyond a shadow
of a doubt something which you yourself admit I can never prove to your
satisfaction. Thanks, I'll stick to squaring circles.
| 4 |
4,103 |
+ I will put enmity between you [the Serpent] and the woman, and
+ between your seed and her seed, she [can also be read he] shall
+ crush your head and you shall bruise her [or his] heel.
+ -Genesis 3.15
In the Hebrew of Genesis 3:15, the gender is clearly masculine.
+ HE shall crush your head, and you sha... | 4 |
2,026 | Please excuse the length of this post, but for personal reasons,
I must go on at some length.
[...more deleted...]
Perhaps it would be instructive to see what my original post had
to say:
[followed by my signature]
I was extremely careful in this posting not to say anything which
was not factual. ... | 4 |
334 | This week, many of you have asked about my earlier postings on OT, NT and
Intertestiment exegesis on the homosexual issue. I have refered you to the FAQ
files, which I find out, no longer contains them. They are too long for me to
mail to each of you, each article, but will try to get them back on the FAQ
file.
Be... | 4 |
1,753 |
I would like to see his reasoning behind this. You may have gotten
"burned" by natural disaster prophecies down there, but that
does not mean that every natural disaster/judgement prophecy is
false. Take a quick look at the book of Jeremiah and it is obvious
that judgement prophecies can be valid. here in the US, ... | 4 |
1,866 | You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts
in you.
Isaiah 26:3
| 4 |
3,942 |
This idea, that the Reformers somehow were the first to bring the
Bible to the people in their own language, is a myth. Many vernacular
translations of the Bible existed long before the Reformation. The
Vulgate Bible, which is still the official version of the Bible for the
Catholic Church, was itself a translati... | 4 |
4,942 |
When I need a kick-butt God, or when I need assurance of the reality
of truth, I pray to God the Father.
When I need a friend, someone to put his arm around me and
cry with me, I pray to Jesus.
When I need strength or wisdom to get through a difficult situation,
I pray for the Holy Spirit.
I realize that the above ... | 4 |
6,965 |
pmy> ...Anyway, I've often wondered what business followers of Christ
pmy> would have with weapons.
fc> Didn't Christ tell his disciples to arm them selves, shortly
fc> before his crusifiction? (I believe the exact quote was along the
fc> lines of, "If you have [something] sell it and buy a sword.")
"If you have ... | 4 |
6,120 | I hate to sound flippant, having shot off my mouth badly on the net
before, but I'm afraid that much of this material only adds to my
feeling that "the assumption of Mary" would be better phrased "our
assumptions _about_ Mary." In all the time I've been reading about
Mary on this group, I can not recall reading much a... | 4 |
3,916 |
IMHO this are going from bad to worse. 3-in-1, 1-in-3 was bad enough.
I do not like a God who prays to Himself. I refuse to believe Jesus prayed
to Himself -- let's get real, if the scriptures say He prayed to the
Father, then the Father IS someone different than the Son. I have no
problems with multiple God... | 4 |
4,427 |
I don't think Joe was saying any such thing. However, your question
on "asking Jesus to come into your heart" seems to imply that infants
are not allowed to have Christ in theirs. Why must Baptism always be
viewed by some people as a sort of "prodigal son" type of thing; i.e. a
sudden change of heart, going from ... | 4 |
3,823 | 4 | |
3,768 | [referring to Mary]
I have quite a problem with the idea that Mary never committed a sin.
Was Mary fully human? If it is possible for God to miraculously make
a person free of original sin, and free of committing sin their whole
life, then what is the purpose of the Incarnation of Jesus? Why can't
God just repeat t... | 4 |
6,547 | pmoloney@maths.tcd.ie (Paul Moloney) writes...
Never lived out in the country I see. 4 years ago I had a place
where I had to carry in propane every month, hook the bottle up
to copper line, to supply both the stove, and a type of water-
heater called a flash-heater. A flash heater has a pilot lamp.
Here's the poin... | 4 |
1,821 |
If that's the ONLY reason, I'd be inclined to doubt whether or not what
they profess is Christianity. The relationship of faith is based upon
trust. Fear and trust are generally incompatible. If my only motivation
is fear, is there room for trust? If so, there's room for faith.
If fear precludes trust, then ther... | 4 |
920 |
Give him the $2, leave the house and call the police. That's what I would
do. I will not kill to protect mere possessions.
Peace be with you, | 4 |
3,761 | 4 | |
6,551 |
The belief that the churches of Egypt and Syria were (or are) monophysite is
false, as is the belief that they often held that the Council of Chalcedon
was Nestorian.
These misunderstandings were exacerbated by political factors, and thus led
to schism - a schism that is on its way to being healed. | 4 |
6,562 | So Rick, why not read the Bible for yourself? It is written in plain
english. Decide for yourself. | 4 |
3,194 |
What makes you say that the guns were illegal?? I understand that the BD's
had a valid Class III Federal Firearms Permit, which would allow them to
have pretty much anything short of a howitzer legally. | 4 |
5,191 | I'm about to revise my resume and was wondering if I should put on there the
fact that I'm a Christian. Give me some input on what you think.
| 4 |
5,922 |
i guess i ought not conclude from this, then, that since you didn't ask to
be created, you don't care if you go to hell. :)
i don't consider myself an unthinking sheep. the bible says god created
us to be in communion and obedience to him. the first and only rule was
to not eat of a certain tree, or else ... | 4 |
576 |
["it" is Big Bang]
Since you asked... from the Big Bang to the formation of atoms is about
10E11 seconds. As for the "color": bright. Very very bright.
I don't. I believe the current theory of cosmology because it is fairly
well supported by observational evidence (not as well supported as, say
evolution or rela... | 4 |
5,554 | The Christian Reformed Church does not allow people to belong to lodges,
the Reformed Church in America does. The conservatives in both churches
are very similar, as are the "progressives". The RCA currently ordains
women; the CRC is fighting over the issue. | 4 |
4,161 | [ deleted ]
[ deleted ]
Your information on this topic is very much out of date. Quantum Electro-
dynamics (QED - which considers light to be particles) has been experimentally
verified to about 14 decimal digits of precision under ALL tested conditions.
I'm afraid that this case, at least in the physics community,... | 4 |
2,718 | [ in response to a question about why Jesus' parents would be sanctified
beyond normal humanity]
I would think that simply being pregnant with the incarnation of the
Almighty God would be enough to make Mary blessed among all women, whether
or not she had special spiritual attributes. I find that the more special
M... | 4 |
7,070 |
If what was being discussed could be established or disproven by
experiment and observation, then I would agree with you, Chris.
The burden of proof would belong to Bill. But the source
document for Christianity, the Bible, simply assumes God exists
and makes it clear (to us Calvinists, anyway :-)) that when a pers... | 4 |
1,716 | speaking of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin:
Yes. For examples of this in the writings of the early fathers, consider:
You alone and your Mother
are more beautiful than any others;
For there is no blemish in you,
nor any stains upon your Mother.
Who of my children
... | 4 |
3,082 |
Isn't that just a variation of the "Achilles & the turtle" paradox, which
states that achilles could never possibly overtake a turtle?
How should one deal with a man who is convinced that
he is acting according to God's will, and who there-
Jokke fore believes that he is doing you a favour by
stabbi... | 4 |
5,639 | In <1993Apr24.214843.10940@midway.uchicago.edu> eeb1@quads.uchicago.edu
If the ONLY people proposing a "moment of silence" are doing so as a
sham to sneak in prayers, then it MUST be opposed. What the HELL have
prayers to do with public schooling? [I ask this question as a devout
Christian.]
Their kids can blood... | 4 |
4,724 |
Didn't expect to find you in the Devil's role, Stephen, but these are
the times that try men's souls.
Nine months, as I understand it. No doubt this accounts for a
significant amount of the time as government efficiency in spending
our tax dollars would certainly seek its absolute minimum in such
an event. But my g... | 4 |
4,989 |
This is a very good point. I have already made the clear claim that
Khomeini advocates views which are in contradition with the Qur'an
and have given my arguments for this. This is something that can be
checked by anyone sufficiently interested. Khomeini, being dead,
really can't respond, but another poster who sup... | 4 |
3,560 |
I don't think we should draw borders around newsgroups, christians
are free to read and post entries on the atheist newsgroups, and
muslims are free to so so in other groups as well.
It's up to each individual to define their time schedule concerning
postings. The problems we all have noticed on various newsgroups
... | 4 |
3,946 | This is the story of Kent, the archetype Finn, that lives in the
Bay Area, and tried to purchase Thomas Paine's "Age of Reason". This
man was driving around, to Staceys, to Books Inc, to "Well, Cleanlighted
Place", to Daltons, to various other places.
When he asked for this book, the well educated American book store... | 4 |
1,407 |
Hi Frank:
I've read it a couple of times and I think that it is excellent.
Christiandom has needed this book for some time now. I suggest that
*every* Christian read it.
According to Hank, they printed 15 times more than Harvest House
usually prints for the first printing, and it still sold out in
the first week. I... | 4 |
3,142 |
Actually, I just think he's confused. *I'm* going to hell because I'm Gay,
not becuase I don't believe in God.
(I wonder if that means I can't come to Tammy & Deans picnic?) | 4 |
412 |
It sure did!
I have; and all the above teach me that accurately perceiving reality
is a tricky business -- _not_ that there's no reality.
--
Mark Pundurs | 4 |
7,027 | ...
I'm in Japan.
(Michael, could you give me more info about where Akita is: nearest city
would be good)
If I find it, I'll get pictures and post a digitised version if enough
people are interested.
| 4 |
4,109 |
Yes, atheists tend to claim self control and self ownership. Are you saying
that theists claim to not have self control? I don't think atheists are
"dominantly arrogant." They don't claim some god that has supremacy over
all of mankind. Now this claim would be arrogant, but atheists don't claim
it. Most atheists do c... | 4 |
5,769 | |
| > Mary at that time appeared to a girl named Bernadette at
| > Lourdes. She referred to herself as the Immaculate Conception.
| > Since a nine year old would have no way of knowing about the
| > doctrine, the apparition... | 4 |
4,048 |
Jesus did and so do I.
Peace be with you, | 4 |
2,922 |
IMO, the influence of Stalin, or for that matter, Ayn Rand, invalidates your
assumption that theism is the factor to be considered. Gullibility,
blind obedience to authority, lack of scepticism, and so on, are all more
reliable indicators. And the really dangerous people - the sources of
fanaticism - are often no... | 4 |
2,719 | From article <May.14.02.11.36.1993.25219@athos.rutgers.edu>, by tas@pegasus.com (Len Howard):
| 4 |
1,627 |
I guess I would react rather strongly to this line of thinking carried
out! When you think "your army" is stronger than "mine", you would
"righteously" take my children and baptize them, doing what you know is
really "best" for them.
You cannot possibly put this kind of action, nor the crusades into the
co... | 4 |
2,300 |
The idea of an apostacy did not originate with Lucy Smith or Joseph
Smith or the Mormons. The idea of a restoration was quite common
in the early 19th century USA. Alexander Campbell, founder of the
group that now survives with the name "Disciples of Christ" preached
that the primitive church had been lost and was a... | 4 |
3,545 | 4 | |
7,319 |
Bill, I think you have a misunderstanding about atheism. Lack of
belief in God does not directly imply lack of understanding
transcendental values. I hope you would accept the fact that
for instance Buddhists appreciate issues related to non-empirical
reasoning without the need to automatically believe in theism.
I... | 4 |
1,346 | |
| > Mary at that time appeared to a girl named Bernadette at
| > Lourdes. She referred to herself as the Immaculate Conception.
| > Since a nine year old would have no way of knowing about the
| > doctrine, the apparition... | 4 |
5,482 |
Romans 10:16-17 "But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For
Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed our message?' Consequently, faith
comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word
of Christ."
So then we receive God's gift of faith to us as we hear the message of t... | 4 |
6,649 | [reply to timmbake@mcl.ucsb.edu (Bake Timmons]
Which newsgroup have you been reading? The few anti-Christian posts are
virtually all in response to some Christian posting some "YOU WILL ALL
BURN IN HELL" kind of drivel.
Bake, it is transparently obvious that you are a theist pretending to be
an atheist. You p... | 4 |
1,253 |
Well, suppose your mother was a crack addict and crack user/abuser while
she was pregnant? Suppose your husband gave you some SDT (this recently
happened to a close friend of my wife and mine)?
OFTEN, the consequences of our sin are at least partially inflicted on
innocent people. Several times in the OT, this i... | 4 |
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5,348 | Would someone be kind enought to document the exact
nature of the evidence against the BD's without reference to
hearsay or newsreports. I would also like to know more about
their past record etc. but again based on solid not media
reports.
My reason for asking for such evidence is that last night
on Larry King Live... | 4 |
5,299 |
I and many others on a.a have described how we have tried to find god.
Are you saying our efforts have not been sincere? For all the effort
I have put in, there has been no outward nor inward change that I can
perceive. What's a sincerely searching Agnostic or Atheist supposed to
do when even the search turns up no... | 4 |
4,994 | Hello Ceci:
My name is Tony and I have a few comments on your "rosicrucian"
adventure. I hereby state that I am not claiming or denying membership in
any Order, fraternity etc. with or without the word "Rosicrucian" in the
name of the organization. I only claim having done some "homework" :-)
This is inten... | 4 |
1,256 |
The Catholic doctrine of predestination does not exclude free
will in any way. Since God knows everything, He therefore knows
everything that is going to happen to us. We have free will, and
are able to change what happens to us. However, since God knows
everything, He knows all the choices we will m... | 4 |
4,539 |
Convenient? It seems very appropriate that this is cross-posted to
alt.conspiracy.
Assuming the most favorable interpretation of your '1000 degree'
measurement (that the temperature is in Centigrade, rather than the
more common -in the US- Fahrenheit), you are still laboring under at
least 2 misconceptions:
1. Yo... | 4 |
6,900 |
Though you can certaily assert all this, I don't see why it necessarily
has to be the case. Why can't hate just stay as it is, and not beget more?
Who says we have to get disgusted and start hating the sinner. I admit
this happens, but I donlt think you can say it is always necessaily
so.
Why can we not hate with a p... | 4 |
302 | hey folks,
I'm fairly new to these groups, tho' some have heard from me before.
I'd like to get your comments on a question that has been on my mind a
lot: What morals/ethics apply to dreams and out-of-body incidents?
In normal dreams, you can't control anything, so obviously
you aren't morally responsible for your ... | 4 |
4,520 |
When they're not important, yes. All scientists do. Otherwise science would
never get anywhere.
Hang about -- not atomic interactions in general. Just specific ones which
are deemed unimportant. Like gravitational interactions between ions, which
are so small they're drowned out by electrostatic effects, and so ... | 4 |
7,248 |
A world creator god does, the moment it creates the world. And to sayi
that you can't recall *anyone* is even below your usual standard of
a"arguing".
My argument is based on quite usual theistic assumptions, namely god
is perfect, god is all-knowing god sets the rules. The rules don't
work for whatever reason. B... | 4 |
2,630 |
That's not "showing the signs of his innate sin", that's testing the
limits of his newfound independence. A two-year-old will continually
test you to see just how much he can get away with, just as a pet dog
will.
If a child always submitted to your will in a docile fashion, would
you praise him and suspect that he'... | 4 |
2,731 | :
: .
: It's my understanding that the U.S. Supreme Court has never
: given a legal definition of religion. This despite the many
: cases involving religion that have come before the Court.
: Can anyone verify or falsify this?
: Has any state or other government t... | 4 |
3,306 |
If I remember correctly Prometheus books have this one in stock,
so just call them and ask for the book.
Cheers,
Kent | 4 |
5,993 | Did that FAQ ever got modified to re-define strong atheists as not those who
assert the nonexistence of God, but as those who assert that they BELIEVE in
the nonexistence of God? There was a thread on this earlier, but I didn't get
the outcome...
-- Adam "No Nickname" Cooper
| 4 |
5,357 |
Same old bullshit. Not being given to delusions and wishful thinking
I do not have the option of either loving or obeying that which I have
so reason to believe.
More bullshit. I assure you in my misguided youth I made a sincere effort.
It was very painful being a rational person raised in Christian home.
Many other... | 4 |
3,917 | DN> I think I took on this 'liar, lunatic, or the real thing'
DN> the last time. Or was it the time before? Anyway, let
DN> somebody else have a turn. I can't debate it with a
DN> straight face. Or perhaps for something completely
DN> different we could just ridicule him or gather up all the
DN> posts from the last ... | 4 |
3,716 |
You don't need any counterfeit athiest's myth to make religion
appear absurd. You need only read any of friendly Christian
Bill Conner's posts.
| 4 |
2,521 | Conviction of Sin
A meta-exegetical or methodological essay
I look forward to reading it. When I got to the library last week, it
was with the object in view to look at some articles that have appeared
over the last few years, since my previous look at the literature. Un-
fortunately, they had moved the journa... | 4 |
706 | -*----
Far from being "tossed out," the gospels are taken, almost
universally, as the primary source of information about Jesus.
I am curious as to whom Mike Cobb is referring. Who "tosses out"
the New Testament? Undoubtedly a few *naive* atheists do this,
but the phrasing of the question above seems to suggest that... | 4 |
5,558 | I get the feeling that we are debating at cross-purposes--that we
do not see the same fundamental assumptions, and this perhaps makes
my answers orthogonal to your questions. I will try again.
Perhaps you believe that nothing exists aside from objectively
observable and provable things. In that case, I cannot show y... | 4 |
2,645 | Someone referred to my FAQ essay on homosexuality. Since it hasn't
been posted for some time (and I've modified it somewhat since the
last time), I'm taking this opportunity to post it. There is another
entry in the FAQ containing comments by some other contributors. They
can be retrieved from ftp.rutgers.edu as
pub... | 4 |
4 |
I've just spent two solid months arguing that no such thing as an
objective moral system exists. | 4 |
3,455 | This seems appropriate, somehow...>:-)>
[....]
Hah! I have it on the very *best* authority (mine) that Koresh is
whooping it up in a time-share condo in Dallas with Elvis, JFK, and (of course)
J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, who also owns the place and everything else in Texas.
Look for "koresh" sightings in the Weekly World New... | 4 |
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