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> > "6andretti" <dequardo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:38:29 -0600, "." <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >"6andretti" <dequardo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:21:20 -0600, "." <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >>
> >> >> >"6andretti" <dequardo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >> >news:vbulq3hc5ah0f9eb33tdsvrp2mav342c48@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >> >> On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:42:12 -0000, "Mike P"
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> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >"Von Fourche" <kho****ong@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >> >> >news:13qcnokj868du70@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> The first time in my adult life I did something special
> >> >> >> >> today.
> > I
> >> >> >did
> >> >> >> >> it on
> >> >> >> >> my own too (well, I had the missionaries sitting with me and
the
> >> >> >Heavenly
> >> >> >> >> Father and Jesus was leading me) - I went to Church! You
don't
> > know
> >> >> >> >> how hard it was for me to do this. I did it tho. I had
faith,
> > put
> >> >my
> >> >> >> >> trust
> >> >> >> >> in the Heavenly Father and Jesus, and showed up this morning
for
> >> >> >> >> services.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >Why?
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins is a very interesting
read..
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> So is the Bible. Try it sometime.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Prof. Dawkins should have a chat with Stephen Hawking.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I'm somehow not at all surprised that Mr. Know-
> >> >> >Nothing responds and regales us with yet another
> >> >> >canard and pathetically feeble attempt at misdirection.
> >> >> >Will he N E V E R either stop or become contrite?!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists
> >> >> >of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
> >> >> > - Friedrich Nietzsche
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Faith, noun. Belief without evidence in what is told by one
> >> >> >who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel
> >> >> > - Ambrose Bierce
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the
> >> >> >occurrence of the improbable. - H. L. Mencken
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.
> >> >> > - Friedrich Nietzsche
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on
> >> >> >facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
> >> >> > - Thomas A. Edison
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere
> >> >> >superstition. - Alexander Hodge
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Question with boldness even the existence of God; because,
> >> >> >if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of
> >> >> >reason than that of blindfolded faith. - Thomas Jefferson
> >> >> >
> >> >> >A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith
> >> >> >does not prove anything. - Friedrich Nietzsche
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning
> >> >> >faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely
> >> >> >vile! - Kurt Vonnegut
> >> >> >
> >> >> >In the affairs of the world men are saved, not by faith, but
> >> >> >by the want of it. - Benjamin Franklin
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening;
> >> >> >I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin
> >> >> >in the morning. - Aleister Crowley
> >> >> >
> >> >> >The smallest of minds are the easiest to fill with faith.
> >> >> > - Pope Alexander VI
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Once there was a time when all people believed in God
> >> >> >and the church ruled. This time is called the Dark Ages.
> >> >> > - Richard Lederer
> >> >> >
> >> >> >When the churches literally ruled society, the human
> >> >> >drama encompassed: (a) slavery; (b) the cruel subjection
> >> >> >of women; (c) the most savage forms of legal punishment;
> >> >> >(d) the absurd belief that kings ruled by divine right; (e)
> >> >> >the daily imposition of physical abuse; (f) cold heartlessness
> >> >> >for the sufferings of the poor; as well as (g) assorted
> >> >> >pogroms ("ethnic cleansing" wars) between rival religions,
> >> >> >capital punishment for literally hundreds of offenses, and
> >> >> >countless other daily imposed moral outrages.... It was the
> >> >> >free-thinking, challenging work by people of conscience,
> >> >> >who almost invariably had to defy the religious and
> >> >> >political status quo of their times, that brought us out of
> >> >> >such darkness. - Steve Allen
> >> >> >
> >> >> >There was a time when I believed in the story and the
> >> >> >scheme of salvation, so far as I could understand it,
> >> >> >just as I believed there was a Devil.... Suddenly the
> >> >> >light broke through to me and I knew this God was a
> >> >> >lie.... For indeed it is a silly story, and each generation
> >> >> >nowadays swallows it with greater difficulty.... Why
> >> >> >do people go on pretending about this Christianity?
> >> >> > - H.G. Wells
> >> >> >
> >> >> >We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity
> >> >> >has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.
> >> >> >- Richard Dawkins
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Religion is the brainchild of fear, and fear is the parent
> >> >> >of cruelty. The greatest evils inflicted on humankind are
> >> >> >perpetrated not by pleasure-seekers, self-seeking
> >> >> >op****tunists, or those who are merely amoral, but by
> >> >> >fervent devotees of religion. - Emmanuel Kofi Mensah
> >> >> >
> >> >> >The man who is always worrying about whether or not
> >> >> >his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't
> >> >> >worth a damn. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Men become civilized, not in pro****tion to their willingness
> >> >> >to believe, but in pro****tion to their readiness to doubt.
> >> >> > - H. L. Mencken
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom,
> >> >> >and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
> >> >> > - Clarence Darrow
> >> >> >
> >> >> >One seldom discovers a true believer that is worth knowing.
> >> >> > - H. L. Mencken
> >> >> >
> >> >> >If a man really believes that God once upheld slavery; that he
> >> >> >commanded soldiers to kill women and babes; that he believed
> >> >> >in polygamy; that he persecuted for opinion's sake; that he will
> >> >> >punish forever, and that he hates an unbeliever, the effect in my
> >> >> >judgment will be bad. It always has been bad. This belief built
> >> >> >the dungeons of the Inquisition. This belief made the Puritan
> >> >> >murder the Quaker. ~ Robert Ingersoll
> >> >> >
> >> >> >There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the
> >> >> >former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
> >> >> > - Hippocrates
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record
> >> >> >of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of
> >> >> >science. - Upton Sinclair
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic
> >> >> >of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental
> >> >> >characteristic of Western science. - Gary Zukav
> >> >> >
> >> >> >The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon
> >> >> >a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it
> >> >> >holds its truths to be eternal and immutable. - H. L. Mencken
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Just to the extent that the Bible was appealed to in matters
> >> >> >of science, science was retarded; and just to the extent that
> >> >> >science has been appealed to in matters of religion, religion
> >> >> >has advanced - so that now the object of intelligent religionists
> >> >> >is to adopt a creed that will bear the test and criticism of
> >> >> >science. - Robert Ingersoll
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is
> >> >> >science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house
> >> >> >and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.
> >> >> > - Henri Poincare
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists
> >> >> >have certainty without any proof. - Ashley Montague
> >> >> >
> >> >> >The im****tant thing in science is not so much to obtain
> >> >> >new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about
> >> >> >them. - Sir William Bragg
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted
> >> >> >intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.
> >> >> > - George Santayana
> >> >> >
> >> >> >In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know
> >> >> >that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and
> >> >> >then they would actually change their minds and you never
> >> >> >hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It
> >> >> >doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are
> >> >> >human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens
> >> >> >every day. I cannot recall the last time someting like that
> >> >> >happened in politics or religion. - Carl Sagan
> >> >> >
> >> >> >What can be asserted without evidence can also be
> >> >> >dismissed without evidence. - Christopher Hitchens
> >> >> >
> >> >> >My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards
> >> >> >the Universe and denies only gods fa****oned by men
> >> >> >in their own image to be servants of their human interests.
> >> >> > - George Santayana
> >> >> >
> >> >> >It was the experience of mystery, even if mixed with fear,
> >> >> >that engendered religion. - Albert Einstein
> >> >> >
> >> >> >"The most im****tant thing is not to stop questioning."
> >> >> > - Albert Einstein
> >> >>
> >> >> Proof positive the dumber a person is the more they talk. In your
> >> >> case type.
> >> >
> >> >Religious zealots dread the advance of science as witches
> >> >do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger
> >> >announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they
> >> >live. - Thomas Jefferson
> >> >
> >>
> >> Do you spew this in a faux britsh accent like Britney? Pedantic
> >> diarrhea.
> >
> > The tragically backward idiot can't even discern that which wouldn't
> > begin to befuddle a retarded 10 year old in a hurry, i.e., up to this
> > point, not only have I not typed a single character in the
transmission
> > of the subject post, but quite obviously not a single word in any of
the
> > quoted, attributed, sagacious remarks were authored by yours truly.
> >
>
> Translated specially for 6andretti this means
>
> "this idiot can't even work out that all the stuff I posted above is
made
up
> of quotes from others. I only passed the information on"
>
> Mike P
>
I'm in awe of your intrepid forays (given the resident clientele)
and willingness to wade into such hostile waters, this time to
provide a gracious Rosetta Stone interpretation for and valuable
to the backward and savage heathens. My hat's off to you.
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