On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 08:23:01 -0600, "." <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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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>> >> >> On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:42:12 -0000, "Mike P" <privacy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >"Von Fourche" <kho****ong@[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.
I suffer fools lightly. In your case, lighter than air.
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