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This atheist has no problem with this.
Good post. I note you sent it to the newspaper, too.
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ACK!! Our local school is planning a Bible course...
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Jody
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11/1/2008 1:34:33 PM
An interesting development, and a significant sign.
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Bowser
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11/1/2008 7:27:50 PM
Thats what you get when you vote republican....
(n/t)
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ARRELL
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11/1/2008 6:48:28 PM
ARRELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jody
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11/1/2008 7:50:28 PM
YOO HOO...ARELL!!!
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Jody
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11/1/2008 9:41:58 PM
I wasn't joking....
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ARRELL
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11/2/2008 11:41:21 PM
...and you agree with every tenet of the Democratic party??!!!
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Jody
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11/3/2008 1:52:15 AM
Nope, but almost
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ARRELL
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11/3/2008 4:52:35 PM
Please...
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Jody
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11/4/2008 12:38:46 AM
And what do you think will happen to the supreme court under a McCain or Palin presidency...?
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ARRELL
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11/3/2008 5:14:18 PM
So I gather you hate Jesus?
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Jacob
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11/1/2008 5:15:53 PM
You know that's an enormous leap, right?
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Mary Anne
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11/1/2008 10:43:59 PM
Rhode Island.
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Jacob
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11/2/2008 9:36:28 PM
You will find that the ACLU has no position on teaching literature.
(n/t)
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Mary Anne
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11/2/2008 9:37:57 PM
Save it for college.
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RobVG
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11/2/2008 6:21:32 PM
Fine for college-bound kids.
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Mary Anne
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11/2/2008 8:14:13 PM
"Thou shall not offend."
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RobVG
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11/3/2008 1:02:19 AM
Fine. Let them bring suit.
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Mary Anne
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11/3/2008 2:44:43 AM
Not only was the KJV a product of a committee...
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ER
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11/2/2008 8:59:46 PM
Believe me, I know.
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Mary Anne
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11/2/2008 10:05:25 PM
The Oxford Annotated Bible
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ER
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11/2/2008 10:23:43 PM
re: Fine for college-bound kids.
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RobVG
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11/2/2008 8:44:39 PM
I don't believe that the kids with no expectations of college have no need to learn how to think.
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Mary Anne
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11/2/2008 9:32:11 PM
Both are necessary
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ER
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11/2/2008 9:17:35 PM
"I would suggest... shifting business courses to a vocational school..."
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RobVG
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11/3/2008 1:04:42 AM
Call me elitist, but...
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ER
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11/3/2008 1:55:11 AM
And another thing...
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ER
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11/3/2008 2:56:43 AM
re: And another thing...
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RobVG
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11/3/2008 6:38:34 AM
re: And another thing...
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ER
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11/3/2008 11:31:46 AM
Carpenters have had guilds for ages.
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Mary Anne
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11/3/2008 2:51:35 AM
I can see it now...
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ER
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11/3/2008 3:01:12 AM
That was my thought, too.
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Jody
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11/2/2008 7:54:22 PM
Prerequisites
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Mary Anne
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11/2/2008 8:22:56 PM
When I covered the Book of Job in college...
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alcaray
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11/2/2008 7:46:51 PM
Not at all..
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Jody
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11/1/2008 7:48:04 PM
Read "The Sermon on the Mount" and compare that to "Christianity".
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Bowser
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11/1/2008 7:29:42 PM
This atheist has no problem with this.
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ER
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11/1/2008 2:12:23 PM
Good post. I note you sent it to the newspaper, too.
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TB
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11/3/2008 12:16:25 AM
Thanks. I'm sure it will be a big hit in Texas.
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ER
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11/3/2008 3:15:48 AM
heh...especially the atheist part :)
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Jody
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11/3/2008 2:24:22 PM
re: Theo logical message
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Johannes
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11/1/2008 11:34:28 PM
re: was upon not wasupon :-)
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Johannes
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11/1/2008 11:50:02 PM
Bronze Age creation myth and Hellenistic philosophy.
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ER
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11/2/2008 12:51:37 AM
A slight modification with profound consequences.
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Bowser
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11/2/2008 7:14:18 PM
The goat in the basket.
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ER
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11/2/2008 9:27:48 PM
re: Thank you ER and Bowser
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Johannes
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11/2/2008 10:36:41 PM
"It ain't necessarily so..."
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ER
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11/2/2008 10:55:31 PM
How it's possible:
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Mary Anne
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11/2/2008 10:52:44 PM
The view from my side of the fence
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SDG
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11/3/2008 9:05:46 PM
re: Thank you Mary Anne and ER
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Johannes
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11/3/2008 1:59:31 AM
You've accused me of something I never said.
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ER
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11/3/2008 2:16:51 AM
re:It is interesting how easily
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Johannes
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11/3/2008 3:24:22 AM
I presume this is your question...
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ER
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11/3/2008 4:15:06 AM
re:In the modern scientific explanation, light came first.
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Johannes
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11/3/2008 7:35:57 PM
You're way behind the times, J. Ancient Hebrew had no upper case letters.
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ER
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11/3/2008 8:15:53 PM
re: It is true that ancient Hebrew had no upper case letters, but
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Johannes
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11/4/2008 2:07:28 AM
The photon looks like this:
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ER
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11/4/2008 3:09:03 AM
re: Now we know, photons are made of pink ink, so says ER. :-)
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Johannes
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11/5/2008 4:12:12 PM
Recommended reading (or even a school text)
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TB
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11/1/2008 5:21:08 PM
Asimov's GTTB would be an excellent text...
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ER
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11/1/2008 6:30:57 PM
"An atheist...and a Jew" Big deal. So was Ayn Rand.
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TB
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11/1/2008 8:52:50 PM
Yeah, but Isaac was better-looking.
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ER
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11/1/2008 9:46:46 PM
Would have loved to see Asimov and Burt Rutan in a sideburn contest!
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TB
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11/3/2008 12:19:01 AM
With your tastes...I don't think I want to see your wife. ;-)
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SDAI-Tech1
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11/2/2008 6:26:07 PM
Asimov's GTTB would be an excellent text...
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ER
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11/1/2008 6:30:53 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.