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