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In article <C5sA29.14s@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Mike Cobb) writes: > I guess I'm delving into a religious language area. What exactly is morality > or morals? I hope there is not one- with a subject like this you just have a spiral. What would then be a morality of a morality of morals. Labe... | 0 |
jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes: >In article <11847@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Robert >Beauchaine) writes: >>Bennett, Neil. "How BCCI adapted the Koran rules of banking". The >>Times. August 13, 1991. > > So, let's see. If some guy writes a piece with a title that implies > something is th... | 0 |
I don't think there is really any question about which god the courts mean. The request for solemnly swearing, so help you god, is always made after a request to pick up the bible in your left hand and hold up your right hand. In the courts of NC, at least, it is always an old and new testament.
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In article <37410@optima.cs.arizona.edu> sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed) writes: >In article <1r1cl7INNknk@bozo.dsinc.com> perry@dsinc.com (Jim Perry) writes: >>Anyway, since I seem to be the only one following this particular line >>of discussion, I wonder how many of the rest of the readership have >>read... | 0 |
Kent Sandvik (sandvik@newton.apple.com) wrote: : > This is a good point, but I think "average" people do not take up Christianity : > so much out of fear or escapism, but, quite simply, as a way to improve their : > social life, or to get more involved with American culture, if they are kids of : > immigrants for exa... | 0 |
perry@dsinc.com (Jim Perry) writes: > Anyway, since I seem to be the only one following this particular line > of discussion, I wonder how many of the rest of the readership have > read this book? What are your thoughts on it? I bought a copy of The Satanic Verses when there was talk of the British Government banning... | 0 |
west@next02cville.wam.umd.edu (Stilgar) writes: > THE POPE IS JEWISH I always thought that the Pope was a bear. You know, because of that little saying: Does a bear shit in the woods? Is the Pope Catholic?
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I replied to this query via e-mail, but I think there are some issues that are worth discussing in public. MTA (mtabbott@unix.amherst.edu) wrote: > I am doing research on atheism, part of which involves field research here > on the net. The following is a survey directed towards all readers of this > group, intended ... | 0 |
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In article <chrisb.734064380@bAARNie>, chrisb@tafe.sa.edu.au (Chris BELL) writes... >jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com writes: > >>My syllogism is of the form: >>A is B. >>C is A. >>Therefore C is B. > >>This is a logically valid construction. > >>Your syllogism, however, is of the form: >>A is B. >>C is B. >>Therefore C is... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr16.211458.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> kmagnacca@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: (deletion) >Nope, Germany has extremely restrictive citizenship laws. The >ethnic Germans who have lived in Russia for over 100 years >automatically become citizens if they move to Germany, but the >Turks who are now in their thi... | 0 |
In article <66014@mimsy.umd.edu> mangoe@cs.umd.edu (Charley Wingate) writes: >>And what about that revelation thing, Charley? > >If you're talking about this intellectual engagement of revelation, well, >it's obviously a risk one takes. > I see, it is not rational, but it is intellectual. Does madness qualify as in... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr25.165315.1190@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> darice@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Fred Rice) writes: >>(Deletion) >>>"(God is) the One Who created the night, the day, the sun and the moon. >>>Each is travelling in an orbit with its own motion." (Qur'an :33) >>> (Deletion) >>Well, that is certainly different, bu... | 0 |
In <114127@bu.edu> jaeger@buphy.bu.edu writes: [deletia] > I don't understand the point of this petty sarcasm. It is a basic > principle of Islam that if one is born muslim or one says "I testify > that there is no god but God and Mohammad is a prophet of God" that, > so long as one does not explicitly reject Islam ... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr2.103237.4627@Cadence.COM>, mas@Cadence.COM (Masud Khan) writes: > In article <C4qAv2.24wG@austin.ibm.com> karner@austin.ibm.com (F. Karner) writes: > > > >Okay. So you want me to name names? There are obviously no official > >records of these pseudo-marriages because they are performed for > >conv... | 0 |
In article <2942949719.2.p00261@psilink.com>, "Robert Knowles" <p00261@psilink.com> writes: >>DATE: Fri, 2 Apr 1993 23:02:22 -0500 >>FROM: Nanci Ann Miller <nm0w+@andrew.cmu.edu> >> >> >>> > 3. Can god uncreate itself? >>> >>> No. For if He did, He would violate His own nature which He cannot do. >>> It is God's ... | 0 |
excuse me for my ignorance. But I remember reading once that the Biblical tribe known as the Philistines still exists...they are the modern day Palestinians. Anyone out there with more info, please post it!!!
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In article <1993Apr14.030334.8650@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, snm6394@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.N. Mozumder ) writes: > In article <1993Apr11.145519.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> kmagnacca@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: >> >>There's a way around that via the hadith, which state that silence is >>taken to mean "yes" and that women may not speak b... | 0 |
In article <C5rB1G.43u@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>, bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) wrote: > To credit religion with the awesome power to dominate history is to > misunderstand human nature, the function of religion and of course, > history. I believe that those who distort history in this way know > exaclty what t... | 0 |
In article <1r0sn0$3r@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes: >|>#>#Theism is strongly correlated with irrational belief in absolutes. Irrational >|>#>#belief in absolutes is strongly correlated with fanatism. (deletion) >|Theism is correlated with fanaticism. I have neither said that al... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr20.154658@IASTATE.EDU>, kv07@IASTATE.EDU (Warren Vonroeschlaub) wrote: > > Let's say that we drop a marble into the black hole. It races, ever faster, > towards the even horizon. But, thanks to the curving of space caused by the > excessive gravity, as the object approaches the event horizon it ... | 0 |
Andrew Hilmer (hilmera@storm.cs.orst.edu) wrote: : At the risk of beginning a cascade, I'll start with a possibly cheesy : good 'ol Uhmericun: : "Our shield is freedom" Or, considering what our government has been doing for the past 50 years, perhaps this would be more appropriate: "100% Debt" --
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In article <1r5cmnINNb8@gap.caltech.edu>, keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes: |> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes: |> |> >Pardon me? *I* am trying to apply human terms to non-humans? |> |> That's right. You are basically stating that morality can only deal with |> humans, because ... | 0 |
>In article <kutluk.734797558@ccl.umist.ac.uk> kutluk@ccl.umist.ac.uk (Kutluk Ozguven) writes: >>Atheists are not >>mentioned in the Quran because from a Quranic point of view, and a >>minute's reasoning, one can see that there is no such thing. I guess that's why scientists probably aren't mentioned either. Or stoc... | 0 |
In article <1qkq9t$66n@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes: |> |> I'll take a wild guess and say Freedom is objectively valuable. I base |> this on the assumption that if everyone in the world were deprived utterly |> of their freedom (so that their every act was contrary to their voliti... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr19.141112.15018@cs.nott.ac.uk>, eczcaw@mips.nott.ac.uk (A.Wainwright) writes: > Hi, > > I have been having an argument about the origins of the bible lately with > a theist acquaintance. He stated that thousands of bibles were discovered > at a certain point in time which were syllable-perfect. Th... | 0 |
In article <1r8ou3$41u@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes: >In article <1993Apr22.070854.18213@nuscc.nus.sg> cmtan@iss.nus.sg (Tan Chade Meng - dan) writes: >#I'll be leaving in June. That's because I'm going back to my university >#& alt.atheism is banned there (stupid theist intolerance... | 0 |
In article <ofp1qP600VpdINppwh@andrew.cmu.edu> Nanci Ann Miller <nm0w+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: >timmbake@mcl.ucsb.edu (Bake Timmons) writes: >> There lies the hypocrisy, dude. Atheism takes as much faith as theism. >> Admit it! > >Besides... not believing in a god means one doesn't have to deal with all >of the extr... | 0 |
David.Rice@ofa123.fidonet.org writes: >who: marshall@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Kevin Marshall) >what: <1q7kc3$2dj@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> >KM> "Yeah, hilarious. Satanists believe Satan is a god, but not >KM> the only god. Satan is a part of Christian mythology. >KM> Therefore, one cannot reasonably worship Satan without >KM> a... | 0 |
In article <C5uuL0.n1C@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>, bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) writes: |> |> Many of the atheists posting here argue against their own parody of |> religion; they create some ridiculous caricature of a religion and |> then attack the believers within that religion and the religion itself |> as... | 0 |
kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran) writes: >>Natural morality may specifically be thought of as a code of ethics that >>a certain species has developed in order to survive. >Wait. Are we talking about ethics or morals here? Is the distinction important? >>We see this countless >>times in... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr10.125109.25265@bradford.ac.uk> L.Newnham@bradford.ac.uk (Leonard Newnham) writes: >Gregg Jaeger (jaeger@buphy.bu.edu) wrote: >>Could you please explain in what way the Qur'an in your eyes carries >>"the excess baggage of another era"? The Qur'an in my opinion carries >>no such baggage. >How abou... | 0 |
In article <1qu485$58o@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes: |> In article <1qkovl$k@fido.asd.sgi.com> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes: |> # |> #False dichotomy. You claimed the killing were *not* religiously |> #motivated, and I'm saying that's wrong. I'm not saying tha... | 0 |
Ed McCreary (edm@twisto.compaq.com) wrote: : >>>>> On 16 Apr 93 05:10:18 GMT, bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Robert Beauchaine) said: : RB> In article <ofnWyG600WB699voA=@andrew.cmu.edu> pl1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Patrick C Leger) writes: : >EVER HEAR OF : >BAPTISM AT BIRTH? If that isn't preying on the young, I don't know what ... | 0 |
In article <16BB7B863.I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de> I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau) writes: #In article <1r0sn0$3r@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> #frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes: # #>|>#>#Theism is strongly correlated with irrational belief in absolutes. Irrational #>|>#>#belief in absolutes is strong... | 0 |
In article <healta.145.734928689@saturn.wwc.edu>, healta@saturn.wwc.edu (Tammy R Healy) writes: [deletia wrt pathetic Jee-zus posting by Bissel] > I hope you're not going to flame him. Please give him the same coutesy you' > ve given me. NO. He hasn't extended to US the courtesy you've shown us, so he don't get no p... | 0 |
In article <C5prv8.5nI@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Mike Cobb) wrote: > we have to expect others to follow our notion of societally mandated morality? > Pardon the extremism, but couldn't I murder your "brother" and say that I was > exercising my rights as I saw them, was doing what felt good, didn't ... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr3.195642.25261@njitgw.njit.edu>, dmu5391@hertz.njit.edu (David Utidjian Eng.Sci.) writes... >In article <31MAR199321091163@juliet.caltech.edu> lmh@juliet.caltech.edu (Henling, Lawrence M.) writes: > For a complete description of what is, and is not atheism >or agnosticism see the FAQ for alt.atheism ... | 0 |
In article <C5qt5p.Mvo@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>, arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) wrote: > > In article <115694@bu.edu> jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes: > >I think many reading this group would also benefit by knowing how > >deviant the view _as I've articulated it above_ (which may not be > >the true ... | 0 |
In article <1r39kh$itp@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) says: > [ . . .] >Specifically, I'd like to know what relativism concludes when two >people grotesquely disagree. Is it: > >(a) Both are right > >(b) One of them is wrong, and sometimes (though perhaps rarely) we have a > pretty good ... | 0 |
RAPTURE - OCTOBER 28, 1992 WHAT TO DO IN CASE YOU MISS THE RAPTURE I. STAY CALM AND DO NOT PANIC Your natural reaction once you realize what has just occurred is to panic. But to do so is absolutely useless now. If you had wanted to get right with God before the rapture, you could have, but you chose to wait. ... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr6.021635.20958@wam.umd.edu> west@next02cville.wam.umd.edu (Stilgar) writes: >Fine... THE ILLIAD IS THE WORD OF GOD(tm) (disputed or not, it is) > >Dispute that. It won't matter. Prove me wrong. The Illiad contains more than one word. Ergo: it can not be the Word of God. But, if you will humb... | 0 |
In article <930419.104739.2t8.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk>, mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes: >mccullou@snake2.cs.wisc.edu (Mark McCullough) writes: >>In article <30136@ursa.bear.com> halat@pooh.bears (Jim Halat) writes: >>>Atoms are not objective. They aren't even real. What scientists call >>>an atom is nothing m... | 0 |
rh> From: house@helios.usq.EDU.AU (ron house) rh> Newsgroups: alt.atheism rh> Organization: University of Southern Queensland rh> bissda@saturn.wwc.edu (DAN LAWRENCE BISSELL) writes: > First I want to start right out and say that I'm a Christian. It rh> I _know_ I shouldn't get involved, but... :-) rh> [bit del... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr3.081052.11292@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> darice@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Fred Rice) writes: >I propose >that these two trends -- greater level of general depression in society >(and other psychological problems) and greater sexual promiscuity -- are >linked, with the latter being a prime cause of the for... | 0 |
a> In article <1qi156INNf9n@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>, tcbruno@athena.mit.edu (Tom Bruno) writes: > ..stuff deleted... > > Which brings me to the point of my posting. How many people out there have > been around alt.atheism since 1990? I've done my damnedest to stay on top of ...more stuff deleted... Hmm, USENET... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr20.191048.6139@cnsvax.uwec.edu> nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) writes: #[reply to frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer)] # #>>The problem for the objectivist is to determine the status of moral #>>truths and the method by which they can be established. If we accept #>>that such judgements are not ... | 0 |
In article <C4ux99.AIC@ra.nrl.navy.mil> khan@itd.itd.nrl.navy.mil (Umar Khan) writes: Stuff deleted >Is there a concordance for the FAQ? WHich translation is considered >most authoritative? Is there an orthodox commentary for the FAQ >available? Is there one FAQ for militant atheists and another for >moderate ath... | 0 |
In article H9r@ra.nrl.navy.mil, khan@itd.itd.nrl.navy.mil (Umar Khan) writes: ##I strongly suggest that you look up a book called THE BIBLE, THE QURAN, AND ##SCIENCE by Maurice Baucaille, a French surgeon. It is not comprehensive, ##but, it is well researched. I imagine your library has it or can get it ##for you th... | 0 |
>snm6394@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.N. Mozumder ) writes: > More horrible deaths resulted from atheism than anything else. > LIST OF KILLINGS IN THE NAME OF RELIGION 1. Iran-Iraq War: 1,000,000 2. Civil War in Sudan: 1,000,000 3, Riots in India-Pakistan in 1947: 1,000,000 4. Massacares in Bangladesh in 1971: 1,000,000 5. In... | 0 |
Charley Wingate (mangoe@cs.umd.edu) wrote: : : >> Please enlighten me. How is omnipotence contradictory? : : >By definition, all that can occur in the universe is governed by the rules : >of nature. Thus god cannot break them. Anything that god does must be allowed : >in the rules somewhere. Therefore, omnipotence C... | 0 |
James J. Lippard (lippard@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu) wrote: : Exodus 21:22-25: : 22 And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with : child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further : injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband may : demand of him... | 0 |
The recent rise of nostalgia in this group, combined with the incredible level of utter bullshit, has prompted me to comb through my archives and pull out some of "The Best of Alt.Atheism" for your reading pleasure. I'll post a couple of these a day unless group concensus demands that I stop, or I run out of g... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr15.150938.975@news.wesleyan.edu> SSAUYET@eagle.wesleyan.edu (SCOTT D. SAUYET) writes: >In <1qabe7INNaff@gap.caltech.edu> keith@cco.caltech.edu writes: > >>> Chimpanzees fight wars over land. >> >> But chimps are almost human... >> >> keith > >Could it be? This is the last message from Mr. Schneide... | 0 |
In article <115793@bu.edu>, jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes: |> In article <1qla0g$afp@fido.asd.sgi.com> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes: >|> >I hope an Islamic Bank is something other than BCCI, which >|> >ripped off so many small depositors among the Muslim >|> >community in the Uk and else... | 0 |
In article <116547@bu.edu> jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes: >Yes. The Qur'an discusses this point in several ways, some of >them quite directly. For example, it says that if God _were_ >to appear them there would be no need for faith and belief as >the evidence would be definitive. Ah! Excellent. So why does... | 0 |
In article <1qvn1pINNj90@shelley.u.washington.edu> jimh@carson.u.washington.edu (James Hogan) writes: > >When the various Bill Conners and Bobbys post here, I felt that >their passive-aggressive "knock that chip off my shoulder" >type of approach meant that attempts at reasoned argument >would be wasted. I still th... | 0 |
In article <C5HKv2.Epv@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes: >In article <115256@bu.edu> jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes: >>Judaism, for one. Maddi has confirmed this for one. And again I >>reiterate that one can easily leave the religion at any time, >>simply by making a p... | 0 |
livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes: >In another part of this thread, you've been telling us that the >"goal" of a natural morality is what animals do to survive. That's right. Humans have gone somewhat beyond this though. Perhaps our goal is one of self-actualization. >But suppose that your omniscien... | 0 |
My turn to jump in! :) In article <1pi8h5INNq40@gap.caltech.edu> keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes: >(reference line trimmed) > >livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes: > >[...] > >>There is a good deal more confusion here. You started off with the >>assertion that there was some "objec... | 0 |
In article <healta.157.735271671@saturn.wwc.edu> healta@saturn.wwc.edu (Tammy R Healy) writes: > >Bob, if you're wanting an excuse to convert to Christianity, you gonna have >to look elsewhere. > Damn. And I did so have my hopes up. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Bob Beauc... | 0 |
arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes: >>The motto originated in the Star-Spangled Banner. Tell me that this has >>something to do with atheists. >The motto _on_coins_ originated as a McCarthyite smear which equated atheism >with Communism and called both unamerican. No it didn't. The motto has been ... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr26.070405.3615@doug.cae.wisc.edu> kahraman@hprisc-30.cae.wisc.edu (Gokalp Kahraman) writes: >In this respect, since atheists are dominantly arrogant and claim >self-control and self-ownership, they would make pharoahs >look like very humble, decent people in comparison! If the logic is this: >"sin... | 0 |
In article <115288@bu.edu>, jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes: > >He'd have to be precise about is rejection of God and his leaving Islam. >One is perfectly free to be muslim and to doubt and question the >existence of God, so long as one does not _reject_ God. I am sure that >Rushdie has be now made his atheis... | 0 |
In article <1pmjo8INN2l0@lynx.unm.edu> bevans@carina.unm.edu (Mathemagician) writes: Just what do gay people do that straight people don't? Absolutely nothing. I'm a VERY straight(as an arrow), 17-year old male that is involved in the BSA. I don't care what gay people do among each other, as long as they don't m... | 0 |
In article <kmr4.1572.734847158@po.CWRU.edu> kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) writes: >From: kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) >Subject: Re: who are we to judge, Bobby? >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 04:12:38 GMT > >(S.N. Mozumder ) writes: >>(TAMMY R HEALY) writes: >>>I would like to take the liberty to quote from a Christian... | 0 |
In <1qjahh$mrs@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de> frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes: >In article <pww-140493214334@spac-at1-59.rice.edu> pww@spacsun.rice.edu (Peter Walker) writes: >#In article <1qie61$fkt@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank >#O'Dwyer) wrote: >#> Objective morality is morality built from o... | 0 |
In article <C5qGM3.DL8@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Mike Cobb) writes: >From: cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Mike Cobb) >Subject: Societally acceptable behavior >Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 13:39:39 GMT >Merely a question for the basis of morality > >Moral/Ethical behavior = _Societally_ _acceptable_ _behavior_. ... | 0 |
In article <C5uE4t.G4K@news.rich.bnr.ca> bcash@crchh410.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Brian Cash) writes: > Petri and Mathew, > > Your discusion on the "reality" of atoms is interesting, but it > would seem that you are verging on the question "Is anything real": > that is, since observation is not 100% reliable, how can we... | 0 |
: Are you saying that their was a physical Adam and Eve, and that all : humans are direct decendents of only these two human beings.? Then who : were Cain and Able's wives? Couldn't be their sisters, because A&E : didn't have daughters. Were they non-humans? Genesis 5:4 and the days of Adam after he begat Seth wer... | 0 |
pl1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Patrick C Leger) writes: : You know, it just occurred to me today that this whole Christian thing : can be blamed solely on Mary. : : So, she's married to Joseph. She gets knocked up. What do you think : ol' Joe will do if he finds she's been getting around? So Mary comes up : with this ridicu... | 0 |
I apologize for the long delay in getting a response to this posted. I've been working reduced hours the past couple of weeks because I had a son born (the day after Umar's article was posted, btw). I did respond within a couple of days, but it turns out that a a coincidental news software rearrangement caused posting... | 0 |
Thanks to whoever posted this wonderful parody of people who post without reading the FAQ! I was laughing for a good 5 minutes. Were there any parts of the FAQ that weren't mentioned? I think there might have been one or two... Please don't tell me this wasn't a joke. I'm not ready to hear that yet...
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Mark McCullough (mccullou@snake2.cs.wisc.edu) wrote: : This figure, is far below all the other figures I have seen. If it : is indeed accurate, then how do you explain the discrepancy between : that figure, and other figures from international organizations? : Most figures I have seen place the hit ratio close to 70%,... | 0 |
Mark McCullough (mccullou@snake2.cs.wisc.edu) wrote: : In article <30136@ursa.bear.com> halat@pooh.bears (Jim Halat) writes: : >Atoms are not objective. They aren't even real. What scientists call : >an atom is nothing more than a mathematical model that describes : >certain physical, observable properties of our su... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr5.084042.822@batman.bmd.trw.com>, jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com responds to a lot of grief given to him >In article <1993Apr3.095220.24632@leland.Stanford.EDU>, >galahad@leland.Stanford.EDU (Scott Compton) a.k.a. "The Sagemaster" [ . . .] >But then I ask, So? Where is this relevant to my discussion in >... | 0 |
In article <1pik3i$1l4@fido.asd.sgi.com>, livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes: >In article <C4u51L.8Bv@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>, bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) writes: >|> >|> >|> Why do you spend so much time posting here if your atheism is so >|> incidental, if the question of God is trivial? Fe... | 0 |
In article <C4w5pv.JxD@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu> bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner) writes: >There are a couple of things about your post and others in this thread >that are a little confusing. An atheist is one for whom all things can >be understood as processes of nature - exclusively. There is no need >for any r... | 0 |
In article <735295730.25282@minster.york.ac.uk>, cjhs@minster.york.ac.uk writes: > : Are you saying that their was a physical Adam and Eve, and that all > : humans are direct decendents of only these two human beings.? Then who > : were Cain and Able's wives? Couldn't be their sisters, because A&E > : didn't have dau... | 0 |
Kent Sandvik (sandvik@newton.apple.com) wrote: : In article <C5Mw03.9qr@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu>, bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu : (Bill Conner) wrote: : > I'd say that what one chooses to observe and how the observation is : > interpreted and what significance it's given depends a great deal on : > the values of the observe... | 0 |
sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe) writes: >>Of course, if at some later time we think that the death penalty >>*is* cruel or unusual, it will be outlawed. But at the present, >>most people don't seem to think this way. >*This* from the same fellow who speaks of an "objective" or "natural" >morality. I suppose that if the ... | 0 |
In article <1993Apr3.214741.14026@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, snm6394@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.N. Mozumder ) writes: > > My claim is that a person that committs a crime doesn't believe in > God, for the moment that the crime is committed, at least, whether > they are originally believers or not. To believe is to do good. > Your... | 0 |
Bill Conner (bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu) writes: [ ... my stuff deleted ... ] > I don't have to make outrageous claims about religion's affecting and > effecting history, for the purpsoe of a.a, all I have to do point out > that many claims made here are wrong and do nothing to validate > atheism. Bill, you seem to hav... | 0 |
>>>>> On 25 Apr 93 23:26:20 GMT, bobbe@vice (Robert Beauchaine;6086;59-323;LP=A;YAyG) said: ...execellent examples of Luther's insane rantings deleted... Gee, I'm *sooooo* surprised that they don't teach this part of his ideology in high schools today.
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Archive-name: atheism/resources Alt-atheism-archive-name: resources Last-modified: 5 April 1993 Version: 1.1 Atheist Resources Addresses of Atheist Organizations USA FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION Darwin fish bumper stickers... | 0 |
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A thorough benchmark of automatic text classification From traditional approaches to large language models
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