GARY FONG LOVES THE 20D !

On 8/8/07 4:40 PM, in article , "Peter A.
Stavrakoglou" wrote:

"Annika1980" wrote in message
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On Aug 7, 6:42 pm, "Peter A. Stavrakoglou"
wrote:

If the intricate design of how the human body works is not proof of a
creator, I don't know what is. The very existence of man is proof that
someone created us.

Perhaps you should worship your daddy's sperm.

Did God create us or did we create God?

Perhaps you should try to be a bit more civil.



Impossible for a redneck.

In rec.photo.equipment.35mm William Graham wrote:
OK.....Now, lets suppose that you know him to be a suicidal maniac, who
believes he will go to heaven if he kills you, and he says, "I have ordered
a bomb that will take out this whole block. As soon as I get it, I am going
to explode it, and take us all to heaven."

Way to build up the strawman there.

Oh, and good luck with your report to the police.....

You're right; I'd call the FBI, ATF, and/or the DHS at that point.
They take bomb threats quite seriously these days.

- Solomon
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Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344

In rec.photo.equipment.35mm William Graham wrote:
I disagree. Raising a child to believe in anything supernatural, whose
existence can't be proved, is brainwashing....The only difference between
Christianity and radical Muslimism is a matter of degree. In the former

While I generally agree with you here, I have one nit to pick. It's not
"between Christanity and radical Islam", it's "between Radical
Christianity, Radical Islam, Radical Judiasm, Radical Norse Pagans,
and/or Radical [Religion X, Y, or Z]"

What all of those radical fundamentalists have in common is that they
believe that They Are Right, Everyone Else Is Wrong, and that the ends
(post-mortem eternal booty or whatnot) justify the means (Hey, by
killing them I did them a favor; God told me to do it so it's not
murder! Whatever.)

malevolent and totally unable to co-exist with anyone else....They can't
even co-exist with each other, since they believe you are doing them a favor
by killing them and sending them to Allah prematurely.......

I know you're talking about the Shi'a and Sunni schism here, but I
remember reading about a few bloody conflicts between various Christian
sects.

Wars are never truly fought over religion; while the folks doing the
dying may believe it, the folks calling the shots know war is really
about economics: Opening/expanding trade routes, securing resources and
markets, plus the immediate economic benefit of the spoils of war.

Or, if you're really cynical, war is also a means to control your own
population.

- Solomon
--
Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org
Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344

William Graham wrote:

Didn't you know? - Bret is a taxidermist by trade......


That would explain the volume of mail asking him to get stuffed.








mike

In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Walter Banks wrote:
When the library at Alexandra was burned they said
"All books that supported the Koran were redundant
the rest blasphemy "

This is not a trustworthy quote, in part because it was first published
some six hundred years after the supposed event.

This article is a good summary of the problems with this account:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/3517

(It's well-cited too, in case you are wondering)

.....

Now if this book-burning story supposedly occured in, say, the middle
ages, it would be more credible, but Islam was fairly enlightened in its
earlier years to its middle age, indeed their devotion to and pursuit
knowledge is why the works of (for example) Plato and Aristotle are
still around.

Please, let's judge people for what they do *now*, not what their
distant ancestors may or may not have done a thousand years ago.

- Solomon
--
Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org
Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344

In rec.photo.equipment.35mm William Graham wrote:
Someone else said: "the only difference between the atheists and the
Christians is that the atheists believe in one less god than the Christians
do....If a Christian were to search his heart and figure out why he doesn't
believe in all those other gods, then he might understand why I don't
believe in his....." (I paraphrased...)

The exact quote:

"I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible
gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
-- Stephen F. Roberts

And since I'm digging through my quote file:

"Even a child is bright enough to see through the god myth. What child
hasn't asked 'who created god?'"
-- Stephen F. Roberts


- Solomon
--
Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org
Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344

In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Cynicor wrote:
We don't know that they're rigged. We do know that they are very
riggable, and that the e-voting machines are very vulnerable and have
had MANY instances of fouled votes.

"He who votes decides nothing; he who counts the votes decides everything."
-- Joeseph Stalin

- Solomon
--
Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org
Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344

In rec.photo.equipment.35mm George Kerby wrote:
Alan Browne is just like the average socialist that just can't keep their
hands out of others' wallets. Our stupid Congress-slugs just passed a law
that will put small family owned pharmacies out of business:

....you mean "small family owned pharmacies" actually exist still?

I can't say I ever remember seeing one in the past ten years; there
certianly isn't one in the general area (pop: ~200K) where I live.

There is, however, a Walgreens or a CVS at every major intersection, and
many minor ones too..

- Solomon
--
Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org
Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344

"m II" wrote in message
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William Graham wrote:

And this I know: Whether the one True
Light
Kindle to love, or wrath consume me
quite,
One glimpse of it within the tavern
caught
Better than in the temple lost outright.

I'd think Omar Khayyam deserves some mention here....


Edward Fitzgerald, actually......

"Stuffed Crust" wrote in message
...
In rec.photo.equipment.35mm Walter Banks wrote:
When the library at Alexandra was burned they said
"All books that supported the Koran were redundant
the rest blasphemy "

This is not a trustworthy quote, in part because it was first published
some six hundred years after the supposed event.

This article is a good summary of the problems with this account:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/3517

(It's well-cited too, in case you are wondering)

....

Now if this book-burning story supposedly occured in, say, the middle
ages, it would be more credible, but Islam was fairly enlightened in its
earlier years to its middle age, indeed their devotion to and pursuit
knowledge is why the works of (for example) Plato and Aristotle are
still around.

Please, let's judge people for what they do *now*, not what their
distant ancestors may or may not have done a thousand years ago.

There are people right now who would like to burn books if they could, and
who do burn them if they have the power to do so....Some of them are talk
show hosts in San Francisco. Others are leaders of countries.......