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From: dene on 1 Aug 2010 23:59 "Howard Brazee" <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote in message news:k03c5654l5cbk8dr861jcfk0at7fjrv61r(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 16:55:31 -0400, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > >I understand Science and the scientific method just fine. However, I > >don't pray at the alter of Science like some of you. > > What are these people praying for? That they are right.... -Greg
From: dene on 2 Aug 2010 00:07 "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message news:alangbaker-27495F.05365101082010(a)news.shawcable.com... > In article <MPG.26bf2ff0ab24ec6798a174(a)news.giganews.com>, > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > > In article <alangbaker-15E2AB.23062231072010(a)news.shawcable.com>, > > alangbaker(a)telus.net says... > > > > > > In article <8bjv3hFufjU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > > > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > > > > news:wclark2-DBCC9B.17523931072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > > > > In article <8bj66lFm27U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > > > > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > "BAR" <screw(a)you.com> wrote in message > > > > > > news:MPG.26be08094943135398a15f(a)news.giganews.com... > > > > > > > > > > > > > And, superstition is more widely believed and adhered to around the > > > > > > > world than science. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ask any baseball player. Golfers too. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Greg > > > > > > > > > > No, their superstition does not contribute to their ability at the game, > > > > > just to how they calm their nerves. > > > > > > > > It's belief. I didn't claim there was in validity. It's a shot in the > > > > dark, like atheistic evolution. > > > > > > > > -Greg > > > > > > LOL > > > > > > Evolution is not atheistic or theistic, Greg. It simply is. > > > > Evolution is a theory. > > Correct. I'd say at this point it is a theory that is a close to proven > as any theory can ever be, but it is still a theory. > > However, it is neither atheistic nor theistic. There are those who believe in God and evolution. -Greg
From: Alan Baker on 2 Aug 2010 01:09 In article <8bmuc6F11gU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message > news:alangbaker-27495F.05365101082010(a)news.shawcable.com... > > In article <MPG.26bf2ff0ab24ec6798a174(a)news.giganews.com>, > > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <alangbaker-15E2AB.23062231072010(a)news.shawcable.com>, > > > alangbaker(a)telus.net says... > > > > > > > > In article <8bjv3hFufjU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > > > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > > > > > > news:wclark2-DBCC9B.17523931072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > > > > > In article <8bj66lFm27U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > > > > > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > "BAR" <screw(a)you.com> wrote in message > > > > > > > news:MPG.26be08094943135398a15f(a)news.giganews.com... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And, superstition is more widely believed and adhered to > around the > > > > > > > > world than science. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ask any baseball player. Golfers too. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > No, their superstition does not contribute to their ability at the > game, > > > > > > just to how they calm their nerves. > > > > > > > > > > It's belief. I didn't claim there was in validity. It's a shot in > the > > > > > dark, like atheistic evolution. > > > > > > > > > > -Greg > > > > > > > > LOL > > > > > > > > Evolution is not atheistic or theistic, Greg. It simply is. > > > > > > Evolution is a theory. > > > > Correct. I'd say at this point it is a theory that is a close to proven > > as any theory can ever be, but it is still a theory. > > > > However, it is neither atheistic nor theistic. > > There are those who believe in God and evolution. > > -Greg OK. That doesn't make evolution any more theistic. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Don Kirkman on 2 Aug 2010 02:06 On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 22:21:54 -0400, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >In article <wclark2-90D54B.21194001082010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- >state.edu>, wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says... >> >> In article <MPG.26bfab179fc678af98a189(a)news.giganews.com>, >> BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >> > The roads are mostly built by the developers and individuals. The >> > county, city or state comes along after the road is completed and takes >> > over maintenance. Some of the developers and designers are government employees, and the rest are working for the government under contract. Private corporations would not be allowed on public rights of way for their own operations. >> > In my county the developers cannot start building houses until they have >> > either built the roads or acquired bonds to complete the roads. And, no >> > construction can be started on housing developments until schools and >> > other infrastructure is built. This is all funded by those new >> > homeowners by the levying of special taxes in special taxing districts. No, usually the new homeowners join the other homeowners on the property tax and special district tax rolls. The special taxes are not for roads but for special districts such as cemeteries, mosquito abatement, and the like, not for general fund obligations as property taxes are. Roads, lighting, public buildings, personnel, and the like are paid for out of general fund monies. >> > Do you know what front footage benefit charge is and why you pay it? The >> > rates you pay for electricty get the power lines to your house, the >> > electric company does not run the lines for free. >> > So, to answer you question the people pay to have the roads built. >> Indeed, "the people" pay to have roads built. A communal, socialistic, >> decision (developers don;t build interstates, must as you would wish >> it). Nice snip of the relevant accusation, though. Saves you another red >> face. >It sucks when you can't say that the Government builds the roads. The >government is just the middle man handling the money. It's the government's money, which you have nicely agreed to provide for the privilege of living in the old USA. -- Don Kirkman donsno2(a)charter.net
From: BAR on 2 Aug 2010 07:36
In article <8995f8ff-5765-472b-9451-6b4a80215534 @h17g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says... > > On Aug 1, 10:28�pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: > > In article <alangbaker-D22743.18350301082...(a)news.shawcable.com>, > > alangba...(a)telus.net says... > > > > > > > > > > > > > In article <MPG.26bf877e7e67eee698a...(a)news.giganews.com>, > > > �BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: > > > > > > In article <wclark2-B74F08.12584701082...(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- > > > > state.edu>, wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says... > > > > > > > > > > Evolution is a theory. > > > > > > > > > Correct. I'd say at this point it is a theory that is a close to proven > > > > > > > as any theory can ever be, but it is still a theory. > > > > > > > > > However, it is neither atheistic nor theistic. > > > > > > > > According to Science a theory cannot never become a certanty. > > > > > > > > The F word always comes into play when it comes down to the nunts and > > > > > > bolts. > > > > > > > There is only one "F" word for nutters like you. Tell you what, why > > > > > don't you let us all in on the evidence for the faith-based origins of > > > > > human life? > > > > > > Where did the Big Bang originate? > > > > > Where did the christian god originate? > > > > The same place that the Hewbrew and Islamic God originated. > > > > I would suggest you read Karen Armstrong. > > Is it your view that Christians, Jews and Muslims all worship > different gods? Have you read a "History of God?" |