Bible-beater pilots

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
Which is why we desperately need a third political party in the U.S.
IMHO, "my" Republican Party -- the "Alex Keaton Conservtive
Party" of the 1980s-- has withered and died under the acidic
influence of the Religious Right.

Worse, Republicans are no longer fiscally conservative by any stretch
of the imagination.

America: where the Conservatives aren't conservative and the Liberals
aren't liberal.

Where do I sign up for the new party?
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

G.R. Patterson III wrote:

John Ousterhout wrote:

- John (wondering about the other five) Ousterhout -


Well, you can find them in Levitticus. There are actually something like 116
commandments. They're usually called the "law of Moses". There's a section in
the New Testament in which Jesus says that a man should do his best to obey all
of the commandments, but under no circumstances should he violate the ten that
he felt were most important. This has been corrupted by Christian leaders to
the concept that there are only ten commandments.



Yeah, but Christ wasn't much on beaurocracy, so he distilled them into
just two (Matthew 22:37). And since not many in this NG "love God",
that makes only one that is relevant: "Love thy neighbour as thyself".

Too bad our Christian Leaders and Governments can't follow suit, whether
in beaurocracy or in love.

"Richard Hertz" wrote in



straight lines in spherical geometries.

Um, but the shortest distance between two points is STILL a stright
line...

At non-relativistic speeds, it's so nearly a straight line as to be
inconsequential. But, at speeds approaching the speed of light, it isn't.
Unless you don't believe that the speed of light is a constant in vacuo.

le m

The holiest of places I have worshipped.........
Bomb Bay of B-52s at airshows.


On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 04:00:09 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Does this mean next year's Prayer Meeting Party at your campsite at
Oshkosh is canceled?

The closest I get to a prayer meeting in OSH is when I start praying that
the yodeler chokes on his Zaug's breakfast before morning...

:-)

America: where the Conservatives aren't conservative and the Liberals
aren't liberal.

Where do I sign up for the new party?

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Don

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 03:36:44 -0500, "Happy Dog"
wrote:

Interesting POV. I gather that you're not a physicist. Empirical experiment
is still the gold standard.
[...]
You haven't identified *any* current
physical models which whither under the light of empirical testing.

I'm trained in science, but you're right, I'm not a physicist. I am
cognizant of the current state of physics to know, though, that String
Theory is unprovable, which continues to support my point, IMO, if
from a different direction.

That's the same as saying that you'll never know anything. About anything.

No, it really isn't. It's the same as saying that you'll never escape
certain contexts.

Rob

--
[You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them
ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to
educate themselves.

-- Orson Scott Card

"Jim" wrote in message
...
"Steven P. McNicoll"
There is damn little in religion that can be proved or disproved.

Did God create the Big Bang or was the Big Bang created by God? And was
God's first attempt at man a dinosaur? Surely God didn't screw up the
first
time, throw it all away, take a million year nap and decide to start over?
--
Jim Burns III

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God created everything that we do not yet understand. Of course, even when
something is understood and explainable, the "fanatics" will not accept it.
They would rather live in a fantasy world.

Earl G.

"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
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God created everything that we do not yet understand. Of course, even
when
something is understood and explainable, the "fanatics" will not accept
it.
They would rather live in a fantasy world.


I find it all rather ... quaint.

God created everything that we do not yet understand.

Electricity used to be "God's will" -- now it's commonplace. A generation
ago showing a live image of someone world-wide would have been considered a
miracle -- now you can see Britney Spears on a stupid awards show, anywhere
in the world.

Why, flight itself would have been considered the work of God 101 years
ago -- now we recreate it at will, daily.

So has God created everything that we do not yet understand, or is it just a
matter of time before we understand *everything*?

Of course, even when
something is understood and explainable, the "fanatics" will not accept
it.
They would rather live in a fantasy world.

What is this "it" the "fanatics" will not accept?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Icebound" wrote in message
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G.R. Patterson III wrote:

John Ousterhout wrote:

- John (wondering about the other five) Ousterhout -


Well, you can find them in Levitticus. There are actually something like
116
commandments. They're usually called the "law of Moses". There's a
section in
the New Testament in which Jesus says that a man should do his best to
obey all
of the commandments, but under no circumstances should he violate the
ten that
he felt were most important. This has been corrupted by Christian
leaders to
the concept that there are only ten commandments.



Yeah, but Christ wasn't much on beaurocracy, so he distilled them into
just two (Matthew 22:37). And since not many in this NG "love God",
that makes only one that is relevant:

"Love thy neighbour as thyself".

Doesn't that go against the adultery one?