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"~Glorious Appearing~~" |
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01 Sep 2005 10:12:17 AM |
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Are we made of stardust? |
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the big bang theory, whereby the
original chemical elements of the early universe are thought to be limited
to hydrogen, helium, and lithium. According to this secular view, all the
other elements, now numbering 111, were later formed by nuclear reactions
within the cores of ancient stars. When these stars eventually exploded as
supernovae, their many elements were spread far and wide throughout space.
The solar system, including the life upon planet Earth, is thought to be
made of this star debris. Thus has arisen the poetic generalization that we
are all "made of stardust" or star debris and are therefore "one with the
universe." This false idea fits in well with the New Age movement, which
sees mystical connections between humanity and nature. Man--in the form of
Adam--was indeed made from the "dust" of the ground. However, the earth and
its component materials were created before the stars, not from the stars
(Gen. 1:16).
For JPD,
for links see my signature:):):)
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Most of my quotes are from:
http://www.carm.org/doctrine.htm http://www.carm.org/cults.htm
http://www.carm.org/apologetics.htm http://www.carm.org/seekers.htm
http://www.carm.org/atheism.htm http://www.carm.org/boards.htm
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/ http://www.christianquotes.org/
http://bible.gospelcom.net/ Let no one be found among you
who sacrifices his son or daughter in [a] the fire, who practices divination
or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who
is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Deut 18:10
http://www.christiananswers.net/
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| Title: Re: Are we made of stardust? |
01 Sep 2005 03:10:17 PM |
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Hello "~Glorious Appearing~~" <inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com>,
you posted in alt.religion.christian.baptist :
<snip>
Don't you mean "starbucks?"
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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| Title: Re: Are we made of stardust? |
01 Sep 2005 03:30:03 PM |
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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:10:17 -0600 in alt.atheism,
() said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
Hello "~Glorious Appearing~~" <inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com>,
you posted in alt.religion.christian.baptist :
<snip>
Don't you mean "starbucks?"
No, that's what holds the stardust together.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Are we made of stardust? |
01 Sep 2005 05:21:18 PM |
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Hello Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com>,
you posted in alt.religion.christian.baptist :
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:10:17 -0600 in alt.atheism,
() said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
Hello "~Glorious Appearing~~" <inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com>,
you posted in alt.religion.christian.baptist :
<snip>
Don't you mean "starbucks?"
No, that's what holds the stardust together.
I guess that is better than sawdust!
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| User: "Llanzlan Klazmon" |
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01 Sep 2005 06:14:23 PM |
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"~Glorious Appearing~~" <inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:df75oh$2jb$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com:
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the big bang theory, whereby
the original chemical elements of the early universe are thought to be
limited to hydrogen, helium, and lithium. According to this secular
view, all the other elements, now numbering 111, were later formed by
nuclear reactions within the cores of ancient stars. When these stars
eventually exploded as supernovae, their many elements were spread far
and wide throughout space.
Inevitable really. Low mass stars produce the elements up to Oxygen and
then die out as a white dwarf unless they happen to be part of a binary
system where they can accrete enough extra mass from the companion to
exceed the 1.44 solar mass limit. At this point gravity overcomes the
electron degeneracy pressure. This results in the explosive burning of the
low mass elements all the way up to Iron. The white dwarf is completely
destroyed by the resulting Type 1a supernova scattering the products out
through the host galaxy. BTW type 1a's can be extremely efficient at this -
that is why they have such extraodinary luminosity. Heavy stars produce the
elements heavier than iron by a fairly inefficient process when the core
collapse of such stars sends an incredible shock wave triggered by a blast
of neutrinos released when protons and electrons are forced to combine in
the collapsing core. The elements heavier then iron are produced from the
resulting R & S process nuclear reactions. Analaysis of the isotope ratios
in the solar system suggests that most of the material that formed the
earth and the other planets was produced in the later type of event (Type
II supernova). This is good evidence that the Sun was formed as part of an
open cluster similar to those currently forming in the Orion M 42 nebula.
Klazmon.
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| User: "Peacenik" |
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| Title: Re: Are we made of stardust? |
01 Sep 2005 08:41:20 PM |
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"~Glorious Appearing~~" <inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:df75oh$2jb$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
This false idea fits in well with the New Age movement, which
sees mystical connections between humanity and nature.
Science sees noy mystical connection between man and nature - we are part of
nautre and there is no mystic component in that face.
The Bible, however, DOES show a mystical connection between man and nature.
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| User: "Vivapadrepios personal Cthulhu" |
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01 Sep 2005 01:27:24 PM |
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Cometh the hour, cometh "~Glorious Appearing~~"
<inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com>
who, with imperceptibly subtle footwork in alt.atheism, gave us this:
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the big bang theory, whereby the
original chemical elements of the early universe are thought to be limited
to hydrogen, helium, and lithium. According to this secular view, all the
other elements, now numbering 111, were later formed by nuclear reactions
within the cores of ancient stars. When these stars eventually exploded as
supernovae, their many elements were spread far and wide throughout space.
The solar system, including the life upon planet Earth, is thought to be
made of this star debris. Thus has arisen the poetic generalization that we
are all "made of stardust" or star debris and are therefore "one with the
universe." This false idea fits in well with the New Age movement, which
sees mystical connections between humanity and nature. Man--in the form of
Adam--was indeed made from the "dust" of the ground. However, the earth and
its component materials were created before the stars, not from the stars
(Gen. 1:16).
For JPD,
for links see my signature:):):)
Dolt.
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David Silverman F.L.A.H.N. aa #2208
Either religion goes or civilisation does. It's that simple.
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| User: "Mark T" |
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01 Sep 2005 06:36:56 PM |
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"~Glorious Appearing~~" rote:
Are we made of stardust?
Fundamentalists are made of bulldust.
Fundamentalists Anonymous: by Lee Adams Young
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All who have chosen to walk away from biblical fundamentalism are welcome to
join Fundamentalists Anonymous, and to consider embracing the following
Twelve Steps:
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1. I realize that I had turned control of my mind over to another person or
group, who had assumed power over my thinking.
2. That person or group persuaded me of the inerrancy of the Bible, in spite
of its many internal contradictions.
3. I became addicted to the Bible as the supreme focus of my faith, in spite
of the commandment that God should come first.
4. I admit to God, to myself and to another person the shortcomings of my
belief in the unbelievable.
5. I have made an inventory of my false claims about the Bible.
6. I have made a list of those whom I led into confusion about the Bible.
7. I am willing to make amends to all those whom I may have led astray.
8. I realize that I have the inner power to restore sanity to my life and to
search Scripture for the truth.
9. I will reach out to friends who can help me clarify my thinking about the
Bible, God and Jesus.
10. I confess that only with God's help can my mind grasp the truth.
11. I will seek through prayer and meditation to improve my conscious
contact with God, praying for knowledge of God's will for me and the power
to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these twelve steps, I
will offer these steps to other former biblical fundamentalists.
These 12 steps are adapted from those of Alchoholics Anonymous.
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| User: "Brian E. Clark" |
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01 Sep 2005 02:13:06 PM |
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In article <df75oh$2jb$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>,
~Glorious Appearing~~ said...
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the
big bang theory,
It's easy enough to label any explanations you dislike as
"simplistic." But do you honestly think the details of quantum
cookery are easy to grasp, a Sunday afternoon distraction
between trimming the hedge and firing up the barbecue? Does
attributing the universe to the locutions of a bored deity sound
complex by comparison?
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Brian E. Clark
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| User: "Muffin" |
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03 Sep 2005 11:15:32 PM |
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In article <df75oh$2jb$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>, "~Glorious
Appearing~~" <inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com> wrote:
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the big bang theory, whereby the
original chemical elements of the early universe are thought to be limited
to hydrogen, helium, and lithium. According to this secular view, all the
other elements, now numbering 111, were later formed by nuclear reactions
within the cores of ancient stars. When these stars eventually exploded as
supernovae, their many elements were spread far and wide throughout space.
The solar system, including the life upon planet Earth, is thought to be
made of this star debris. Thus has arisen the poetic generalization that we
are all "made of stardust"
STARRY DUST
THE LAMENT OF ARCHY THE COCKROACH
(DON MARQUIS)
man is so proud
the haughty simp
so hard for to approach
and he looks down
with such an air
on spider
midge
or roach
the supercilious silliness
of this poor wingless bird
is cosmically comical
and stellarly absurd
his scutellated occiput
has holes somewhere inside
and there no doubt
two pints or so
of scrambled brains reside
if all the bugs
of all the stars
should sting him on the dome
they might pierce through
that osseous rind
and find the brains at home
and in the convolutions lay
an egg with fancies fraught
which germinating rapidly
might turn into a thought
might turn into the thought
that men
and insects are the same
both transient flecks
of STARRY DUST
that out of nothing came
the planets are
what atoms are
and neither more nor less
mans feet have grown
so big that he
forgets his littleness
the things he thinks
are only things
that insects always knew
the things he does
are stunts that we
dont have to think to do
he spent a score
of centuries
in getting feeble wings
which we instinctively
acquired
with other trivial things
the day is coming
very soon
when man and all his race
must cast their silly
pride aside
and take the second place
i ll take the bugs of all the stars
and tell them of my plan
and fling them with
their myriad stings
against the tyrant man
archy
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| User: "MarkA" |
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01 Sep 2005 01:35:39 PM |
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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:12:17 +0000, ~Glorious Appearing~~ wrote:
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the big bang theory, whereby
the original chemical elements of the early universe are thought to be
limited to hydrogen, helium, and lithium. According to this secular view,
all the other elements, now numbering 111, were later formed by nuclear
reactions within the cores of ancient stars. When these stars eventually
exploded as supernovae, their many elements were spread far and wide
throughout space. The solar system, including the life upon planet Earth,
is thought to be made of this star debris. Thus has arisen the poetic
generalization that we are all "made of stardust" or star debris and are
therefore "one with the universe." This false idea fits in well with the
New Age movement, which sees mystical connections between humanity and
nature. Man--in the form of Adam--was indeed made from the "dust" of the
ground. However, the earth and its component materials were created before
the stars, not from the stars (Gen. 1:16).
For JPD,
for links see my signature:):):)
Then God, feeling a little impish after taking a whole day off, decided to
amuse Himself by making it LOOK as though there had been a "Big Bang".
Now, He and His angels amuse themselves watching the "True Believers"
trying to explain away the evidence that He so carefully planted.
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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01 Sep 2005 03:22:46 PM |
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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:12:17 +0000 (UTC), "~Glorious Appearing~~"
<inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com> drained his beer, leaned back in the
alt.atheism beanbag and drunkenly proclaimed the following
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the big bang theory, whereby the
original chemical elements of the early universe are thought to be limited
to hydrogen, helium, and lithium. According to this secular view, all the
other elements, now numbering 111, were later formed by nuclear reactions
within the cores of ancient stars. When these stars eventually exploded as
supernovae, their many elements were spread far and wide throughout space.
The solar system, including the life upon planet Earth, is thought to be
made of this star debris. Thus has arisen the poetic generalization that we
are all "made of stardust" or star debris and are therefore "one with the
universe." This false idea fits in well with the New Age movement, which
sees mystical connections between humanity and nature. Man--in the form of
Adam--was indeed made from the "dust" of the ground. However, the earth and
its component materials were created before the stars, not from the stars
(Gen. 1:16).
Except we have evidence of the Big Bang, and the only way in this
universe for any element heavier than iron (Fe) to form is in a
supernova. Every atom on Earth was one in the heart of a star.
Nothing mystical about it, simple fact. The fact that my building
blocks were born in a titanic explosionj makes no difference on my
life.
--
Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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06 Sep 2005 08:09:15 AM |
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Douglas Berry wrote:
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:12:17 +0000 (UTC), "~Glorious Appearing~~"
<inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com> drained his beer, leaned back in the
alt.atheism beanbag and drunkenly proclaimed the following
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the big bang theory, whereby the
original chemical elements of the early universe are thought to be limited
to hydrogen, helium, and lithium. According to this secular view, all the
other elements, now numbering 111, were later formed by nuclear reactions
within the cores of ancient stars. When these stars eventually exploded as
supernovae, their many elements were spread far and wide throughout space.
The solar system, including the life upon planet Earth, is thought to be
made of this star debris. Thus has arisen the poetic generalization that we
are all "made of stardust" or star debris and are therefore "one with the
universe." This false idea fits in well with the New Age movement, which
sees mystical connections between humanity and nature. Man--in the form of
Adam--was indeed made from the "dust" of the ground. However, the earth and
its component materials were created before the stars, not from the stars
(Gen. 1:16).
Except we have evidence of the Big Bang, and the only way in this
universe for any element heavier than iron (Fe) to form is in a
supernova. Every atom on Earth was one in the heart of a star.
Not necessarily. Most, if not all, of the hydrogen on Earth (in the solar system,
in fact) was NOT pre-digested by a star.
Nothing mystical about it, simple fact. The fact that my building
blocks were born in a titanic explosionj makes no difference on my
life.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking,
which leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy."
- Robert Anton Wilson
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| User: "Accept Christ" |
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01 Sep 2005 06:31:10 PM |
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It's unfortunate that the needs after a distaster on the
order of Katrina are virtually identical to those
after a major terrorist attack, like on 9/11. Bush has
only had, what, four years since 9/11 to learn the
lessons of that day, and to protect America.
Still, we're lucky we have Bush and not some liberal
like Clinton.
Where Clinton only gave us a good economy and
stability, Bush has given us refugees. That's right,
American citizens as refugees on American soil.
Where all of Clinton's policies only ever resulted
in the creation of more than 20 million new jobs,
Bush is giving us the spector of American citizens
dying in the streets, left to the mercy of the heat &
elements as DAYS go by without any help.
Americans dying in a major American city for
lack of medicine or clean water.
We'll be lucky if Bush's competence in his handling
of this hurricane results in only as many dead Americans
as his spectacular security success on 9/11. If ONLY
3,000 Americans die like dogs as they desperately
wait yet another day for help -- while Bush cautions
people against topping off their tanks and then calls
it a day -- we will be EXTREMELY lucky.
If our military helicopters are on their way to destroy
a village, and they get shot at, they keep going until
they reach the village and destroy it.
Under Bush, if our military helicopters are on their
way to save the lives of premature babies who only
have hours to live, and they think someone might have
taken a shot at them, they tell the babies to die.
That's Bush's "Culture of life," where the nation he has
sworn to protect means less to him than the Arab despots
he holds hands with.
Isn't it about time that YOU decided that YOU want
America back?
Pick up the phone. Type an e-mail. Write a letter. Tell
congress that Bush goes aor they go.
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| User: "raven1" |
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02 Sep 2005 12:40:18 AM |
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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:12:17 +0000 (UTC), "~Glorious Appearing~~"
<inverclyde_uk@hotmail.com> wrote:
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the big bang theory, whereby the
original chemical elements of the early universe are thought to be limited
to hydrogen, helium, and lithium. According to this secular view, all the
other elements, now numbering 111, were later formed by nuclear reactions
within the cores of ancient stars. When these stars eventually exploded as
supernovae, their many elements were spread far and wide throughout space.
The solar system, including the life upon planet Earth, is thought to be
made of this star debris. Thus has arisen the poetic generalization that we
are all "made of stardust" or star debris
Correct, so far...
and are therefore "one with the
universe."
....but which does not imply any such mystical twaddle.
This false idea fits in well with the New Age movement, which
sees mystical connections between humanity and nature.
Do you dispute that humans are a part of nature?
Man--in the form of
Adam--was indeed made from the "dust" of the ground. However, the earth and
its component materials were created before the stars, not from the stars
(Gen. 1:16).
Here's a hint for you: when a literal reading of scripture contradicts
observed reality, it's probably not observed reality that needs to be
discarded.
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"This is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause"
- Padme Amidala, Episode III
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| User: "Matt Silberstein" |
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01 Sep 2005 11:13:46 PM |
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We are golden.
--
Matt Silberstein
Do something today about the Darfur Genocide
Genocide is news | Be A Witness
http://www.beawitness.org
"Darfur: A Genocide We can Stop"
www.darfurgenocide.org
Save Darfur.org :: Violence and Suffering in Sudan's Darfur Region
http://www.savedarfur.org/
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| User: "Mark T" |
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02 Sep 2005 01:15:15 AM |
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"Matt Silberstein" wrote:
We are golden.
"Woodstock' - Joni Mitchell
I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me
I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm
I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band
I'm going to camp out on the land
I'm going to try an' get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who l am
But you know life is for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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02 Sep 2005 02:34:47 AM |
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:15:15 +1000 in alt.atheism, Mark T ("Mark T"
<wwwwwh@tdoyoumean.2086>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
"Matt Silberstein" wrote:
We are golden.
"Woodstock' - Joni Mitchell
I really like Joni Mitchell's music! Hejira, for example, is so
incredibly depressing it never fails to make me feel better and after
hearing it suicide looks like far too positive an action!
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| User: "Matt Silberstein" |
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02 Sep 2005 08:12:55 AM |
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On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:34:47 +0100, in alt.atheism , Therion Ware
<autodelete@city-of-dis.com> in
<rvvfh1ddlmb819r97l5ua3ig4i91q30pq1@4ax.com> wrote:
On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:15:15 +1000 in alt.atheism, Mark T ("Mark T"
<wwwwwh@tdoyoumean.2086>) said, directing the reply to alt.atheism
"Matt Silberstein" wrote:
We are golden.
"Woodstock' - Joni Mitchell
I really like Joni Mitchell's music! Hejira, for example, is so
incredibly depressing it never fails to make me feel better and after
hearing it suicide looks like far too positive an action!
Have you heard _Both Sides Now_ from 2000? She takes some songs, her's
and others, and arranges them in the arc of a real relationship. She
has lost that magical upper range to her voice, but she shows she
really knows how to dig in and find the meaning of a song. The version
of _A Case of You_ is overwhelming.
--
Matt Silberstein
Do something today about the Darfur Genocide
Genocide is news | Be A Witness
http://www.beawitness.org
"Darfur: A Genocide We can Stop"
www.darfurgenocide.org
Save Darfur.org :: Violence and Suffering in Sudan's Darfur Region
http://www.savedarfur.org/
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| User: "Douglas Berry" |
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02 Sep 2005 07:24:26 AM |
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:15:15 +1000, "Mark T" <wwwwwh@tdoyoumean.2086>
drained his beer, leaned back in the alt.atheism beanbag and drunkenly
proclaimed the following
"Woodstock' - Joni Mitchell
You know she never made it to the site? Her manager refused to let
her appear at Woodstock, so she wrote this song while watching news
coverage on TV.
This has been your Random Moment of Trivia for the day.
--
Douglas E. Berry Do the OBVIOUS thing to send e-mail
Atheist #2147, Atheist Vet #5
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
when they do it from religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pense'es, #894.
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| User: "Therion Ware" |
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02 Sep 2005 07:47:19 AM |
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On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:24:26 GMT in alt.atheism, Douglas Berry
(Douglas Berry <penguin_boy@mindOBVIOUSspring.com>) said, directing
the reply to alt.atheism
On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:15:15 +1000, "Mark T" <wwwwwh@tdoyoumean.2086>
drained his beer, leaned back in the alt.atheism beanbag and drunkenly
proclaimed the following
"Woodstock' - Joni Mitchell
You know she never made it to the site? Her manager refused to let
her appear at Woodstock, so she wrote this song while watching news
coverage on TV.
This has been your Random Moment of Trivia for the day.
Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm....
--
"Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You."
- Attrib: Pauline Reage.
#442. Want food NOW? Then try http://www.rtios.co.uk/
- Yep, currently under test... Your opinion welcome.
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| User: "James" |
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01 Sep 2005 04:04:31 PM |
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~Glorious Appearing~~ wrote:
This is the rather simplistic conclusion of the big bang theory, whereby the
original chemical elements of the early universe are thought to be limited
to hydrogen, helium, and lithium. According to this secular view, all the
other elements, now numbering 111, were later formed by nuclear reactions
within the cores of ancient stars. When these stars eventually exploded as
supernovae, their many elements were spread far and wide throughout space.
The solar system, including the life upon planet Earth, is thought to be
made of this star debris. Thus has arisen the poetic generalization that we
are all "made of stardust" or star debris and are therefore "one with the
universe." This false idea fits in well with the New Age movement, which
sees mystical connections between humanity and nature. Man--in the form of
Adam--was indeed made from the "dust" of the ground. However, the earth and
its component materials were created before the stars, not from the stars
(Gen. 1:16).
Are you asking a question or stating an opinion? I can never tell with
you people.
Adam was made from the earth. He was not made from star dust. You have
no reason to think the bible claims otherwise, unless you're trying to
play a pick-and-choose game of accomodating science and theology.
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James B
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"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."
-David Hume
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| Title: Re: Are we made of stardust? |
01 Sep 2005 07:45:21 PM |
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In article <11her3q2f7jip9d@corp.supernews.com>, James said...
Adam was made from the earth. He was not made from star dust.
The earth is built of stellar ash, and that's true in both
senses of the word "earth." You cannot make something from "the
earth" without scooping up a sizable chunk of star dust.
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| User: "James" |
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01 Sep 2005 10:00:58 PM |
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Brian E. Clark wrote:
In article <11her3q2f7jip9d@corp.supernews.com>, James said...
Adam was made from the earth. He was not made from star dust.
The earth is built of stellar ash, and that's true in both
senses of the word "earth." You cannot make something from "the
earth" without scooping up a sizable chunk of star dust.
You're reading too far into it. If the bible meant star dust, it
would've/should've said "stardust."
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James B
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"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence."
-David Hume
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