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17 Dec 2006 06:32:53 AM |
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Dawkins' documentary: The Root of All Evil |
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/45388
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Dawkins' documentary: The Root of All Evil |
17 Dec 2006 09:44:38 PM |
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On 17 Dec 2006 04:32:53 -0800, "simple_language@yahoo.com"
<simple_language@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/45388
A child puts up a web site claiming that adults are so terrible
telling them that there are no monsters under the bed, and other
children jump to defend the site.
What can adults do but smile a little smile and hope that the children
grow up safely.
--
rukbat at optonline dot net
"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear
to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave
mankind, and monopolize power and profit."
- Thomas Paine
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Dawkins' documentary: The Root of All Evil |
17 Dec 2006 11:05:38 PM |
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On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:44:38 -0500, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
- Refer: <gg3co2laohg0tub73cn4qvng97h0j1topu@4ax.com>
On 17 Dec 2006 04:32:53 -0800, "simple_language@yahoo.com"
<simple_language@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/45388
A child puts up a web site claiming that adults are so terrible
telling them that there are no monsters under the bed, and other
children jump to defend the site.
What can adults do but smile a little smile and hope that the children
grow up safely.
They could offer them some education.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Dawkins' documentary: The Root of All Evil |
18 Dec 2006 07:51:24 AM |
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:35:38 +1030, Michael Gray
<mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:44:38 -0500, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
- Refer: <gg3co2laohg0tub73cn4qvng97h0j1topu@4ax.com>
On 17 Dec 2006 04:32:53 -0800, "simple_language@yahoo.com"
<simple_language@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/45388
A child puts up a web site claiming that adults are so terrible
telling them that there are no monsters under the bed, and other
children jump to defend the site.
What can adults do but smile a little smile and hope that the children
grow up safely.
They could offer them some education.
We do, they still argue that they're correct, or that, by telling them
that they're wrong, we're being condescending, or we're acting line
know-it-alls - anything but accepting that we just know something that
they don't.
--
rukbat at optonline dot net
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education and social
ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he
had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
-Albert Einstein
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Dawkins' documentary: The Root of All Evil |
18 Dec 2006 03:37:29 PM |
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:51:24 -0500, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
- Refer: <947do2dqrundb3706eko6i7j3jrur270t2@4ax.com>
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:35:38 +1030, Michael Gray
<mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:44:38 -0500, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
- Refer: <gg3co2laohg0tub73cn4qvng97h0j1topu@4ax.com>
On 17 Dec 2006 04:32:53 -0800, "simple_language@yahoo.com"
<simple_language@yahoo.com> wrote:
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/45388
A child puts up a web site claiming that adults are so terrible
telling them that there are no monsters under the bed, and other
children jump to defend the site.
What can adults do but smile a little smile and hope that the children
grow up safely.
They could offer them some education.
We do, they still argue that they're correct, or that, by telling them
that they're wrong, we're being condescending,
That is not my idea of education.
I mean making all the relevant evidence freely available, and
discussing the pros and cons in a rational manner, and letting them
decide.
(But from a fully informed stance)
Which is exactly my practise with the various infants that have been
my responisiblity, and it seems to have a 100% sucess rate in turning
out rational and thinking adults.
or we're acting line
know-it-alls - anything but accepting that we just know something that
they don't.
--
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Dawkins' documentary: The Root of All Evil |
18 Dec 2006 07:00:03 PM |
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:07:29 +1030, Michael Gray
<mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:51:24 -0500, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
- Refer: <947do2dqrundb3706eko6i7j3jrur270t2@4ax.com>
They could offer them some education.
We do, they still argue that they're correct, or that, by telling them
that they're wrong, we're being condescending,
That is not my idea of education.
I mean making all the relevant evidence freely available, and
discussing the pros and cons in a rational manner, and letting them
decide.
(But from a fully informed stance)
Which is exactly my practise with the various infants that have been
my responisiblity, and it seems to have a 100% sucess rate in turning
out rational and thinking adults.
If we get them when they're chronological infants. It worked in my
case too. The problem is when we get them as chronological adults,
but intellectual infants.
--
rukbat at optonline dot net
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to
the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his
children smart.
- H. L. Mencken
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