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Religions > Atheism |
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"Ron Baker" |
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19 Oct 2003 11:54:44 AM |
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Mr and Mrs OfArc, statistics |
http://www.barna.org/cgi-bin/MainArchives.asp
Click on the green "The Bible" button.
"12% of adults believe that the name of Noah's wife was Joan of Arc. "
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| User: "Geoff Offermann" |
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| Title: Re: Mr and Mrs OfArc, statistics |
19 Oct 2003 12:39:28 PM |
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"Ron Baker" <rbaker4@msnn.com> wrote in message
news:olzkb.36190$ZH4.17409@twister.socal.rr.com...
http://www.barna.org/cgi-bin/MainArchives.asp
Click on the green "The Bible" button.
"12% of adults believe that the name of Noah's wife was Joan of Arc. "
: Half of all adults (49%) believe that the Bible teaches that money is
: the root of all evil. One-third (37%) disagree with this contention.
: The actual teaching indicates that it is the love of money that is the
: root of all evil. (1994).
Well if the "love of money" is a root, wouldn't plain "money" be a more
fundamental root? If there was no money, then there would be no love
to cause evil.
I present this rather glibly, because I have a few religious nut friends
who like to spout off this ***** as evidence of their superior knowledge
of the Bible.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Mr and Mrs OfArc, statistics |
19 Oct 2003 09:17:10 PM |
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:39:28 GMT, "Geoff Offermann"
<gebobs@yahoo.nospam.com> posted in alt.atheism:
Well if the "love of money" is a root, wouldn't plain "money" be a more
fundamental root? If there was no money, then there would be no love
to cause evil.
I present this rather glibly, because I have a few religious nut friends
who like to spout off this ***** as evidence of their superior knowledge
of the Bible.
If money is a more basic root of evil, then trees are an even more
basic root. And we all know who invented trees.
--
"The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor immovable, but
moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both philosophically and theologically
false, and at the least an error of faith."
- Catholic Church's decision against Galileo Galilei
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at optonline dot net
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| User: "Dogon Sereht" |
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| Title: Re: Mr and Mrs OfArc, statistics |
20 Oct 2003 12:07:27 AM |
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"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
--H. L. Mencken
"Al Klein" <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in message
news:8ch6pv83nh3rbv9kj7hjbbkctrcp8nan85@Pern.rk...
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:39:28 GMT, "Geoff Offermann"
<gebobs@yahoo.nospam.com> posted in alt.atheism:
Well if the "love of money" is a root, wouldn't plain "money" be a more
fundamental root? If there was no money, then there would be no love
to cause evil.
I present this rather glibly, because I have a few religious nut friends
who like to spout off this ***** as evidence of their superior
knowledge
of the Bible.
If money is a more basic root of evil, then trees are an even more
basic root. And we all know who invented trees.
Just a FYI, trees are not used to make money ( Well, at least not American
currency ) they're made with cotton and linen fibers.
Knowledge is our friend, ;-)
Dogon
--
"The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor
immovable, but
moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both philosophically and
theologically
false, and at the least an error of faith."
- Catholic Church's decision against Galileo Galilei
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at optonline dot net
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Mr and Mrs OfArc, statistics |
20 Oct 2003 08:46:44 PM |
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:07:27 -0500, "Dogon Sereht"
<dogon52@notmail.com> posted in alt.atheism:
Just a FYI, trees are not used to make money ( Well, at least not American
currency ) they're made with cotton and linen fibers.
And we know who invented cotton and flax.
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"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your
Christ."
- Mohandas Gandhi
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rukbat at optonline dot net
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| User: "Phillip Brown" |
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| Title: Re: Mr and Mrs OfArc, statistics |
20 Oct 2003 01:02:51 AM |
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:07:27 -0500, Dogon Sereht wrote:
--
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
--H. L. Mencken
"Al Klein" <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in message
news:8ch6pv83nh3rbv9kj7hjbbkctrcp8nan85@Pern.rk...
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:39:28 GMT, "Geoff Offermann"
<gebobs@yahoo.nospam.com> posted in alt.atheism:
Well if the "love of money" is a root, wouldn't plain "money" be a more
fundamental root? If there was no money, then there would be no love
to cause evil.
I present this rather glibly, because I have a few religious nut friends
who like to spout off this ***** as evidence of their superior
knowledge
of the Bible.
If money is a more basic root of evil, then trees are an even more
basic root. And we all know who invented trees.
Just a FYI, trees are not used to make money ( Well, at least not American
currency ) they're made with cotton and linen fibers.
In Australia, the notes are made of plastic. Where does plastic come from
? Oil. Where does oil (eventually) come from? Trees. QED.
phillip brown
Knowledge is our friend, ;-)
Dogon
--
"The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor
immovable, but
moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both philosophically and
theologically
false, and at the least an error of faith."
- Catholic Church's decision against Galileo Galilei
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at optonline dot net
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| User: "Geoff Offermann" |
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| Title: Re: Mr and Mrs OfArc, statistics |
20 Oct 2003 08:27:57 AM |
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"Phillip Brown" <phillipbrownau@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.10.20.06.02.49.706074@netscape.net...
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 00:07:27 -0500, Dogon Sereht wrote:
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing
it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
--H. L. Mencken
"Al Klein" <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in message
news:8ch6pv83nh3rbv9kj7hjbbkctrcp8nan85@Pern.rk...
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:39:28 GMT, "Geoff Offermann"
<gebobs@yahoo.nospam.com> posted in alt.atheism:
Well if the "love of money" is a root, wouldn't plain "money" be a
more
fundamental root? If there was no money, then there would be no love
to cause evil.
I present this rather glibly, because I have a few religious nut
friends
who like to spout off this ***** as evidence of their superior
knowledge
of the Bible.
If money is a more basic root of evil, then trees are an even more
basic root. And we all know who invented trees.
Just a FYI, trees are not used to make money ( Well, at least not
American
currency ) they're made with cotton and linen fibers.
In Australia, the notes are made of plastic. Where does plastic come from
? Oil. Where does oil (eventually) come from? Trees. QED.
Oh *****, we've devolved into another talk.origins thread.
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| User: "Alun Harford" |
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| Title: Re: Mr and Mrs OfArc, statistics |
19 Oct 2003 12:19:51 PM |
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"Ron Baker" <rbaker4@msnn.com> wrote in message
news:olzkb.36190$ZH4.17409@twister.socal.rr.com...
http://www.barna.org/cgi-bin/MainArchives.asp
Click on the green "The Bible" button.
"12% of adults believe that the name of Noah's wife was Joan of Arc. "
Only in America.
Alun Harford
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| User: "Lord Calvert" |
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| Title: Re: Mr and Mrs OfArc, statistics |
19 Oct 2003 12:31:38 PM |
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http://www.barna.org/cgi-bin/MainArchives.asp
Click on the green "The Bible" button.
As sort of an aside I realize that BARNA has now pulled their research
regarding marriage off of their website when it showed that atheists had the
lowest divorce rate of any group listed by religious affiliation or
non-affiliation...including groups where divorce is forbidden by religious
tenets.
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"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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