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"Machque" |
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17 Nov 2005 05:57:10 AM |
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What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
Alt.atheism was created in 1990 as a place to discuss atheism and
atheist topics, including:
* Whether it is reasonable to pretend to be religious in order to
avoid upsetting your family
* Prayer in schools
* Discrimination against atheists
* Sunday trading laws
* The Satanic Child Abuse myth
* Whether you should be an overt atheist or 'stay in the closet'
* How religious societies prey (sic) on new college students
* How to get rid of unwanted proselytizers
* Whether religion is a danger to society and/or the individual
* Why people become atheists
Of course, inevitably alt.atheism tends to attract evangelical
Christians looking for someone to convert. Most readers of the
newsgroup don't want to be preached to, although a few seem to derive
perverse pleasure from tearing apart particularly ill-considered or
uninformed postings.
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
18 Nov 2005 07:00:20 PM |
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"Colin Day" <cday3@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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Robibnikoff wrote:
"Elroy Willis" <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote in message
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I never attended anything like that in college, but I did have one
college friend who "found Jesus" one Sunday morning while placing his
hand on his TV screen while watching some "repent now or burn in hell"
preacher.
Eeeek! Was it Ernest Angley?!?!?! He was one scary freak in those
hideous powder-blue suits and bad toupee.
Hey, I stuck my hand up on the TV screen and nothing happened. Go figure
;)
What?! He didn't turn into a newt? :-)
No, damnit! I was having an off day <pout>
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
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Science doesn't burn people at the stake for disagreeing - Vic Sagerquist
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| User: "duke" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
17 Nov 2005 05:25:57 PM |
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On 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, "Machque" <machque@mail.com> wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
Alt.atheism was created in 1990 as a place to discuss atheism and
atheist topics, including:
* Whether it is reasonable to pretend to be religious in order to
avoid upsetting your family
* Prayer in schools
* Discrimination against atheists
* Sunday trading laws
* The Satanic Child Abuse myth
* Whether you should be an overt atheist or 'stay in the closet'
* How religious societies prey (sic) on new college students
* How to get rid of unwanted proselytizers
* Whether religion is a danger to society and/or the individual
* Why people become atheists
Of course, inevitably alt.atheism tends to attract evangelical
Christians looking for someone to convert. Most readers of the
newsgroup don't want to be preached to, although a few seem to derive
perverse pleasure from tearing apart particularly ill-considered or
uninformed postings.
Actually, it's a place for atheists to display their ignorance. God only knows
they don't know what they're talking about.
duke
*****
"The Mass is the most perfect form of Prayer."
Pope Paul VI
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| User: "Jericho" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
17 Nov 2005 05:38:40 PM |
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duke Nov 17, 6:25 pm show options
Actually, it's a place for atheists to display their ignorance. God only knows
they don't know what they're talking about.
Well, if you're talking ignorance, that explains why I see your name
all over the place. And if I take you at your word and "God only
knows they don't know what they're talking about", then you must
believe every word we say.
Can you please think for 1 second before you post. Geez-Louise you're
an embarassment.
Jericho
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| User: "Katt" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
18 Nov 2005 04:10:37 AM |
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"Jericho" <wasteofcarbon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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duke Nov 17, 6:25 pm show options
Actually, it's a place for atheists to display their ignorance. God
only knows
they don't know what they're talking about.
Well, if you're talking ignorance, that explains why I see your name
all over the place.
What's *hilarious* about the Duck's opening waffle ('atheists don't know
what they're talking about'...) is that he and his ilk get their clueless
asses whipped on scriptural issues *every single time they engage in a
debate*: the one thing you can say about western atheists is that they've
sure as hell taken the time to get to know what it is that they reject!
Katt.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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18 Nov 2005 04:32:03 AM |
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:10:37 GMT, "Katt" <kahgfghttt@t.com> wrote:
"Jericho" <wasteofcarbon@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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duke Nov 17, 6:25 pm show options
Actually, it's a place for atheists to display their ignorance. God
only knows
they don't know what they're talking about.
Well, if you're talking ignorance, that explains why I see your name
all over the place.
What's *hilarious* about the Duck's opening waffle ('atheists don't know
what they're talking about'...) is that he and his ilk get their clueless
asses whipped on scriptural issues *every single time they engage in a
debate*: the one thing you can say about western atheists is that they've
sure as hell taken the time to get to know what it is that they reject!
Katt.
In certain cases, I guess it could be the "other way around".
When someone *really* studies the scriptures, it could be that is the
primary driving force towards the path to the realisation that they
are 'full of duke'.
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| User: "MarkA" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
17 Nov 2005 08:57:29 AM |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses, and
prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
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MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
17 Nov 2005 10:40:03 AM |
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"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses, and
prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you and
listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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17 Nov 2005 06:15:41 PM |
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In <3u3q1fFs89jiU1@individual.net>, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses, and
prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you and
listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
Sigh. Not *again.
(I'm still recovering from *last time)
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Mark K. Bilbo
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http://makeashorterlink.com/?H1233272C
Feds are treating Louisiana like enemy
"...it may be that they may have written us off."
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O21E51C1C
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "MarkA" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
17 Nov 2005 02:17:17 PM |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:40:03 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses, and
prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you and
listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
That's Conan the Barbarian. I'm into "Invader Zim" now.
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
17 Nov 2005 02:36:47 PM |
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"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:40:03 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.11.17.14.57.28.740318@stopspam.net...
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses, and
prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you and
listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
That's Conan the Barbarian.
I know! ;)
I'm into "Invader Zim" now.
Ah, never watched much of that ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
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| User: "MarkA" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
17 Nov 2005 05:01:14 PM |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:36:47 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:40:03 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses,
and prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you and
listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
That's Conan the Barbarian.
I know! ;)
I'm into "Invader Zim" now.
Ah, never watched much of that ;)
Oh, you must! Zim is an incompetent alien invader, trying to soften up
the Earth in preparation for invasion from his civilization. What he
doesn't realize is that he was sent to Earth to get him out of the way by
the leaders of his planet, who have no interest in Earth at all. He is
"assisted" by a defective robot named "Gir". (The quote is from Gir, in
one of his rare moments when he is actually working properly, reciting the
mission). The show is still on, Nick-at-Nite I believe, though no new
episodes are being made. The network execs decided, appropriately, that
the show was too "dark" for the target audience. My kids love it, of
course. We are into "dark" in my house. I expect that you would
like it, too.
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: What is the purpose of alt.atheism? |
18 Nov 2005 07:43:54 AM |
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"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:36:47 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:40:03 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses,
and prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you and
listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
That's Conan the Barbarian.
I know! ;)
I'm into "Invader Zim" now.
Ah, never watched much of that ;)
Oh, you must! Zim is an incompetent alien invader, trying to soften up
the Earth in preparation for invasion from his civilization. What he
doesn't realize is that he was sent to Earth to get him out of the way by
the leaders of his planet, who have no interest in Earth at all. He is
"assisted" by a defective robot named "Gir". (The quote is from Gir, in
one of his rare moments when he is actually working properly, reciting the
mission).
I watched it a few times when it first came out, but haven't seen it since.
The show is still on, Nick-at-Nite I believe, though no new
episodes are being made. The network execs decided, appropriately, that
the show was too "dark" for the target audience. My kids love it, of
course. We are into "dark" in my house. I expect that you would
like it, too.
We're into "dark" at my house as well. At least I am anyway. What time is
it on?
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
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| User: "MarkA" |
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21 Nov 2005 06:43:46 AM |
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:43:54 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:36:47 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:40:03 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.11.17.14.57.28.740318@stopspam.net...
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses,
and prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you
and listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
That's Conan the Barbarian.
I know! ;)
I'm into "Invader Zim" now.
Ah, never watched much of that ;)
Oh, you must! Zim is an incompetent alien invader, trying to soften up
the Earth in preparation for invasion from his civilization. What he
doesn't realize is that he was sent to Earth to get him out of the way
by the leaders of his planet, who have no interest in Earth at all. He
is "assisted" by a defective robot named "Gir". (The quote is from Gir,
in one of his rare moments when he is actually working properly,
reciting the mission).
I watched it a few times when it first came out, but haven't seen it
since.
The show is still on, Nick-at-Nite I believe, though no new
episodes are being made. The network execs decided, appropriately, that
the show was too "dark" for the target audience. My kids love it, of
course. We are into "dark" in my house. I expect that you would like
it, too.
We're into "dark" at my house as well. At least I am anyway. What time
is it on?
I don't know. Usually I stumble across it while "channel surfing" in the
evenings. We own the DVDs of the series (6 discs in all).
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Colin Day" |
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17 Nov 2005 04:17:53 PM |
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Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.11.17.14.57.28.740318@stopspam.net...
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses, and
prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you and
listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
More like the moans of extreme sexual satisifaction of the women. :-)
Colin Day aa #1500
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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18 Nov 2005 07:42:31 AM |
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"Colin Day" <cday3@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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Robibnikoff wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.11.17.14.57.28.740318@stopspam.net...
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses, and
prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you and
listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
More like the moans of extreme sexual satisifaction of the women. :-)
Oh my ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
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| User: "Elroy Willis" |
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18 Nov 2005 02:50:55 PM |
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Robibnikoff <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in alt.atheism
Colin Day <cday3@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
Robibnikoff wrote:
MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:57:10 -0800, Machque wrote:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
"Blend in with the indigenous life forms, analyze their weaknesses, and
prepare the planet for the coming badness! Yea!"
I was waiting for something about "driving your enemies before you and
listening to the lamentation of the women" ;)
More like the moans of extreme sexual satisifaction of the women. :-)
Oh my ;)
Like this?
http://www.elroysemporium.com/videos/rodandstaff.wmv
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Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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17 Nov 2005 10:53:28 AM |
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on 17 Nov 2005 in alt.atheism, dear sweet Machque (machque@mail.com) made
the light shine upon us with this:
What is the purpose of alt.atheism?
Alt.atheism was created in 1990 as a place to discuss atheism and
atheist topics, including:
* Whether it is reasonable to pretend to be religious in order to
avoid upsetting your family
* Prayer in schools
* Discrimination against atheists
* Sunday trading laws
* The Satanic Child Abuse myth
* Whether you should be an overt atheist or 'stay in the closet'
* How religious societies prey (sic) on new college students
* How to get rid of unwanted proselytizers
* Whether religion is a danger to society and/or the individual
* Why people become atheists
And you're here to enforce it, right? Good luck.
Of course, inevitably alt.atheism tends to attract evangelical
Christians looking for someone to convert. Most readers of the
newsgroup don't want to be preached to, although a few seem to derive
perverse pleasure from tearing apart particularly ill-considered or
uninformed postings.
There's something wrong with practicing for the day you get bombarded with
JWs at the door?
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Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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"The world is only 5-6 thousand years old does not mean the planet
earth is only 5-6 thousand years old. There have been many worlds
created and destroyed on this planet. The creation of the planet is
described in Genesis 1. The creation of the world is described in
Genesis 2. Two different kind of creations." --Eric Brze
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