Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in alt.atheism

Elroy Willis said, directing the reply to alt.atheism

Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in alt.atheism

in alt.atheism Elroy Willis wrote:

We have need for night-vision camera technology which can spot
cocaine and marijuana plants at night. Are you interested?

Poor use of tech. Why not just ask.

Wander out on the street, and just ask.

Cheaper, easier, and much more fun.

Which is probably why I'll never get a job with Halliburton...

We're trying to get to the *root* of the problem, don't you see?

Erm, no.

Please explain.

Where the plants are actually grown, and have their *roots* in the
soil...

I don't actually know why people can't grow cocaine plants in the US,
do you? Something about altitude or humidity or something else?
Is it possible to grow them in a closet like a marijuana plant?

Matt Silberstein wrote in alt.atheism

Elroy Willis wrote:

Matt Silberstein wrote in alt.atheism

Elroy Willis<elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:

Matt Silberstein wrote in alt.atheism

Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> in

I watched an interesting show on the history channel this week about
the history of the English language. It seems that the Roman church
supported torturing and killing anyone who tried to translate the
Bible into English so that every man could read it for himself,
instead of it being kept in Latin, in the hands of the corrupt and
power-hungry clergy..

Did they? If so, that is rather distorted propaganda. And I want to
point out that the multitude of Protestant sects was precisely the
kind of thing that the Church was concerned about.

Oh, c'mon. They were afraid of losing their power over the people.
If the common man could read the Bible for himself, no need for
priests and clergy...

Except, of course, that they did not support "torturing and killing
anyone who tried to translate the Bible into English". Drawing
conclusions from false statements, even if they agree with your
prejudices, is not the best of ideas.

How did William Tyndale die, according to you?

The how is not the question, the why is the question. He was not
killed simply for translating the Bible. That claim appears long after
his death.

He had to flee to Germany to escape being killed by the church, while
he completed his translations didn't he?

The most immediate result of the translations (and, more to the point,
general availability due to printing) was the Reformation and the
subsequent wars that killed millions.

Yeah, godbots killing godbots over some stupid Bible, what a deal...

You get more and more contemptuous over time.

And you remain the same religion-reveling priest-pandering antagonist
that you've always been.

So which is it, am I a Jew or a Catholic? You accuse me of both so
figure it out.

I figure you have some Jews in your family and circle of friends, as
well as some Catholics, and you don't want to upset any of them, so
you pretend to support both of their beliefs, in order to not make
waves. They might Google up some of your posts you know...

What I do object to is dehumanizing people by calling
them "godbots". Your contempt for other human beings is disgusting.

Your support of superstition

and the priests and rabbis disgusts me as
well.

You're smarter than that, I think.

You're in the same class as
Dave Oldridge. Dunno if you know of him or not.

I've seen you
defend evolution with rigor and agree with almost everything you post
about it. It's a shame you can't do the same with religion and
superstition...