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Jim,
Did God create the Big Bang or was the Big Bang created by God? As I said in another post: I don't know! There is nothing to support the God theory. There is nothing to disprove it. That's typical for any theory made up without any basis in observation. So, with our present knowledge, the only possible answer to "Who or what started the Big Bang?" is "I don't know!". Some might add "but I believe it was...", but that's not knowledge. Everything bakc to the Big Bang is - based on theories correlating well with and explaining observation. Basic science. Religion isn't. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Robert,
including atheisms and agnosticisms, t Those are not belief systems. Calling them "non-belief" systems might be more accurate. And that's the whole point. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:
Until yesterday I had run into religious fanatics and cult followers in every walk of life EXCEPT aviation. Anyone ever run into this before? What did you do? Yes, fairly early in my aviation "career". It took my by surprise as well. I wasn't prepared to discuss the matter, but I managed to get out of the situation pretty quickly. If it comes up again I'll make it clear that I do not care to discuss such matters, just like I don't want to discuss my finances. I still don't understand how people who consider themselves true followers of Christ rationalize spending money on frivolous flight. Just getting the PPL costs over $5K. That money would have gone a long long way to feeding hungry people, or paying the way for missionaries to spread the word.... or (if you're Catholic) paying for lawyers to defend your local priest. |
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Not even in the top 40! I'm shocked!
"Montblack" wrote in message ... http://makeashorterlink.com/?C1BB21B96 NETSCAN REPORT ....for rec.aviation.piloting. Results for the year of 2003, up to 9/30/2003 -- Montblack ("Tony Cox" wrote) Oh boy is this one going to run and run... What's the betting we'll get more posts than the JFK thread?? |
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On 2003-11-21 12:45:01 -0800, "Jay Honeck" said
Personally, I feel that we work too damned hard for our money to donate i to organized criminals Oh, give it a rest already, Jay. Just because a few big names have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar, you think that every church in the world is an organization of criminals? Gimme a break And you know, if this is the worst thing that's ever happened to you (and you seem to act as if it was), then your life could be a whole lot worse |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I.....AM.....NOMAD. That's my favorite episode Mine, too -- although the special effects look so bad now, it's hard to watch it without laughing. My favorite scene is where Nomad is on the bridge and Uhura is singing, then Nomad zaps her. Later Kirk asks Nomad what it did to Uhura and Nomad says "That unit is defective it's thoughts are chaotic. . ." Spock says "That unit is a woman." Then Nomad says "A mass of conflicting impulses." -- Chris W "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania |
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Dunno. I was wearing one of those black dresses with the white blouse at the
time. I always saw him from the front {;-) Jim "Jay Honeck" shared these priceless pearls of wisdom: -Remember what a thrill it was to actually SEE the priest, facing the -congregation? Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup) VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor http://www.rst-engr.com |
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Hey Jay,
You suppose that Mooney was donated to that group of monks that is always advertising for people to give them their airplanes? Wow! Guaranteed not to get one from me! Plug that into your weight and balance for Atlas.... how many holy rollers can you legally carry? -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply |
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In article , Thomas Borchert
wrote: Those are not belief systems. Calling them "non-belief" systems might be more accurate. And that's the whole point. It's not a the belief, it's the faith. |
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