Bible-beater pilots

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:35:15 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Simply that God is real, that He's pretty tolerant of
misunderstandings about Him, and that if you want to know more, He'll
lead you to the truth. He isn't described completely in any book of
scripture I know about, *including* the Bible.

What do you think about the Baha'i faith?

I think they take their notions too far, (from the couple of brochures
I've received from them; they had a table in the mall a couple of
years ago) and you're right about the cult of personality thing.

But most young religions tend towards founder worship, if only a
little bit.

Rob

--
[You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them
ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to
educate themselves.

-- Orson Scott Card

On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 00:18:27 GMT, "mike regish"
wrote:

I can understand why you feel you need to capitalize the "G" on god, but why
do you have to capitalize the "H" in "he?"

Because the grammatical rules of Standard American English call for
it, Mike.

Rob

--
[You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them
ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to
educate themselves.

-- Orson Scott Card

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:02:47 +0100, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

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.

Oy. We could go in circles around that one all day.

If it's an "-ism", then it's got unprovable premises. Man ain't the
fount of all wisdom, thatsfersure.

Rob


--
[You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them
ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to
educate themselves.

-- Orson Scott Card

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:40:45 -0500, "John Harlow"
wrote:

Lol - then set us straight! What is one to think when they see such things
as the value of human life literally expressed in dollars (well, ok,
shekels) - and women being worth half that of men? Is there some underlying
message I'm missing?

Some things are worth my time, some are not. My standoffishness stems
from past attempts to explain context to people. You'll believe what
you want, no matter what I say, so what would be the point of a long
fruitless conversation?

Someone I respect put it this way: It takes much longer to answer a
complex lie than it does to tell it. I may not believe what Catholics
or Protestants do about the Bible, but I think I know when something
is being used in a fallacy.

Rob

--
[You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them
ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to
educate themselves.

-- Orson Scott Card

Blanche Cohen wrote:

At this point I think the issue is less of "witnessing" or
prostelyzing (sp? can't find it in my dictionary) and more an
issue for Miss Manners. I was brought up *never* to discuss
religion with strangers.

Yep. That and politics.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can
be learned no other way.

mike regish wrote:

The minute they try to start converting me, I walk away. I feel no need to be
polite about it.

That's pretty much the case here. I would've been asking the waiter for another
table in short order. On the other side of the room, if you please.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can
be learned no other way.

It might be a bit further, but check out the casino and buffet at
Baraboo/Dells. They pick you up at the airport also.

You name the day, and we'll be there!

(Of course, the aviation-evangelists -- should we call them "Mooneys"? --
are from somewhere around there, so beware! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

So, Jay, why DO you have bibles in your hotel rooms? Why not leftover
AOPA
Pilot mags instead? Spread the *good* word!

I believe he provides GANews/Flyer's.

Yep, every suite has the latest GA News. And a guy from Smithsonian Air &
Space just mailed me a ton of old issues, so those will be in there, too.

This solves one of my biggest pet peeves about hotels: There's never any
good "bathroom reading material" in them! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I never got taught that in grammar. "He" is only capitalized if it's the
first word of a sentence or in a title.

mike regish

"Robert Perkins" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 00:18:27 GMT, "mike regish"
wrote:

I can understand why you feel you need to capitalize the "G" on god, but
why
do you have to capitalize the "H" in "he?"

Because the grammatical rules of Standard American English call for
it, Mike.

Rob

--
[You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them
ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to
educate themselves.

-- Orson Scott Card

Jay, no matter WHAT, you are still the all-time champion of this NG when it
comes to starting long threads. When I logged on (after an incredible 2.3 hr
photo flight today) there were 178 posts in this thread. Unbelievable!


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