"Ray S"
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> VINCE wrote:
>> fmomoon wrote:
>>
>>> "Steve Newport"
>>> news:22740-46DD8449-412@storefull-3152.bay. ...
>>>
>>>> fmomoon@ (fmomoon)
>>>> history isn't science, either.
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>>>> I never claimed it was. Ironically, "science" has taken on a
>>>> "holiness"
>>>> for many. And some scientific beliefs change constantly.
>>>>
>>>> O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O
>>>>
>>>> O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O~O
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, of course they do. We no longer bleed people for bad "humors"
>>> either. However, no one has ever effectively made the Bible leap from
>>> faith to science. Appreciate it for what it is: allegory and lore to
>>> some, literal fact to others.
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>> The bible saids its ok to sell your daughter and have slaves>
>> How can anyone take that literal?
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>
> You will also want to be very careful how you plant your crops, less the
> locals begin reaching for stones....
>
And be careful about the idea of "Methuselah lived 900 years...."
"But who'll call that livin'
When no gal will give in
To no man, what's 900 years?"
--
Moni (fmomoon)
War does not determine who is right,
war determines who is left.--Bertrand Russell