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3991 [lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance >joanna 123hop at comcast.net >Sat Jun 11 22:03:20 PDT 2005 <snip> >>It is not necessary to share Newton's religious belief in order to >>study the calculus, three laws of motion, theory of gravity, and so >>on. > >No. But it may be ...

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3992 [lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance >joanna 123hop at comcast.net >Sat Jun 11 20:13:50 PDT 2005 <snip> >>The virtue of science is that it has made it unnecessary for us to >>have any hypothesis concerning God or gods or goddesses. > >Historically, that's very wrong. Modern science has ...

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Date:	Sat Jun 11 20:54:39 PDT 2005

3993 [lbo-talk] Christianity vs. Christianism/Political Christianity -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Christianity vs. Christianism/Political Christianity >Steven Gotzler Steve at Gotzler.org >Fri Jun 10 15:57:16 PDT 2005 <snip> >Where did you get this? Great idea! Almost all of the big name >evangelical leaders have great lines about how catholics will burn >in hell, and jews are ...

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Date:	Sat Jun 11 08:29:10 PDT 2005

3994 [lbo-talk] Christianity vs. Christianism/Political Christianity -- rank: 149

Where did you get this? Great idea! Almost all of the big name evangelical leaders have great lines about how catholics will burn in hell, and jews are unfit to even pray. We have to remind them of that. I will do what I can. If only I had some influence ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 10 15:57:16 PDT 2005

3995 [lbo-talk] Christianity vs. Christianism/Political Christianity -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] "Damn, did God piss in your cheerios?" >Steven Gotzler Steve at Gotzler.org >Fri Jun 10 12:01:27 PDT 2005 <snip> >One nice bright side is that once a church does finally take over >and become THE state church it begins its fade. Almost all of the ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 10 14:48:50 PDT 2005

3996 [lbo-talk] Blowing Up an Assumption -- rank: 149

>martin mschiller at pobox.com >Thu Jun 9 20:22:18 PDT 2005 <snip> >What was the assumption that's being blown up? From the point of view of Robert A. Pape, the main assumption that needs to be blown up is that Islamic fundamentalism is the common denominator of ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 10 03:49:24 PDT 2005

3997 [lbo-talk] Blowing Up an Assumption -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Re: Blowing Up an Assumption >Michael Pugliese michael.098762001 at gmail.com >Thu Jun 9 14:40:08 PDT 2005 <snip> >>On 6/9/05, Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote: >>The origins of modern Iraq were similarly arbitrary -- Iraq was >>made of three vilayets (administrative ...

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3998 [lbo-talk] Blowing Up an Assumption -- rank: 149

Well, the recency or antiquity of a nationality is neither here nor there if people form an attachment to it. In our own century, the Israeli identity is obviously recent and quite strong. As far as I can tell Arab (non-Kurdish) Iraqis have a strong Iraqi identity, and I don ...

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3999 [lbo-talk] no interest in sex... -- rank: 149

>Joanna asked, > >>I wonder how much of the "no interest in sex" category comes from >>those who are gay but unable to express their sexuality. > >I have no interest in sex but only because I desire to sublimate my >libido for world peace and the greater good of humanity. >Incidentally ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 9 13:19:11 PDT 2005

4000 [lbo-talk] Blowing Up an Assumption -- rank: 149

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com, Wed Jun 8 14:50:19 PDT 2005: >>Third, suicide terrorist campaigns are directed toward a strategic >>objective: From Lebanon to Israel to Sri Lanka to Kashmir to >>Chechnya, the sponsors of every campaign -- 18 organizations in all >>- are seeking to establish or maintain political ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 9 12:09:47 PDT 2005

4001 [lbo-talk] Settlement construction skyrockets up 83%, but 6% drop in construction inside Israel -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Settlement construction skyrockets up 83%, but 6% drop in >construction inside Israel >Bryan bryan at indymedia.org.il >Thu Jun 9 09:01:22 PDT 2005 <snip> >http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3096621,00.html > >The drop in construction inside Israel may even be greater ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 9 09:55:41 PDT 2005

4002 [lbo-talk] AFP: Macho man look is out of style -- even among blue-collar working-class men -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] AFP: Macho man look is out of style >Joe Barrera joe at barrera.org >Wed Jun 8 18:39:46 PDT 2005 <snip> >B. wrote: > >>[But how can this be squared away with the popular preference for >>political leaders like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse "the Body" >>Ventura, "gruff" guys ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 9 09:35:33 PDT 2005

4003 [lbo-talk] Leading Scientists Still Reject God -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] "Damn, did God piss in your cheerios?" >Jeffrey Fisher jeff.jfisher at gmail.com >Wed Jun 8 20:52:20 PDT 2005 <snip> >On 6/8/05, Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote: >>I don't care about the nuances of the progressive religious left. I >>know they ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 8 21:15:10 PDT 2005

4004 [lbo-talk] evolution & the female orgasm: capitalism and men still suspect -- rank: 149

><http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7481> >New Scientist - June 8, 2005 >Genes blamed for fickle female orgasm >Rowan Hooper <snip> >[Tim] Spector's team asked more than 6000 female twins to fill out a >confidential questionnaire about how often they achieved orgasm >during intercourse and masturbation. They received ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 8 14:58:48 PDT 2005

4005 [lbo-talk] Treat Grownup Americans Like Grownups That They Are (Rationality of the Masses) -- rank: 149

>[lbo-talk] Rationality of the Masses >Jeffrey Fisher jeff.jfisher at gmail.com >Wed Jun 8 12:16:57 PDT 2005 <snip> >my only point was that some will have more trouble than others. but >otherwise, i think i'm saying what you were saying about sensibility >and rationality. that ...

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