to bake bread on. We can no doubt any grand narrative but don't seem
much good at using this to create new ones. It's all deconstruction
when we need to be ab;e to deconstruct and rebuild.
On Dec 5, 11:36 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I read the "needle" was a tight gate in the walls around ancient
> Jerusalem and traders loaded with booty and goods had difficulty
> squeezing through. I did ride a camel in Egypt and they are smelly
> beyond belief.
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> On Dec 5, 3:08 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > LOL oddly it is possible to get a camel through the eye of a needle of a
> > needle.. it is possible but you have to get a camel to walk on its knees..
> > but there is a price to pay for that..
> > Allan
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> > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:27 AM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > You must have discovered how muh harder it gets to thread the eye of a
> > > needle as the simplicity of youth fades Allan!
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> > > On Dec 5, 4:35 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > II just received from a friend of mine and Tim always makes me think..
> > > It
> > > > really suddenly dawned on me (I can be all wet) is the suppose of
> > > religion
> > > > is not really for salvation and the nest life but in reality is to teach
> > > > morality.
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> > > > It seems that the churches to day give a quick brush over morality and
> > > the
> > > > get to the work of salvation.. and the next life.. I am laughing to my
> > > self
> > > > because if you lose morality you lose salvation. The greatest problems
> > > of
> > > > this day are the lose of morality and the teaching of morality,, It
> > > seems
> > > > the teaching of morality is for the other guy but the rules of morality
> > > do
> > > > not apply to me.
> > > > Allan
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> > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Well sadly Ireland is good of a country giving away what is not
> > > theirs to
> > > > > start off with..
> > > > > and you are right most of the problems are moral ones.
> > > > > religious leaders are as much fault as they no longer teach morality
> > > in
> > > > > their fundamentalism,, but rather in christianity's case all is for
> > > given
> > > > > if you accept jesus christ as your personal savior..
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> > > > > I see the Us has passed a new law giving the military
> > > > > complete authority with out fear of the Justice system.. it will be a
> > > > > while but before long the USA will become a military dictatorship..
> > > A sad
> > > > > moment in US history. I think this is a result of the Occupy movement
> > > > > putting fear into the Banksters ,, lead by the wealth of the
> > > Republican
> > > > > party and the 1% knowing the people are right and being afraid that
> > > they
> > > > > have been caught and unwilling to give up power..
> > > > > Allan
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> > > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:28 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > >>http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=killing-one-.
> > > ..
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> > > > >> I believe most of our "economic" problems are really moral ones. The
> > > > >> problem is most of what "morality" is is just so much turkey. The
> > > > >> problem expressed in the link above is whether to divert a train that
> > > > >> will kill 5 innocent people to another line where it will kill only
> > > > >> one innocent person. 90% of us divert the train in a simulation.
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> > > > >> Moral problems as posed to me in real life have never been so simple.
> > > > >> I won't go into them here but can hint. In the UK's internal war in
> > > > >> Northern Ireland I was asked to do appalling things with informants
> > > > >> (and via pressuring wives and families) - the excuse was 'the greater
> > > > >> good'. I know now I was conned.
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> > > > >> What might a modern morality of the greater good be? What are the
> > > > >> problems with "morality" and how might we fix them. The Saudis are
> > > > >> putting forward interesting extremes such as allowing women to drive
> > > > >> cars 'bringing about' all sorts of corruption like homosexuality and
> > > > >> adultery. What of the role of madness, rationalisation and the clown
> > > > >> zealot in morality? And what role do facts play?
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> > > > >> The train example is easy - but what if the person on the other line
> > > > >> is your son or daughter? Would you shoot a child suicide bomber
> > > > >> advancing into a crowded area if you had time to run to her and only
> > > > >> put your life at risk? Do you really think your performance in the
> > > > >> field would match that in thought experiment?
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> > > > > --
> > > > > (
> > > > > )
> > > > > |_D Allan
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> > > > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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> > > > (
> > > > )
> > > > |_D Allan
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> > > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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> > --
> > (
> > )
> > |_D Allan
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