ok, here is a small first step toward putting together a thread on this subject.
the problem i had in getting started was how complicated the topic is - how to get it into an understandable form suitable for a discussion thread.
first - einstein was, of course, jewish.
Thanks, Frankiespeaking.
Nancy:
You might say that when people hug for example the oxytocin champagne fountain turns on and what you get out of it depends on how many empty champagne glasses you have so the GG has lots of receptors and the AA not so many and that makes a difference in that person's life.
With your permission, I would like to immortalize that one in Wibble.
jehovah's witnesses are taught that they are engaged in a life-saving work.
in the louvre is a special vault with 15 miles of shelves containing medical treatises, cures, treatments, speculations, procedures from time immemorial.
now the fascinating aspect of all these state-of-the-art manuals and documents is that they are scientifically bogus!.
james wood " alchemy" good point. good topic. but alchemist were secretive. Chemistry, nuclear physics was not their goal. so how will advanced science in the religious, or "weltanschauung" (to use Einstein' term) sense come out our dicussions here, often not rising above sematics, the petty? appreciate all yor thoughts.
That would be off topic here - I was just jazzing Terry a little. What Terry was saying is that the Watchtower has a terrible past record of wrong ideas for a group which claims divine intervention. And which is obviously true.
ok, here is a small first step toward putting together a thread on this subject.
the problem i had in getting started was how complicated the topic is - how to get it into an understandable form suitable for a discussion thread.
first - einstein was, of course, jewish.
But what on earth would string theory have to do with Einstein's religious views or the issue of human free will?
String theory had not even been proposed at the time of Einstein's death, and is still not proven physics.
Like I said, I intended this thread to be about Einstein's religious views, not about his physics - we may have gotten off track with the notions of determinism.
jehovah's witnesses are taught that they are engaged in a life-saving work.
in the louvre is a special vault with 15 miles of shelves containing medical treatises, cures, treatments, speculations, procedures from time immemorial.
now the fascinating aspect of all these state-of-the-art manuals and documents is that they are scientifically bogus!.
They would have been more convincing (on Jehovah's divine medical guidance) if they had warned against the Thalidomide drug rather than aluminum cookware and polio vaccinations.
jehovah's witnesses are taught that they are engaged in a life-saving work.
in the louvre is a special vault with 15 miles of shelves containing medical treatises, cures, treatments, speculations, procedures from time immemorial.
now the fascinating aspect of all these state-of-the-art manuals and documents is that they are scientifically bogus!.
Actually, I think they were right about the prohibition laws being the devil's work...
OK, seriously - of course I see where you are going with this thread.
No, they have no excuse for the many lives they have harmed or ended by their teachings.
miami - a bus carrying 32 members of a church group hit a concrete overpass at miami international airport after the driver got lost, killing two elderly people on board and leaving three others critically injured, officials said saturday.. the large, white bus was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, said airport spokesman greg chin.
buses are supposed to go through the departures area, which has a higher ceiling, he said.. chin said the passengers told him they were part of a group of jehovah's witnesses headed to west palm beach.
police said in a news release that the group had chartered the bus to take them to a church convention there-.
I only saw one or two comments in truly bad taste, problemaddict.
Most of us feel very bad about this tragedy and are simply speculating on how and why it could have happened, and what the outcome will be.
the cat i named after you is asleep on the couch.
she's a beauty!
she's 3 years old, and such a great cat.. .
I always liked Sylvia, but I still think she was wrong about Cam Newton being a superbowl quarterback.
ok, here is a small first step toward putting together a thread on this subject.
the problem i had in getting started was how complicated the topic is - how to get it into an understandable form suitable for a discussion thread.
first - einstein was, of course, jewish.
Einstein's view of Spinoza was pantheistic/cosmic, at least. (according to the quote I gave in the OP)
Actually, pantheistic may not be the precisely right word - but -
Who knows what those philosophers really thought?
They all seem to me to be talking in circles...
jehovah's witnesses are taught that they are engaged in a life-saving work.
in the louvre is a special vault with 15 miles of shelves containing medical treatises, cures, treatments, speculations, procedures from time immemorial.
now the fascinating aspect of all these state-of-the-art manuals and documents is that they are scientifically bogus!.
We would not have chemistry (or nuclear physics) without alchemy, Terry.
You could make the case that the Wright Brothers could not have flown without previous failures by men like Lilenthal.
Sacrifices must be made. (Lilenthal's epitaph)
miami - a bus carrying 32 members of a church group hit a concrete overpass at miami international airport after the driver got lost, killing two elderly people on board and leaving three others critically injured, officials said saturday.. the large, white bus was too tall for the 8-foot-6-inch entrance to the arrivals area, said airport spokesman greg chin.
buses are supposed to go through the departures area, which has a higher ceiling, he said.. chin said the passengers told him they were part of a group of jehovah's witnesses headed to west palm beach.
police said in a news release that the group had chartered the bus to take them to a church convention there-.
Looking at the second set of pictures, it does appear that the damage to the bus was much worse than the first pictures I saw had revealed.
