01 Oct 12
Originally posted by sonhousePriests were also responsible for the destruction of a lot of books/knowledge and deliberately and systematically suppressed anything they saw as a threat.
During the dark ages, priests saved books from destruction and degradation from weather and such. Now religious right wing nuts want to do just the opposite, 1000 years later. Who said repression is dead?
02 Oct 12
Originally posted by PenguinCome on RJ. Make a doll of Mikelom, stick pins in it and see if it hurts me half-way around the globe from you.
Since it is ineffectual, I couldn't give a monkey's personally.
--- Penguin.
As Penguin said, voodoo is ineffectual and can't hurt me neither.
Do you care to differ?
-m.
02 Oct 12
Originally posted by RJHindsI am generally against the hording of information. I don't like the way governments hoard secrets to protect themselves (I think it is fundamentally wrong that a democratic government gets to hide what they are doing from the populace). I don't like the way governments try to control information flow to other nations - mostly for selfish reasons ie they want to profit from the information. I don't like the way scientific institutions and culture is generally structures such that scientists hoard their findings and do not want to share or assist others.
Well, do you want everybody to know how to use voodoo against you?
I am a strong believer that sharing benefits us all - especially when it comes to knowledge.
So, my answer is that if everyone can learn voodoo then we will, together, find ways to use it to make the world a better place. Keeping yourself and others ignorant of voodoo is ultimately not the best strategy.
02 Oct 12
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Originally posted by twhiteheadReplace 'voodoo' with 'atomic fission'.
I am generally against the hording of information. I don't like the way governments hoard secrets to protect themselves (I think it is fundamentally wrong that a democratic government gets to hide what they are doing from the populace). I don't like the way governments try to control information flow to other nations - mostly for selfish reasons ie they w er place. Keeping yourself and others ignorant of voodoo is ultimately not the best strategy.
Would your statements (and the other statements in this thread) make sense then?
The US (and Israel) are trying to keep the secrets of atomic fission (as a weapon) hidden from Iran (and Hezbollah). Is that good, or bad?
02 Oct 12
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Originally posted by sonhouseTo be accurate, between the Fourth and the Fourteenth centuries priests - who had a monopoly of learning - systematically destroyed or concealed or re-wrote in their own way books that did not suit their purposes. What was saved in that huge interval of theocracy was saved by the Muslims, from whom Western Europe were later able to rediscover the works of the Greeks and the later developments achieved in Islamic countries including Spain prior to the so called "reconquista" and the inquisition that reduced Spain to an intellectually barren wasteland of conformity.
During the dark ages, priests saved books from destruction and degradation from weather and such. Now religious right wing nuts want to do just the opposite, 1000 years later. Who said repression is dead?
03 Oct 12
Originally posted by finneganWhere do you guys come up with this crap?
To be accurate, between the Fourth and the Fourteenth centuries priests - who had a monopoly of learning - systematically destroyed or concealed or re-wrote in their own way books that did not suit their purposes. What was saved in that huge interval of theocracy was saved by the Muslims, from whom Western Europe were later able to rediscover the works of t ...[text shortened]... a" and the inquisition that reduced Spain to an intellectually barren wasteland of conformity.
03 Oct 12
Originally posted by SuzianneYes, my statements still stand.
Replace 'voodoo' with 'atomic fission'.
Would your statements (and the other statements in this thread) make sense then?
The US (and Israel) are trying to keep the secrets of atomic fission (as a weapon) hidden from Iran (and Hezbollah). Is that good, or bad?
Bad.
03 Oct 12
Originally posted by twhiteheadSo it would be ok for a small terrorist group to threaten large countries with atomic bombs instead of regular bombs as it is now?
Yes, my statements still stand.
[b]The US (and Israel) are trying to keep the secrets of atomic fission (as a weapon) hidden from Iran (and Hezbollah). Is that good, or bad?
Bad.[/b]
03 Oct 12
Originally posted by sonhouseWe wish to revive the truth for everyone. Evolution does not fit in with the truth. So pedal your wares to the science forum. 😏
I'm talking about the right wing nut jobs in the US and elsewhere wanting to kill evolution and other sciences refuting biblical fairy tales.