IUBio

Re. brain sizes: Einstein's and women's

Gray Shockley gray at compcomm.com
Wed Oct 23 21:22:57 EST 2002


On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:29:56 -0500, Jd wrote
(in message <3db73d1a.1785883 at newsgroups.bellsouth.net>):

> Gray Shockley <gray at compcomm.com> wrote: 
> 
>> On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:13:36 -0500, Jd wrote
>> (in message <3db4686d.3640774 at newsgroups.bellsouth.net>):
>> 
>>> And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of
>>> the Son of man.  They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they
>>> were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
>>> and the flood came, and destroyed them all. - Jesus
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> And in the following chapter, Jesus said:
>> 
>> 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do 
>> to 
>> inherit eternal life?  
>> 
>> 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, 
>> save 
>> one, that is, God.
>> 
>> 18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, 
>> Do 
>> not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
>> 
>> 18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
>> 
>> 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest 
>> thou 
>> one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou 
>> shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Gray Shockley
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> "Yet lackest thou one thing . . . "
> 
> LOL!  I remember some of those wiccans quoting the bible too!  It's
> ridiculous.  The pagan thingy goes like this... " I don't believe in
> your God but this [insert a Christian quote] is what He told you to
> do".


So it's okay if you don't follow your "religion" because someone else might 
quote it at you?

Gives a whole 'nudder meaning to "religion of convenience".
 

> See how ridiculous that is?  

No.


> That's like me saying "science is a
> bunch of crap but if you need brain surgery, call 1-800-123-4567"


No, it's not. Bad analogy.


Am I correct in believing that your "religion" consists of using the parts of 
the Bible that are "convenient" for you and re-inforce what you want to do 
and the "inconvenient" parts you ignore?


> Jd


Gray Shockley
---------------------

 





More information about the Neur-sci mailing list

Send comments to us at biosci-help [At] net.bio.net