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Evolution And Complexity

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Subject: Re: abiogenesis Date: 18 Aug 1999 06:41:31 GMT From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Organization: Queensland University of Technology, Australia Newsgroups: aus.religion,aus.religion.christian,nz.soc.religion In aus.religion.christian Tigger <> wrote: [snip] > >> Niles is wrong. The fossil record supports evolution. > > > > And your credentials ? His are impressive. > > I quote someone else. Stephen […]

Circumcision

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Subject: Re: Circumcision Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:13:46 GMT From: (Hugh Young) Organization: PlaNet FreeNZ in Wellington, New Zealand Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,aus.religion,nz.soc.religion On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:25:30 -0700, "beyond.help" <> said: > That would be silly, the appendix is needed by the body. More to the point, the appendix and the foreskin and the […]

Sex With Animals

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Barry O'Grady wrote: > BTW. What are your thoughts on people who have sex with animals? The _people_ are of infinite dignity and worth, created in the image of God… Oh, you wanted to know about their actions? Leviticus calls it an 'abomination'. And yet, a merciful God knows why my clients who've done this […]

Einstein And God

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Subject: Re: The Potter & His Pots Date: 18 Aug 1999 15:07:28 GMT From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Organization: Queensland University of Technology, Australia Newsgroups: alt.bible,alt.christnet.bible,alt.christnet.christianlife,alt.christnet.theology,alt.religion.christian.biblestudy,alt.religion.christian.presbyterian,alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic,aus.religion.christian,alt.atheism Followup-To: alt.bible,alt.christnet.theology,alt.atheism [ Warning: followup pruned to alt.bible,alt.christnet.theology,alt.atheism ] In aus.religion.christian Gardiner <> wrote: > Chris Ho-Stuart wrote: > > > > In aus.religion.christian Gardiner <> wrote: > > > […]

8c A Week To Cancel The Poorest Countries’ Debts

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[September 1999] Cancelling the debts of the world’s 52 poorest countries would cost taxpayers in the West a maximum of eight US cents a week for the next 20 years [according to Jubilee 2000]. The campaign group is to release figures showing that the real cost of providing a fresh start for poor nations is […]

Circumcision

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Subject: Re: Circumcision Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:44:55 +1200 From: "David Bisman" < Organization: The Internet Group (Dunedin) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,aus.religion,nz.soc.religion  >>Tigger wrote: >>> > I once knew an atheist of this same opinion. Yet he was relating to me >>> >how he caught a certain desease which he had to get circumcised in order […]

Jews And The Holocaust

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Subject: Re: East Timor (a sermon) Date: 23 Sep 1999 22:18:41 GMT From: "Robert Howard" Les Brown wrote in article … > You are making an assumption that G-d is violent and so are the people > who do whatever He says. You don't consider murdering everybody in a city violent? Were the babies and […]

Evolution

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Subject: Re: abiogenesis Date: 20 Aug 1999 03:41:30 GMT From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Organization: Queensland University of Technology, Australia Newsgroups: aus.religion,aus.religion.christian,nz.soc.religion In aus.religion.christian Julian S Visch <> wrote: > In article <>, "beyond.help" <> writes: > |> Darwinian evolution, which Niles says is dead. > > Now we are getting somewhere, now think for a […]

Survival Of The Fittest?

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Subject: Re: 8c a week to cancel world's debts Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 00:10:50 +1200 From: (Brendan) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,aus.religion,nz.soc.religion On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 20:31:08 +1200, "Tigger" <> wrote in message [<>]: >It's called survival of the fittest and it ensures that only those that can, >do. Tigger, I suggest you look up a […]

Heaven And Hell

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Subject: Re: Use of 'Lord's Prayer' in secular settings Date: 20 Aug 1999 04:51:00 GMT From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Organization: Queensland University of Technology, Australia Newsgroups: aus.religion,aus.religion.christian,nz.soc.religion [I have restored some context to the quoted text] Nigel wrote: > On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:41:11 +0800, Tigger wrote > (in message < 9350 >): > […]

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