tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post8818510639437166725..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: Having brown stuff where grey matter should beBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-24787537044527034802007-06-13T01:29:00.000-04:002007-06-13T01:29:00.000-04:00Okay, so if each and every one of us was born with...Okay, so if each and every one of us was born with a purpose where does that leave the stillborn. What is their purpose? The hundreds of thousands that starve to death, or are mowed down and hacked by Janjaweed, are born the day before a tsunami, etc...what are their purposes?<BR/><BR/>I have a special purpose, and I know it well, but the Church disapproves.Mike Haubrich, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07220070898785894481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-50381117682022202742007-06-01T21:55:00.000-04:002007-06-01T21:55:00.000-04:00Ah, and now I'm back from two days of meetings and...Ah, and now I'm back from two days of meetings and catching up on blogs... and I see that everyone else blogged about this <I>yesterday</I>. Oh, well. I like my title better, at least.Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-88966147831082409112007-06-01T13:30:00.000-04:002007-06-01T13:30:00.000-04:00When you're a politician, all you have to do is sa...When you're a politician, all you have to do is say something that sounds good enough so that the supporters can rally behind it.<BR/><BR/>Of course what he's saying is garbage; but will it play in Peoria?<BR/><BR/>Quite possibly.<BR/><BR/>First a theist has to agree that his religious belief has nothing to do with science.<BR/><BR/>Then he has to reconcile his belief with the fact that god is either a phenomenon of the universe or he doesn't exist.<BR/><BR/>Or he has to just say "I don't want to think about it" -- which would be fine as long as people like Brownback weren't trying to claim that their theologians are somehow authorities on... you know... reality.JP Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796725364997136448noreply@blogger.com