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- From: danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock)
- Subject: Re: Krishnas, Vedas, and all that (was: TM debunking needed)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.095651@IASTATE.EDU>
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- Reply-To: danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <1993Jan23.012801.22611@s1.gov> <kHHVXB6w165w@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 15:56:51 GMT
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- In article <kHHVXB6w165w@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us>,
- system@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us (Kalki Dasa) writes:
- > lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich) writes:
- >
- >> Yes, I know it was snide. And you may believe that I am a
- >> blockhead if you wish. But if _Back to Godhead_ contains lots of
- >> things that seem silly, then one might be tempted to come up with some
- >> unflattering nicknames for the publication.
- >
- > True, but "seeming silly" is not really a very reliable criterion for
- > making a final conclusion. One has to realize that the ancient world
- > culture was full of people no stupider than those of today. Their
- > science was expressed differently, but they were not fools. To
- > understand what they wrote, one must accept that it does make sense.
-
- It's the demonstrably false stuff you've upllinked that does it for
- me. "Back to Blockhead" is almost complimentary compared to what the
- misrepresentations and general bullshit you've shown us from that
- erstwhile mag deserve.
-
- >> But try looking at the Moon through a small telescope sometime
- >> and see if it looks like "cosmic fire".
- >
- > In truth, I must say yes, the Moon does look like cosmic fire to me. So
- > does the earth, for that matter.
-
- The same way a creationist sees a young earth; he alows his prejudice to
- dictate to his eyes. I looked at the moon last night and it looked like rock
- reflecting sunlight :). Of course since shit-for-brains tries to win arguments
- by defining terms he's been using for 10 posts for the first time in a
- benificial way.
-
- So... ...what is "cosmic fire?" Sunlight reflected off rock?
-
- Dan
- Danwell@IASTATE.EDU
-