Re: Emily

Actually, he was a Jesuit paleontologist. One of the discoverers of  
Peking Man. Not all Jesuits are polemicists. But they do teach you to  
think. I always appreciated that their colleges required more  
philosophy courses than religion courses!

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Jul 14, 2005, at 2:55 PM, james singer wrote:

> The Jesuit polemicist? In college; required freshman philosophy  
> stuff. Like all jesuit polemics--buy the basic premises, buy the  
> argument. Give me your children.
>
> On Jul 14, 2005, at 2:24 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
>
>
>> Anyone ever read Pierre Teilhard de Chardin?
>>
>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>
>>
>> On Jul 13, 2005, at 12:01 AM, David Franzman wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Zem
>>>
>>> Well their bad science isn't science it's faith.  Faith is an
>>> incredibly strong human feeling who's bonds are almost unbreakable
>>> regardless of the facts before them.  Hard to knock that kind of
>>> faith.  I wish we had it in government and other institutions again
>>> but faith with out questions is blind.
>>>
>>> I realize that after I wrote the 40% remark that I had alienated
>>> almost half the group.  Not trying to do that...I hope ya'll know.
>>>
>>> David
>>> http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
>>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
>> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
>>
>>
>>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index