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<P>I'm chiming in on this only once because it reminded me of a quote I find amusing.</P>
<P> The difference between an atheist and an agnostic:</P>
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<P>"I can well imagine an atheist's last words: "White, white! L-L-Love! My God!"—and the deathbed leap <SPAN class=searchword0><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cfffb9">of</FONT></SPAN> faith. Whereas the agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays beholden to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the warm light bathing him by saying, "Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation <SPAN class=searchword0><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cfffb9">of</FONT></SPAN> the b-b-brain," and, to the very end, lack imagination and miss the better story.</P>
<P>-Life of Pi<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu></I><BR>To: <I>heirdoug@netscape.net</I><BR>CC: <I>Vision2020@moscow.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020] Living in Idaho</I><BR>Date: <I>Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:26:17 -0800</I><BR>>Doug,<BR>><BR>>I can assure you that I had no theological ideas in my head when I<BR>>freeze-dried the parsley and the lice. I acted on my own, human<BR>>authority, not on some imaginary authority derived from a product of<BR>>human imagination. Get real, Doug.<BR>><BR>>Ralph<BR>><BR>><BR>>On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:37 AM, heirdoug@netscape.net wrote:<BR>><BR>> > Ralph,<BR>> ><BR>> > What absolute authority did you receive in order to pass judgement<BR>> > on the sprig of parsley and the poor defenceless lice?<BR>> ><BR>> > Weren't
you playing God?<BR>> ><BR>> > Doug<BR>> ><BR>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> > ---<BR>> > -------<BR>> ><BR>> > "...I plucked a sprig of lice-covered parsley and poked it outside<BR>> > the back door for just a few seconds. When I pulled it back inside,<BR>> > the whole thing disintegrated into dust. Both lice and parsley had<BR>> > become instantly freeze-dried. "<BR>> ><BR>> > "That fixed them." Ralph<BR>><BR>>=======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since
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