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9643
... From: "Mark A. Foster" <mfoster@...> ... Protection from dust? That's a new one. I suppose then that these folks arose in one of the many inland...
Richard H. Gravelly
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Aug 20, 2008
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9644
Dear Susan, Confucius admits in his Analects that he was a "transmitter who invented nothing" and being a librarian in some part of his life, we cannot say...
Barnabas Yohannes
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Aug 20, 2008
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9645
... Dear Barnabas- I don't have a quote but I seem to recall in our Writings it saying the Manifestation recreates Creation and endows it with a new potential....
Douglas McAdam
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Aug 20, 2008
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Hi Mark- I used the term "slant eyes" because that is how most people describe them. I was not making a precise or accurate description. But the fact still...
Douglas McAdam
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Aug 20, 2008
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... Buddhism, Taoism, and/or Confucianism, it has always been religion that guided the peoples and civilizations of China.<< I know you believe that, but how...
Mark A. Foster
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Aug 20, 2008
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9648
... them. I was not making a precise or accurate description.<< Just as an aside. You are obviously not aware of it, but the term you used is generally...
Mark A. Foster
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Aug 20, 2008
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9649
... Dear Barnabas, Except that Confucious was decidedly disinterested in religious matters. ... Which is exactly my point. You stated you could *proof* that...
Susan Maneck
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Aug 20, 2008
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... Hi Mark- I'm truly interested in all this and hope you won't mind me poking in here. I have asked these kinds of questions before that Barnabas has ...
Douglas McAdam
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Aug 20, 2008
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9651
... lol. I don't know. I only mention this subject briefly to my students as we discuss race and ethnicity. Back in the mid-1980s, I taught "Human Evolution...
Mark A. Foster
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Aug 20, 2008
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9652
... Revealed Religions and how we interpret and apply them.<< What I am doing is making a distinction between, first, what someone subjectively believes,...
Mark A. Foster
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Aug 20, 2008
11:07 pm
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Hi Mark- No I was not aware that "slant eyes" was a racial slur. Thanks. I have often heard people say that the Chinese have slant eyes and they did not mean...
Douglas McAdam
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9654
... From: "Mark A. Foster" <mfoster@...> ... Good! Keep up the good work. There is so much conjecture in this area that the implications of man having...
Richard H. Gravelly
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9655
... religion that ... Hello Folks: Do we not have some statements here the truth value of which is in question? 1. The foundation of all civilizations is...
Dave Bird
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9656
... and practices, focuses on the sacred (the extraordinary aspects of life as contrasted with the profane or ordinary aspects), which unites people into a...
Dave Bird
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9657
... What I try to keep in mind is that `Abdu'l-Baha was delivering a spiritual discourse, not a biology lecture. Spiritually, man has always been man. The...
Mark A. Foster
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9658
... As I see it, the problem, once again, is that the terms "civilization," "religion," and "foundation" are not being defined. Consequently, it is impossible...
Mark A. Foster
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... From: "Mark A. Foster" <mfoster@...> To> ... That is my error, Mark, I forgot to put in the word "potentially". The question I asked is therfore, not...
Richard H. Gravelly
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9660
... In _The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life_, Durkheim never discussed the issue of "civilizations." ... Some people in my field have tried, with...
Mark A. Foster
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9661
Dear Mark- As you know I am doing some rehab. classes at the County Jail here and often I present subjects such as this one to my classes to see how they ...
Douglas McAdam
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9662
Whether you are satisfied with my answer is irrelevant because we are not talking mathematics, that is to say, we can only compare one answer with the other...
Barnabas Yohannes
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9663
... Dear Barnabas, My problem is that you keep talking about 'proof' but all I'm seeing is assertions. As I have ... Except civilization existed in China for...
Susan Maneck
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9664
Hi Mark: You are correct. Thank you. Dave...
Dave Bird
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9665
... believers in God?<< I would need to look up the precise figures. However, the data I have seen in the past indicate that, proportionately, atheists are...
Mark A. Foster
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9666
Hi Mark- See below-- ... Yes, but you see Mark both the historical evidence and scriptural evidence is subject to interpretation which is also related to the ...
Douglas McAdam
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9667
... Hi Mark: Your reply above means nothing to me. Haven't read it, never heard of him. So, I can't reply to your comment. ... cautiously. ... Well, maybe, but...
Dave Bird
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9668
... To me this is the crux of the matter for there is no way we can absolutely prove anything as far back as the civilizations being discussed. While we may...
Douglas McAdam
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9669
Where can I find a history of when, where and what circumstances this Tablet was revealed? Thanks, doug...
Douglas McAdam
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9670
... Dear Doug, Majority rule has nothing whatsoever to do with determining truth. There are Doctoral Dissertations that have resulted ... Perhaps part of the...
Susan Maneck
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9671
... Dear Doug, The fact that God has never left humanity without a teacher is a separate issue from the question of whether or not religion is the *foundation*...
Susan Maneck
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... Dear Doug, There is a difference between talking about 'revealed religion' and religion in general. If we are talking about religion in general then the...
Susan Maneck
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