<Joel> Hey, guys, this looks important...it's in CAPITAL LETTERS.
<Crow> Wait...is that "The LAW of RETRIBUTION", or "THE Law of RETRIBUTION"?
<Joel> I think it's a little bit of both.
> Violent crime, racism, bigotry, domestic abuse, rape,
<Tom> ...and lions and tigers and bears!
<All> Oh, my!
> police brutality and oppression,
<Tom> "Help, help! I'm being oppressed!"
>                                           human rights violations, 
>          etc., ETC., continue to get worse and worse in spite of more 
>          and more man-made laws on all levels from local ordinances to 
>          international law. 
>          
>               The man-made laws are NOT working. 
>
>               "WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE!"  
<All> Bzzzzt! Heard it!
> Perpetrators remain IGNORANT of The LAW
<Joel> It's...
<Crow> ...the LAW!
>                                                  --a universal, cosmic, 
>          and Spiritual Law--The "LAW
<Tom> The LAW!
> of RETRIBUTION" or "KARMA":
<All> *sings* Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon....
>          
>               "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a 
>          man soweth, 
<Joel> He must have previously rippeth.
> that shall he also reap." Galatians 6:7, KJV.
<Tom> No, no! That's RIP, you moron! Rip! RIP!
>    
>               "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity; 
<Tom> Well...I mean, if he's *leading* them there, then isn't this kind of
      obvious?
>          he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.  
>          Here is the patience and faith of the saints."  Revelation 
>          13:10, KJV. 
>    
>               "What goes around comes around."
<Tom> Now THERE'S an original phrase.
<Crow> Yeah...I wonder if it will catch on some day?
>
>               This LAW
<Crow> For those of you who missed it...it's the LAW.
<Joel> The LAW...
<Tom> The LAW...
>                        of the Universe is just as real as the physical 
>          law that for every action there is an equal and opposite 
>          REaction. 
<Joel> Is there supposed to be a connection here?
>    
>               It is the ENFORCEMENT, the TEETH, behind The "GOLDEN 
>          RULE":
<Tom> The RULE!
<Joel> The LAW...
> "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."
<Tom> I want to be covered in CHOCOLATE!
<Joel> I want to be pushed off a building!
<Crow> I want someone to bite me!
>
>               ALL perpetrators in the present will become VICTIMS in 
>          the future,
<Tom> But what were the perpetrators in the present in their past lives?
<Joel> I think they were insureance salesmen, Tom.
<Crow> Whoa!  Talk about BAD KARMA!
> most likely in a FUTURE INCARNATION. Most
<Tom> Ha! Like it'd be MORE likely to happen in a PAST incarnation!
>          victims in the present were PERPETRATORS in the past, usually 
>          during a PREVIOUS LIFE. 
<Joel> Oh, I see!  They we're in a previous life, in the past!
<Crow> I want to be in a previous life in the future!
>          
>               What is needed is a MASSIVE WORLDWIDE PROGRAM of 
<Tom> Reality! That's what YOU need, pal!
> EDUCATION to teach ALL present and potential perpetrators, in
<Crow> And insurance salesmen.
> a convincing manner (with sufficient supporting evidence),
<Tom> Oh, were just FULL of evidence today, AREN'T we?
>          that what they do to others WILL BE DONE TO THEM, in this 
>          life or the next. 
<Tom> Joel, does that mean we'll have to see this paper again?
<Joel> I dunno, Tom.
>          
>               Anyone who doubts the FACT
<Joel> The FACT!
<Tom> The LAW...
<Crow> The LAW!
>                                          of REINCARNATION, and the 
>          related "LAW of Retribution", should read books such as "HERE 
<All> THE LAW!
> AND HEREAFTER", by Ruth Montgomery,
<Crow> Wasn't she on "Bewitched"?
<Joel> No, Crow, that was *Elizabeth* Montgomery
>                                              which describes several 
>          kinds of evidence supporting REincarnation,
<Joel> Ahh...  REincarnation
<Crow> As opposed to what?
<Tom> UNincarnation?
                                                       including 
>          HYPNOTIC REGRESSION to past lives
<Tom> OH, like you can regress to FUTURE lives!
>                                            [about 50% accurate; the 
>          subconscious mind can sometimes make things up, especially 
<Joel> Wow, guys!  A mind that can make things up!
<Crow> You mean like this paper?
> with a bad hypnotist], SPONTANEOUS
<Tom> Combustion?
> RECALL (especially by
<Tom> Ah..
> young children, some of whom
<Crow> ...are even potty-trained.
>                                        can identify their most recent 
>          previous relatives, homes, 
<Joel> and Gardens.
>                                      possessions, etc.), DREAM RECALL 
>          of past life experiences, DEJA VU (familiarity with a far off 
>          land while traveling there for the first time on vacation), 
<Crow> Well, what if you're *not* on vacation?
> the psychic readings of the late EDGAR CAYCE, and EVEN
<Tom> If he's so psychic, how come he's so late?
> SUPPORTING STATEMENTS FROM THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE
<Joel> Even supporting statements?  That's odd...
<Tom> Joel, please...
<Joel> Sorry, Tom.
>                                                          including 
>          Matthew 17:11-13 (John the Baptist was the REINCARNATION of 
>          Elias.) and John 9:1-2
<Crow> And Moe, and Larry, and Curly...
>                                 (How can a person POSSIBLY sin before 
>          he is born, unless he LIVED BEFORE?!). 
<Joel> *Sally Struthers voice*  Do YOU want to learn how you can sin
       BEFORE you are born?
<All> Sure!  We all do!
>          
>               Strong INTERESTS,
<Joel> WEAK interests.
>                                 innate TALENTS, strong PHOBIAS, etc., 
>          typically originate from a person's PAST LIVES.  For example, 
>          a strong fear of swimming in or traveling over water usually 
>          results from having DROWNED at the end of a PREVIOUS LIFE.  
<Joel> Oh, I get it!  The drowned at the *end* of their previous life...
<Tom> Yeah, I hate it when I drown at the *beginning* of a previous life.
>          And sometimes a person will take AN IMMEDIATE DISLIKE to 
>          another person being met for the first time
<Crow> Because they smell!
<Tom> Because they look like Joan Rivers!
>                                                       in their PRESENT 
>          life, because of a bad encounter with him during a PREVIOUS 
>          INCARNATION. 
<Joel> Does that mean he didn't like flowers?
<Tom> Uh, Joel, that's INcarnation.
<Joel> Oh...
>
>               People would behave much better toward each other if 
>          they knew that their actions in the present
<Crow> ...were being recorded on video tape.
>                                                      will SURELY be 
>          reaped by them in the future, or in a FUTURE INCARNATION! 
>
> 
>               For more information,
<Crow> Call 1-800-BITE-ME
>                                     answers to your questions, etc., 
>          please consult my CITED SOURCES
<Joel> I bet *you* can't say that three times fast.
>                                          (books like "HERE AND 
>          HEREAFTER", by Ruth Montgomery). 
>
>
>               UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this 
>          IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED. 
<Crow> But NOT recommended!
>
>
>                                   Robert E. McElwaine
>                                   2nd Initiate in Eckankar,
<Crow> What's an Eckankar?
<Joel> I think it's a kind of vegetable.
<Tom> Maybe it's type of fungus.
<Crow> You mean, like this paper?
>                                      (but not an agent thereof)
<Joel> Well, I'M relieved, how about you guys?
<Tom> Is it over yet?
<Crow> I think so...I don't see anymore capital letters.
1...2....3....4....5....6....G
<Joel> What do you think, Sirs?
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Ditto! This one had me cracking up when I read it last night. The
Joel-and-the-'Bots-esque comments are perfectly in style with the
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