Let's assume the crucifiction really took place (ie. that the fiction
is real)... and then a few day later Jesus rose from the dead. What's
the big deal about when he didn't commit the "ultimate sacrifice,"
which is to die and be really dead or perhaps to be crippled for
life?
The non Christians though can claim many more victims and not less
painful death... the Inquisition inflicted excruciating torture, the
Conquistadors and colonists committed genocide against the Indians
followed by the slavery against the Africans, the Church was behind
the Spanish Civil War against the freedom-loving Libertarians, etc.
I think the CRUCIFICTION has been created and re-created with an
agenda in mind, but the opposition can claim far more victims.
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"A modern cyclist must have a passion for suffering and sacrifice...
and nobody cares."
COMING OUT OF THE DARK AGES
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Seasonal change. The bikes are hanging in the garage more often and the excess
energy is extruded elsewhere.
When things go off-topic I'd much rather see recipes,
or at least household hints as to how to remove
mustard stains, etc.
cheers,
Tom
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I'm really at:
tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca
So long as people keep high on the RELIGIOS OPIUM and low on the BIKE
SAFETY AREA, they need to be reminded that Jesus is riding a bike
among us.
POWERFUL STUFF...
Blessed are the Merciful
Curated by Jerome Jacobs
February 10 - April 29, 2006
Blessed are those who are sensitive to the misery and misfortune of
others.
The world today revolves around a few key elements: money, power and
religion. It's impossible to know where to turn to, given the
indifference of friends and the hostility of enemies. Our planet is
heading towards global haggling, and piety has once again become a
weapon of mass manipulation and a means of taking, keeping and
justifying power.
Yet never before has the expression of religion been so far removed
from its roots and from the way in which it was originally expressed.
Far from being a belief or philosophy of compassion and love, it is
often corrupted by abusive, omnipotent fanaticism. In our western
eyes, of course, it is Islam - as expressed by terrorists and other
extremists - which has become the standard example of this abuse of
religion. Yet the abuse of Islam is not, by any means, the only
example of abuse of a religion. Christianity is also re-living a
sombre era with an upsurge in fanaticism, a schism between believers
and increasing extremism.
Science is evolving, explaining, frightening and dehumanising. Money
is building, accumulating and dividing. The human dimension is
becoming lost in this globalisation of its being which is diluting and
isolating it. The media are underpinning this abuse of the spirit in
favor of the material. Consumption of television programs is replacing
citizenship, freedom is being stifled and democracy is turning into
autocratic populism. Lies are invading the public arena.
The response of the financial, political and intellectual oligarchies
is formidable and effective: silence those who think. Panem et
circences, food and amusement. Above all, there is new religious
opium...
That's the same survival strategy of the ostrich... ;)
Are you aware that the only way we can fight Climate Change is through
taking a personal decision like RIDING A BIKE.
But first we must remove the PREDATOR, right?
>On Nov 22, 8:59�pm, tkeats2...@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:
>> In article <8489fdf3-5a3b-4e1b-a3d1-cde4874cb...@t11g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
>> � � � � datakoll <datak...@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>> > with an open cycle forum the focal point for a wide variety of
>> > religious, political, and psychological non-cycle opinions and egos
>> > but thta's better than 40 posts on Gucci handbags
>> > maybe.
>>
>> When things go off-topic I'd much rather see recipes,
>> or at least household hints as to how to remove
>> mustard stains, etc.
>>
>
>That's the same survival strategy of the ostrich... ;)
Except it isn't.
>Are you aware that the only way we can fight Climate Change is through
>taking a personal decision like RIDING A BIKE.
Question begged, fictional problem, false solution.
>But first we must remove the PREDATOR, right?
Nonexistent. Your silly attempts to create enmity between and among people by
claiming animus where none exists are annoying. Please stop it.
So I've come to the conclusion that Christians will never be part of
the solution. They are waiting for God to fix up things while they
think nothing but sin and damnation... NO TO MARIJUANA, NO TO
ABORTION, NO TO PROSTITUTION, NO TO EUTHANASIA, NO TO UNIVERSAL
HEALTHCARE, while they turn a blind eye to the CLEAR AND PRESENT
DANGERS faced by humanity, ie. WAR AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
I try to ride a bike on the road to chip in with the health of the
world and my own, and that remains Quixotic at best or plain martyrdom
at worst. Then I realize they stand by the Hungry Lion that represents
the system, and I see the need to go hunting.
It's risky business, but a man gotta do what a man gotta do... ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjWBgA81LM
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"To test if a lion is vegetarian you can offer him a banana"
What the hell has this got to do with *BICYCLE TECH*? At least start
this crap over on rec.bikes.misc will ya?
Why did you copy your reply to all the other groups as well then? It
makes you as bad if not worse since a lot of people will not have seen
the original post because they know how to filter cranks properly. So
well done.
Thanks for pointing that out. I really didn't realize I'd hadn't cut
the other groups from my reply.
>What the hell has this got to do with *BICYCLE TECH*?
It has nothing to do with anything on this planet, like everything
else he posts. Just killfile the idiot.
Guy
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I am a vehicular cyclist.
> Simon Lewis wrote:
>> Master Gunner <TankBu...@yahoo.ca> writes:
>>
>>> [snip Monkey Poo]
>>>
>>> What the hell has this got to do with *BICYCLE TECH*? At least start
>>> this crap over on rec.bikes.misc will ya?
>>
>> Why did you copy your reply to all the other groups as well then? It
>> makes you as bad if not worse since a lot of people will not have seen
>> the original post because they know how to filter cranks properly. So
>> well done.
>>
> Why did you not delete Comandante Monkey Poo's ravings in your reply?
To make a point. You see me following up to his opening of the spam is
NOT the same as him doing it originally. Weak.
Let's face it, the average idiot that posts to Usenet does not have the
brains to be an editor, not even of his own posts. You could do it and I
could do it, but why bother? Usenet is for idiots ... so let the idiots
flourish in all their glory!
By the way, a sure sign of a crank is one note Johnny. Comandante Banana
falls into that class perfectly. But he is a good natured crank, unlike some
others I have known.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
See this clue-by-four? Grasp it firmly with both hands and hit
yourself over the head with it. Repeat until the hypocrisy is pooled
around your feet. If there are any spectators, continue until they
stop laughing.
--
Louis Genou
Doer of Things
You are right, TECHNICALLY this doesn't belong in tech, so I'm
considering skipping you in the future. ;)
This is BICYCLE ACTIVISM for CYCLISTS and you call me a crank.
You waiting for Jesus too?
No matter how much you hide, the TRUTH will find you.
(The name Jack could represent anyone, particularly a Christian who
goes to church in his SUV)
The Urban Road Is A Dangerous Place
A feisty octogenarian is unrepentantly jaywalking in front of my car.
He’s got a walker, and he’s hacking away with it, as if clearing a
path through the undergrowth with a machete.
I pull to the stop and watch as he progresses toward the opposite
curb. I confess to an admiration of his guts and his energy. I think
about our society’s sedentary ways and hold this man up as an example:
We just don’t have an excuse to sit on our duffs when Jack (as I
imagine he is called) is out here, braving the urban jungle!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120579902&ps=rs
> In article <8489fdf3-5a3b-4e1b...@t11g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
> datakoll <data...@yahoo.com> writes:
> > with an open cycle forum the focal point for a wide variety of
> > religious, political, and psychological non-cycle opinions and egos
> > but thta's better than 40 posts on Gucci handbags
> > maybe.
>
> When things go off-topic I'd much rather see recipes,
> or at least household hints as to how to remove
> mustard stains, etc.
glycerol.
--
Michael Press
I'd try club soda first, & if that didn't work, I'd mix the club
soda with amaretto & orange juice & try to make the stain
not matter to me.
Brakleen and lacquer thinner fix everything.
nate
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replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
http://members.cox.net/njnagel
The yellow in prepared mustard is from turmeric, which contains a
potent, but non-UV-stable, dye. Sunshine takes it out.
My wife dyed some marching band uniforms with turmeric once... then
she hung them out to dry. Oops.
Chalo
> This is BICYCLE ACTIVISM for CYCLISTS and you call me a crank.
Your posts belong solely in the cycling newsgroup RBS since they all have to
do with safety issues involving drivers of motor vehicles. Of course, that
group is as dead as a door nail, so no one would ever read them there. But
in any event, a one note Johnny is a crank no matter where such posts go.
A few more of those carpet cleaners and you won't even see the carpet --
Sorted.
Sound advice there, ta.
--
Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle
Nothing like eating a banana when you are hungry. But don't forget it
in your pocket or your wife will get mad. You can use it for hungry
drivers too.
Listen, I don't give a shit they don't give a shit. Cyclists are
submissive beta type underdogs.
Atheists and other free thinkers will lead the way, but I hate to
leave bikers out in the dark when the only world they have known (the
jungle) is under attack with machete and all. ;)
more turkey ?