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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* REMOVED: 23 APR 84 *******************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privatly owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 IT SEAMS TO ME THAT BEFORE THIS DISK WAS ERRASED THAT MOST PEOPLE WERE
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21 TALKING ABOUT RELIGON. WELL, NOT ONLY WAS JESUS NOT FAMOUS DURRING HIS
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22 LIFE, BUT IT ALSO WAS MORE THAN LIKE NOT HIS FOLLOWERS THAT TOLD OF HIM.
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23
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24 `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `'
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25 ...with a sigh the ancient alchemist leaned back against the forward
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26 bulkhead of the deck house and soaked up the sun and spray off the bow.
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27 It was a wonderful day and they were well on their way to find the place
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28 that the apprentice seem drawn toward. In fact he had been is a state of
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29 great excitement ever since they got underway. The piper on the other
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30 hand had been sleeping peacefully in little cat naps. He would open one
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31 eye occasionally and look around, ever on the alert to whatever
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32 opportunity might arise.
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33
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34 Now Fast Fred wasn't letting any grass grow under his feet, to use one
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35 of the local expressions. From the way he is directing the pace of the
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36 voyage, it would appear that he is assuming the role of de facto Skipper.
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37 In any case he went below to his cabin just after we got the anchor set.
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38 Not five minutes later he yelled out, "Let's get it on!", so we hauled
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39 the anchor up again and got underway. The craft has developed a strange
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40 sort of motion. What do you suppose? But I digress...we're well up
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41 river now and moving right along.
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42
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43 I wonder if the apprentice still senses our destination and how much
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44 further it might be?
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45
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46 Suddenly there in the sky headed right toward the craft was the largest
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47 silver bird that the alchemist had seen in any space-time. And the noise
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48 that it made was loud and unearthly. He started sputtering and trying
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49 to yell out warnings when one of the locals tugged on his tunic and said,
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50 "don't show your ignorance man, we're right in the glide path; they fly
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51 through here all the time." After much whispering the alchemist finally
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52 understood just what the thing was.
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53 "Oh, I see an artificial levitation device.", he said. Nothing related
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54 to the artificial insemination that seemed so popular in this era.
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55 Again on the other hand....but that's another story!
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56
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57 "Holy Magnum Opus", he suddenly called out, "Look over there on the
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58 starboard bow! What is that THING?"...
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59 `' `' `' `' `' -alchemist- `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `'
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60
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61 SETTING UP A COMPUTER BASEBALL LEAGUE.
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62
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INTERESTED? 246-xxxx...CHRIS
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63 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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64 Hearing the alchemists call, the piper stirred in his sleep. "That's not
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65 bow, behind us is the stern -- or is it amidships? Anyway, were on an inland
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66 stream, so the terms could be all different, anyway."
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67 He rolled over to look at the awe-struck alchemist pointing, then at the
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68 source of his amazement.
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69 "Oh my god!..... I sure hope he's friendly!"
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70 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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71 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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72 IT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE HOW OR WHEN JESUS BECAME SO POPULAR. HIS SPE-
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73 CIFIC MESSAGE WAS TO THE JEWISH NATION EXCLUSIVELY. THEY ARE IN FACT THE
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74 ONLY ONES HE PREACHED TO, TRYING TO GET THEM TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.
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75 EVEN THE PROPHESIES SAID THOSE WERE THE ONLY ONES HE WOULD PERSONALLY
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76 CONTACT. THE WORLD IN GENERAL WAS LEFT UP TO HIS DISCIPLES, WHICH WAS
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77 INCORPORATED IN HIS FINAL COMMAND THEM. THE AMAZING PART OF IT IS THAT
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78 HE MADE SUCH A LARGE IMPRESSION AND SUCH A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE, THAT
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79 HE BECAME WORLD RENOWNED JUST BECAUSE OF THE THINGS HE DID IN A 3 1/2
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80 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. HIS INFLUENCE ON HISTORY HAS BEEN GREATER THAN
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81 THAT OF ANY OTHER HUMAN. EVEN OUR CALENDAR IS BASED ON THE YEAR HE IS
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82 BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BORN. B.C. MEANS "BEFORE CHRIST", AND A.D. OR
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83 ANNO DIMINI, MEANS "IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD".
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84
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85 AARON: THE BIBLE DOES NOT STATE THAT EVERYTHING WAS CREATED IN 6 DAYS.
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86 DAY CAN REFER TO MANY DIFFERENT SPANS OF TIME. ONE VERSE IN THE BIBLE
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87 SAYS THAT ONE DAY WITH GOD IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS, AND ANOTHER SHOWS
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88 THAT IT'S ANOTHER INDEFINATE SPAN. EVEN AFTER LISTING EACH CREATIVE DAY
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89 IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS, IN CHAPTER 2, VERSE 4, IT LUMPS ALL THE DAYS TO-
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90 GETHER AS ONE. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THESE ARE NOT YOUR RUN OF THE MILL
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91 24 HOUR SPANS. JUST LIKE WE SAY, "IN MY FATHERS DAY," ETC. ACTUALLY
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92 EACH "DAY" OR PERIOD OF TIME WAS THOUSANDS OF YEARS LONG. WHICH CAN
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93 BE SEEN FROM THE CAMBRIAN LAYERS. ALSO, AS TO YOUR REFERENCE TO THE
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94 TRINITY, IT IS INDEED A MYSTERY. AND ALSO A MAN-MADE IDEA THAT CAME
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95 INTO RELIGION WHEN CANSTANTINE DECIDED TO MERGE CHURCH AND STATE IN
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96 AROUND 327 A.D. THE PAGAN RULERS, WHICH WORSHIPED MANY TRINITIES,
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97 MADE A PACT WITH THE SO-CALLED CHRISTIAN LEADERS AT THAT TIME. THE
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98 RESULT WAS AN ADULTERATION OF THE TWO, AND IT WAS DOWN HILL FROM
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99 THERE ON FOR THE MAJOR FACTION OF CHRISTENDOM. IN OTHER WORDS, THE
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100 BIBLE DOES NOT TEACH A TRINITY, MEN DO.
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101 AS TO THE QUESTION OF THE "CLOUD", I WILL HAVE TO ADRRESS THIS LATER,
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102 DUTY CALLS!
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103 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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104 BY THE WAY, I WOULD'NT EVEN BELIEVE THEM ABOUT THE SHROUD OF TURIN,
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105 IF THEY DID A CARBON 14 DATING OF IT. I SAW A CARBON 14 EXAM THAT
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106 HAD BEEN DONE ON A PLASTIC COMB THAT CLAIMED IT WAS MILLIONS OF
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107 YEARS OLD! PERHAPS THE MATERIALS IT WAS MADE OF WERE, BUT THE COMB
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108 CERTAINLY WASN'T, IT WAS RUBBERMIAD! SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH ARE
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109 A PART OF MY BODY AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY, COULD BE THAT OLD, BUT
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110 I HAVEN'T BEEN ME THAT LONG. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE IT THO..........
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111 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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112 ***************************************************************
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113 Deborah:
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114
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115 Jesus only preached for the Jews while the disciples preached
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116 for everyone else? Hmmmm.
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117
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118 Let me see if I understand. Jesus, who is god, preached to
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119 the Jews who ignored him, since we still have Jews. The
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120 disciples, who are mere men, preached to everyone else, who
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121 accepted the message and converted.
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122
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123 Why would people ignor god and listen to men who were saying
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124 the same thing? Particularly if the god were going around
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125 performing miricles. I don't understand how that works. Maybe
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126 you can explain.
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127 Gary
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128 *************************************************************
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129 ########################################IT WORKS BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE
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130 OUT THERE THAT REFUSE TO USE THEIR OWN ABILITIES AND DEPEND ON THE EXISTANCE
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131 OF A "GOD" TO RELIEVE THEM OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT A THINKING PERSON
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132 TAKES UPON HIM/HERSELF. AS LONG AS WE HAVE FOLKS LIKE THAT AROUND THERE
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133 WILL BE RELIGIONS OF VARIOUS SORTS FOR THE IGNORANT TO LEAN ON. AS I HAVE
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134 SAUD MANY TIMES BEFORE IF YOU WANT TO BASE YOUR LIFE ON A BUNCH OF MYTHS
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135 AND FABLES THAT IS YOUR BUSINESS BUT DON'T TRY TO CRAM IT DOWN OTHERS!!!
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136 BIBLE THUMPING IS JUST A EXCUSE FOR TRYING TO GET OTHERS INVOLVED SO THAT
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137 THOSE THAT DO IT FEEL NOT SO LONELY IN THEIR BELIEFS. NOT UNLIKE DRUG PUSHIN
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138 G, THE WAY THE USERS GET OTHERS TO USE SO THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR HABIT.
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139 YES, WHEN YOU COME RIGHT DOWN TO IT, RELIGION IS JUST ANOTHER ADICTION THAT
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140 SHOULD BE TREATED!
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141 ###################C.Y.M.###############################4/20/84 10:02am#####
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142 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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143 IS EVERYBODY READY FOR FAMILY HOME EVENING? --MOTHER
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144 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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145 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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146 Ahhh ....... The all to familiar " Religious-Philosophical " stalemate
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147 Perhaps we could streamline the discussion by developing a group of prefixes
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148 that we could include in our texts. Rating our convictions on a scale of 1-10
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149 thereby impling all the associated opinions, chapters & verse etc. ad nausum.
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150 An example : Rel.Cat.10 - Religious, Catholic, Devout
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151 This would allow those of us who feel obligated to state their beliefs to
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152 do so in a brief but concise manner. Relieving us the tedium of repetition.
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153 And allow the discussion to move on to topics where a more eclectic atmosphere
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154 will prevail.
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155 :::::::::::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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156 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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157 Alex:ATH/AG.9
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158 C.Y.M. I agree with you 99.89%!
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159 Aaron:I still do not have even .1k$ and Michael said something along the
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160 lines of "6502,ha!".
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161 ????????
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162 Holy ****,that thing is huge!! uh,perhaps someone magicly inclined`could do
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163 SOMETHING before that`thing EATS us!!!
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164 Poet:stop drinking`that right NOW!
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165 The Man in Gray
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166 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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167 ----------------------------------------------------------------
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168 Hello,did any of you folks see the newspaper article about the kid who was
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169 cured of`cancer by court-ordered chemotheripy? the parrents claim that god
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170 would have saved her and that fait` was the only thing she needed.
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171 her father also stated`"doctors take the credit for what god does"
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172 I personaly think he is fulla crap.
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173 how about you,Deborah,what do you think of this man's conviction that would
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174 have let his daughter die?
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175 CYM`and Man in Gray:More power to you!!
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176 `` -shtoner
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177 --------
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178 Hawthorne: SJ Games is going to be setting up chapters of AADA! try
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179 contacting them.
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180 Aaron: by phone I'm limited to 300 baud. Otherwise I can send recieve
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181 Christensen protocol at up to 19200 baud.
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182 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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183
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185 TO THE BARD, OURS THAT IS;
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186 THE LAST MESSAGE ON THE OLD DISK WAS ADVISING YOU TO LOOK AT
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187 ADQ V1N1 AND ASKING YOU TO TELL ME IF YOU GOT SAID MESSAGE.
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188 WELL YOU DIDNT.WE ARE AS O NOW STILL TRYING TO
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189 BASIS OF THE NORTHWESTERN OREGON AUTODUELING ASSOCIATION DONE.
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190 WE TRIED THE TRIPLE AAA FOR A SPONSOR BUT NO GO.SO WE MIGHT
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191 NOT GET ONE ANYWAY BUT IF WE GET A LARGE ENUF CONSTITUANCY IT
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192 WONT REALLY MATTER.
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193
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194 TO AARON;
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195 WHY DIDNT YOU CALL?
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196
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197 TO ANYONE;
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198 IF PRAYER CAN BE FORCED IN SCHOOLS CAN SPELLING BE FORCED
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199 IN MASS?
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200
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201 HAWTHORNE
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203 ============================================================================
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204 I ONCE SUPPORTED A PROPOSAL TO FORCE SPELLING IN MASSACHUSSETS. IT FAILED BY
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205 A NARROW MARGIN. COULDN'T GET TEDDY KENNEDY TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE OF HIS
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206 POLITICAL DEBT TO THE ILLITERACY LOBBY. DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY TRYING TO
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207 FORCE PRAYER IN SCHOOL BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. IT'D MAKE THE LITTLE
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208 BASTARDS MORE WHOLESOME. I KNOW GOD WOULD VOTE FOR IT. ASSUMING, OF COURSE,
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209 THAT GOD CAN BE ALLOWED TO VOTE WITHOUT VIOLATING SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND
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210 STATE. MAX
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211 ============================================================================
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212 I BET C.Y.M. IS THE UN-NAMED RELIGIOUS BIGOT THAT WAS REFERED TO EARLIER.
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213 DID I GUESS RIGHT? - MAX
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214 ============================================================================
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215 BANG! The Ninja took out the bridge strait ahead.
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216 He spun around as the voices around him shouted something about a
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217 sea monster. He looked out the port window and turned pale.
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218 "I don't think I can hurt that with ordinary torpedos. I want
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219 my Mommy."
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220 The Ninja
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221 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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222 BARD: I FOLLOWED THAT SOMEWHAT, ON THE GIRL, AND IT OUTRAGED ME. THERE
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223 IS NO SCRIPTURAL SUPPORT TO THIS FAITH HEALING BUSINESS.......AND THAT
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224 IS EXACTLY WHAT IT HAS BECOME........BIG BUSINESS! THE ONLY ACCOUNTS IN
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225 THE BIBLE WERE DONE BY JESUS OR THE APOSTLES AUTHORITY. MANY CALL THESE
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226 MIRICLES. BUT MANY THINGS THAT ARE COMMON PLACE TO US WOULD HAVE BEEN
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227 MIRACLES 20 YEARS AGO.
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228 GARY: I CAN TRY..........LET'S SAY THAT A MAN IN PORTLAND CAME FORWARD,
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229 AND STARTED SAYING AND DOING THE SAME THINGS JESUS DID. WOULD YOU LISTEN?
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230 I DON'T THINK I WOULD. LET'S SAY THIS MAN STOOD ON THE SREET CORNER AND
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231 IN FRONT OF THE CHURCHES AND CLAIMED THAT THIS WHOLE SYSTEM OF RELIGION
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232 AND GOVERNMENT (athiests and agnostics included, there were many then as
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233 now) WAS GOING DOWN THE TUBES. IN FACT, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE REPLACED
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234 BY ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT, AND ONE RELIGION, AND HE WAS GOING TO BE KING.
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235 THEN HE PROCEDED TO DO SOME AMAZING THINGS FOR THREE OR SO YEARS. WELL?
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236 ALSO, JESUS WAS NOT GOD, HE WAS GOD'S SN.
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237 SON THAT IS.
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238 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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239 P.S. C.Y.M., MY YOU HAVE MELLOWED-OUT A LITTLE. EVERYONE HAS A RELIGION.
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240 EVEN IF IT'S SCIENCE. BOTH NEED LESSONS IN TOLERANCE.
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241
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242 I DONT EXACTLY THINY YOU CAN CALL ALGEBRA OR TRIGONOMETRY A
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243 RELIGION.BUT THEN AGAIN CAN YOU CALL EINSTEIN GOD?HOWZABOUT WE
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244 JUST GIVE IT ALL UP CALL FRED FLITSTONE GOD AND DINO JESUS?WHY
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245 GO THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF?HUH?
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246 THE PASTOR P-R5
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248 @ @ @ @@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
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249 @ @@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@@@@@@@ @@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
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250 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ @ @ @ @@@ @@ @@@@@@ @ @@@ @@
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251 @ @ @ @ @@ @@ @ @ @ @ @ @@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
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252
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253
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254 BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!
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255 -- MOTHER
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256 (MIMICERY IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF COMPLEMENTS --MOMY)
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257
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259
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260 C.Y.M.: MORE POWER TO YOU!!! I AGREE ON YOUR POINTS ABOUT BASING
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261 YOUR LIFE ON MYTHS. I HAVE AN AVERSION TO RELIGION INDIRECTLY FROM
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262 MY GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY DEVOUT. SO DEVOUT, IN FACT, I DISLE
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263 HAVING TO TRAVEL OR SUCHLIKE WITH THEM. THEY TRULY FIT THE DESCRIPTION
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264 OF 'CREEPING CHRISTIAN'. (TO OTHER CHRISTIANS, I AM TRULY SORRY FOR THIS
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265 REMARK, BUT I AM DESCRIBING MY GRANDPARENTS ONLY.
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266
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267 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{MAX: DON'T CALL OTHERS
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268 BIGOTS, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE OUR PREJUDICES.
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269 SOME PEOPLE ARE PREJUDICE AGAINST BLACKS, ASIANS, JEWS, HOMOSEXUALS, ETC..
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270 DON'T TRY TO TELL ME YOU HAVE NO PREJUDICE AGAINST ANYTHING (AFTER ALL,
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271 WE'RE ONLY HUMAN......)
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272 UNBELIEVER
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273 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{
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274 Hi. I'm real and since I'm omnipresent I have to hear everything you
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275 say and read everything you type, and I'd just like to ask you all to
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276 stop talking about me. Now. I mean it.And I don't favor prayer in schools.
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277 The idea for a moment of silence was the one I liked. There isn't enough
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278 silence these days.
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279 God
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280 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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281
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282 The Poet, having cleared his system of all solid matter, was sleeping peacefully in the fitful sunshine on deck.
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283 Every thing was fine, just fine. FINEFinefinefinefine. The strange food that Graymalkin had given him was long
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284 gone, and he was feeling Very Relaxed. As he was almost asleep, he began hearing voices, shouting something. Sitting
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285 up to see better, he saw a large nacreous green shape looming out of the water on the starboard side, looking for
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286 all the world like a gigantic Bolo.
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287 "Gimme that!" Yelled the Poet, as he yanked a bottle of beer from the fingers of one of his less-conscious
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288 companions. He raised it too his lips, only to find it intercepted by graymalkin, Who proved the depth of his
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289 friendship by immediately drinking it.
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290 "Thanks."
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291 "Think nothing of it."
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292 "I won't."
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293 How can we get out of this, he thought, eyeballing the nearest shore.
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294 && The Mad Actor &&
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295 "!#!"#(!)#+(!")$<("#!)%($!#)%&=&>(#$)&>(%#)&>(%)>&(%)&>(%#)>&(#%)&>(#%
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296 "Yea...mutha" ...
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297 Aaron...M F & E and I will be there. I am going downtown to work, and we are
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298 going to walk (if the weather fits) over to the library. Your description
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299 of the newest use of Crappodore 64 was like a breath of fresh O3. At last
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300 a use for a computer of such stature. I have been using a discarded apple II
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301 as a kitty litter box for some time now, but I must admit the roll-over
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302 device takes the cake. Regarding the history of Portland computing, not much
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303 chance of a change. The club has been going since sometime in '78 at the
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304 current days and times, so a change is not likely. Maybe I can make arrangements
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305 sometime soon. I'll talk to you more about this matter at a later time. What about this chess? Are you afraid to take
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306 on the champ of harold street? huh? huh? By the way, I think this can of
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307 worms you opened here is going to lead to violence. Say...aren't you the one
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308 who started the debate of gun control? What's next...homophobia? whoops!
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309 Leonard...I got the message too late...Did this cause a problem?
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310 #!"#!"$#!"$!"$
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311 Well since no one seems to give a hoot for the occult diversion of our latest
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312 adventure, I guess I'll drop the whole idea, and be another onlooker while some green sea monster eats us alive.
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313 What a life!?! I'd rather be preached at in the north park blocks on
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314 a sunny summer day!
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315 !#"$#")($"#)$ L'homme sans parity, garder son sang-froid %$#%(#$)%(#$)%#$%#$5
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316 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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317 I just recently discovered this system not too long ago and I want to say that
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318 this is the most INTERESTING BBS I have ever been on (quite a few). Now, does
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319 anyone want to play a game of chess?
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320
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321 Milchar
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322 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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324
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325 I have noticed most of the commentators on this BBS use a term incorrectly and, I am sure unintentionally, misleadingly:
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326 the word 'myth'. Myth refers to a system of belief. It doesn't make any judgement on the truth or validity of the
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327 system of belief or individual facets of the system. In other words, it is proper to refer to the Christian myth
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328 as well as an Atheistic myth. I immagine that most of you are using the word
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329 myth in a perjorative sense. Don't corrupt a very useful and meaningful word
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330 by missusing it. The English language contains many useful words and expressions that will serve much better.
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331 Is nothing sacred!?!
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332 Herr Bach
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333 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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334
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335 ON THE TERM 'MYTH'
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336 IF YOU ACCEPT YOUR DEFINITION
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337 WHY DOESNT THE ENCYCLOPEDIA LIST
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338 CHRISTIANITY AS A MYTH?/
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339 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZIPSTER!!!!!
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340 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 20 Apr 84 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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341 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 22:22 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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342 A tease sprinkle from the mischievious clouds of spring glistened on
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343 her hair as she dashed into the Inn, laughing at the vagrancies of weather,
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344 out of breath from carefree dancing. Approaching the counter where the
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345 Innkeeper stood with woeful eyes cast at the doorway, she swung a bulging
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346 cloth sachet and upended it before him. Strawberries, plump and brilliant,
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347 tumbled out in gorgeous abundance, and she laughed in delight at his look
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348 of surprise.
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After tarrying long, exchanging pleasantries with the
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349 Innkeeper, she addressed her steps expectantly to a certain front table
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350 upon which lay a sheaf of freshly-inked parchment. There, at the very
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351 top was--"Pam?!" she exclaimed, whirling around to quiz the Innkeeper
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352 beseechingly, who shrugged his shoulders in bewilderment and pulled a
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353 long face. So the girl gathered up the papers and wandered outside, rapt
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354 in her reading, unconciously brushing her dew-kissed curls away from her
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355 eyes and plucking her rustling skirst aside from the greenery that sought
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356 to anoint them with droplets, glittering in the frail sunlight.
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357
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The sunlight had begun to wane again when she burst out indignantly
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358 "Ach--'no room for intellect'?! We'll see about that!" Dropping into
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359 silence, she continued reading, chuckling occasionally, merely nodding
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360 at other times, then: "O ho, Aaron, so you think it isn't arguable--?"
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361 Later a delicate frown wrinkled her eyebrows, and she murmered something
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362 about "abusive" several times...a wry smile crept in place of the frown as
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363 one attempted to pigeon-hole the opinions..."Hmph, the old strategies:
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364 'Crush the opposition by a show of force!' 'Belittle to make oneself
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365 large in comparison'!" On the last page, her eyebrows suddenly arched
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366 like a stretching cat and she reached for her befeathered pen...but
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367 the rain came pelting down with undue abrubtness, and she fled from the
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368 sky that had darkled, finding shelter at the Backwater, her beloved Inn.
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369 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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370 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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371 Smiling wickedly, the piper realized just how to defeat the great sea monster
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372 that had overtaken them. "Hey!! You!!"
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373 The beast had moved quite near the craft and was looking in at about the
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374 piper's head level.
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375 "Uuaarooorgaaa, whooo, meee?"
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376 The great beast looked rather nonplussed for a moment.
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377 "Whaaat dooo youuu waaaant diiinneeeer?"
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378 "Two things, really. First, could you shorten your vowels a little? Second,
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379 what are your religious convictions? Is there a God? If not who created us?"
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380 As the piper spoke, a look of interest entered the beasts eyes. "Aaw come
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381 on now. If I bite on that one, you're going to pull the old line about who
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382 created the creator aren't you? Whaddaya think I was born yesterday?"
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383 The piper smiled. It was working. Now if he could just keep this great
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384 beast interested... He called to his companions, "Didn't6y we bring a few
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385 barrels of that brew? Bring a couple up for my buddy here. We're getting
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386 involved in a religious arguement. But for God's (actual or hypothetical)
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387 sake, don't get this guy mad!"
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388 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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389 `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `'
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390 "Brilliant, absolutely brilliant, piper. Dazzle it with your logic and see
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391 if it can be netted in a tightly woven paradox. This same discussion has
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392 been known to tie up some incredible intellect into babbling trivia. One
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393 thing though, assuming it is masculine may be an unwarranted assumption.
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394 Another item that may be of interest to you; I discovered a description
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395 of a similar beast, if not the same one, in an ancient book of myths."
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396
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397 The alchemist felt that myth was in much the same category as style. It
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398 was sometimes difficult to define but as he was sometimes heard to say,
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399 "Maybe I can't define it but I know it when I see IT."
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400
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401 "L'homme, the trouble with that stuff is that it is all too frequently
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402 attempted by amateurs. The danger is that it might work."
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403
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404 "It appears that the apprentice may have been leading us on a wild
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405 monster chase that may get our goose cooked, if we aren't careful.
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406 If the piper can keep that rascal calm and the Ninja doesn't irritate
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407 it with that pop gun again there may be some hope. I'll try to get
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408 the multi-phase transmuter working again. That coupled in phase with
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409 the playing of the pipes and maybe a chant or two from the Mad Actor
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410 might just transport all of us out of danger and back to the INN."
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411 `' `' `' `' `' -alchemist- `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `' `'
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412 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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413 CYM: Alright, lets get some things straight. So you are an athiest, so what?
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414 Is this supposed to impress me any more than my being a christian bothers you?
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415 I would like to believe that the religious freedom we are supposed to be
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416 gaurrenteed in this country can be extended to debates here without the need
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417 to resort to name-calling. I was DEEPLY offended by your earlier remarks. Is
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418 it really nessesary to condemn others just because they don't play the
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419 game to your rules? I
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420 would like you to go back to your earlier message, and think of how a message
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421 to the reverse would make you feel. Just because we are of different beliefs
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422 dosent make either of us non-humans. Try to give your next message a little
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423 thought before you attack anyone about anything.
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424 Bo
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425 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=--
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426 #######################################
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427 BO: Sorry if your skin is so thin, but as the saying goes if the shoe fits wear it!
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428 It is not my intention to offend anyone but if your stance on the subject at hand ids
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429 such that you are offended then it is not my doing but your own.I firmly believe that if we
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430 "athiests" were to stand on street corners and knock on doors in various neighborhoods
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431 expousing our beliefs and trying to convert you all
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432 to them then you would have a right to complain about us. I don't, however, see that happening.
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433 Nor do we squander the wealth of the people on huge 'tenples' and boondoggles in the guise
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434 of helping our fellow man. When I do something for someone I do it in my own name and not in the
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435 name of some non-existent psuedo being that others use as an excuse for their misdeeds.
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436 ##############C.Y.M.################################4/21/84 10:24 am############
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437 RXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXR
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438 TO: HERR BACH RE: MYTH DEFINITION
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439 HOW COME MY DICTIONARY DOESN'T AGREE WITH YOUR DEFINITION OF MYTH?
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440 NOR FO THAT MATTER WITH THE USE I HAVE SEEN. AFTER ALL, IT IS THE
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441 USE OF A WORD THAT CREATES ITS DEFINITION, NOT THE WORD ITSELF.
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442 1. A TRADITIONAL STORY SERVING TO EXPLAIN SOME PHENOMENON, CUSTOM, ECT.
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443 2. ANY FICTITIOUS STORY, PERSON, OR THING.
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444 (AS OPPOSED TO LEGEND; A STORY OR BODY OF STORIES HANDED DOWN FOR
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445 GENERATIONS AND POPULARLY REGARDED AS HISTORY.)
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446 XRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRX REX XRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXRXR
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447
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448 HOWZABOUT WE JUST CALL DINO JESUS AND FRED GOD?
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449 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZIPSTERRRR
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450
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451 ABOUT QUOTE UNQUOTE THE CRUSADES OF REVEREND GRAHAM AND
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452 THE QUOTE UNQUOTE APPEALS OF REVEREND JERRY FALLWEL;
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453
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454 WHAT WOULD THEY SAY IF AN ATHEYIST WAS RAKING IN 56.4 MILL
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455 ION A YEAR IN THE NAME OF THE MINISTRY? OR IF OLD LADIES WHO
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456 WERE EATING DOG FOOD SENT IN A CHECK FOR $33.42 (THE SOCIAL
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457 SECURITY ALLOWANCE)? THEY WOULD
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458 RAISE HELL AND GET SOMEONE TO ;ISTEN TO THEIR STORY.WHICH AT
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459 THIS TIME IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY BODY ELSE TO DO.ONE WORD FRO RVD. GRAHAM AND EVERY AGNOSTIC
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460 OR ATHEYIST IS DRAGGED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND HUNG BY PIANO
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461 WIRE ,BY QUOTE UNQUOTE LOYAL CHRISTIANS.
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462 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZIPYYYYYYYY
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463 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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464 The man in the dark cloak enters the Inn unnoticed and
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465 quietly moves to the back of the Inn. Sitting alone at a small
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466 table in the rear. Slowly sipping the drink that the Innkeeper
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467 brought him, he sadly thinks back on what had elapsed. If only
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468 his poor ability to express himself had been even a trifle
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469 better, perhaps? Who is to say? Yet she has been gone for such
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470 a long time, how can he not feel that he has somehow caused her
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471 to leave or to not desire his company anymore? The most precious
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472 of all things a very dear friendship, and through his own
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473 ignorance he has thrown it away. With an angry sweep of his arm
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474 he knocks the glasses from the table crashing them to the floor.
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475 Then collapsing in a heap upon the now cleared table he quietly
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476 sobs to himself "Oh Emer... What have I done?"
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477 X Tarn X
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478 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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479 OF
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480 *************************************************************:
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481 WELL! THE RAIN SURE DOES INCREASE BUSINESS! IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE
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482 IS RUSHING INSIDE TO GET UNDERCOVER. EVEN 'D' IS HERE WELCOME
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483 DEAR LADY! YES, PAM WAS HERE, BUT SEEMS TO HAVE FLEED AGAIN.
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484 (WHY DO I FEEL LIKE A HIT AND RUN VICTIM?) [SIGH...]
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485 I HOPE THE RAIN ISN'T KEEPING HER AWAY. THERE IS SO MUCH
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486 TO PICK AND CHOOSE FROM IN THE INN AT THE MOMENT, SURLY SOMETHING
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487 WOULD CATCH HER EYE? AND WHAT OF YOU D? THOUGH YOU HAVE MADE YOUR
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488 PRESENCE KNOWN, WILL YOU ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CROWD? AFTER ALL,
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489 MANY HERE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
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490 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY (?) *******************************
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491 && && &&
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492 "Excuse me, but I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. I've been looking for a new viewpoint for a long
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493 time on the question of the validity of 'Cogito, ergo Sum'. What is your opinion?" Having spoken this, the Poet
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494 immediately stopped listening. He knew of this one's type-- the serpent/creature was one of the long-winded
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495 inarticulate ones, give them a subject and they talk for hours without saying anything. He'd run across a lot of
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496 that sort here...maybe it's the water, he thought, that'd explain the big green gabber there. I hope someone els
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497 can distract him long enough to go throw up again... maybe if I can get MiG to do it I can sneak a drink only ONE
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498 couldn't hurt if it's a LITTLE one just to make my head stop HURTING so much I can't take this POUNDING much longer
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499 and this beast's VOICE is anNOYing...
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500 Gracefully (as always) the Poet slid to the deck, his last conscious thought...
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501 *OHMIGHOD! It's a deadly Bore!*
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502 && The Mad Actor &&
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503 ************************************************************************************************
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504 HI!MY NAME IS SARAH AND I'M NEW HERE.UH BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.POR
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505 TLAND HAS SOME NICE BOARDS AND THIS ONE IS CERTAINLY NO EXCEPT ION.THIS IS THE BEST SYSCOMPAK
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506 THAT I HAVE SEEN.WELL I HAVE TO GO NOW,I'LL BE WATCHING.
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507 ************************************************************************************************
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508 TO SARAH: WHATS YOUR LAST NAME AND JUST WHY HAVENT YOU BEEN
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509 NOTICED ON OTHER SYSTEMS.ITS NICE TO MEET YOU IN ANY CASE.
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510 HAWTHORNE
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511 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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512 Barge sighted and destroyed with torpedo. Good shot!
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513 The Ninja
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514 ++++====================================================++++
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515
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516 One thousand pardons to one and all for my improper definition of the word
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517 'myth'. I stand corrected. Now for you higher mathematicians out there:
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518
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519 Consider this:
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520
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521 777
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522 77
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523
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524 Look familiar?
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525
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526 Also, I too would like a change of topic, a breath of fresh air. Anybody
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527 for a discussion of the history of 'go' or 'gomoku'? I'll be watching!
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528
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529 Herr Bach
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530 (=================================================================)
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531 CERTAINLY NOT I:GOMOKU INDEED!
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532 HAVE YOU NO SHAME? WE ARE
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533 DISCUSSING THE TOPICS THAT HAVE
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534 NO DEFINATE AND COMPLETELY ACCE-
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535 PTIBLE ANSWER AND YOU WANT TO
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536 TAKE UP PRECIOUS SPACE WITH GO!
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537 I HAVE LOST ANY(AND THERE WAS
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538 NOT TO MUCH IN ANY CASE) RESPECT
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539 FOR YOU.I VOTE THAT WE HIRE SOME
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540 ONE AND HAVE YOU KILLED.WE CAN
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541 DO THAT YOU KNOW.THERE ARE
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542 PEOPLE YOU CAN HIRE TO KILL
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543 OTHER PEOPLE.TRUST ME I KNOW.
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544 SICERELY,
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545 RVD. RONALD J. HODGEKISS III
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547
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568 I am jarred from a deep sleep, or something which resembles sleep, by
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569 an annoying buzzing in my head. Shaking my head, and pulling myself
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570 to my feet, my vision clears, and I am in a strange place. Where??
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571 I see a sign. "THE INN". Perchance there is someone there who may be
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572 able to explain what has happened. I stagger into the place, and
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573 find it inhabited by many whom I seem to know from somewhere else....
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574 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z?Z/Z/Z/Z/Z//Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/////
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575 This is XENON:
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576 I have a rather athiest view of GOD... My belief is that religeon was
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577 created to control those who cannot control themselves, to give will
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578 to those who have none, and to guide man through time as a group, not
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579 a wild animal. Religeon was created by some geniuuses who organized
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580 z|2mankind...
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581 And becuase of the need of man to follow a group, religeon formed,
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582 and those who had no will became part of the group, and those who had
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583 will were hunted down by the group and muredered as wiches, and devils
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584 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/ XENON /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/
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585
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586 ZZZZZZZipsterrrr: I second the motion!!
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587 Except maybe Dino should be God.(Ya Know Animals were here first!!)
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588 ????????????????????????????????????????
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589
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590 TO: HEDRA HELIX
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591
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592 Your a Denibian Slime Devil!!!
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593 I saw your message. You're a wimp!!!
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594 That "scene" would most likely be the
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595 other way around, SLIME!!!!!!
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596
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597 The Doctor
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598
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599 ????????????????????????????????????????
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600 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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601 At The Inn, Milchar ponders his predicament. 'I think I will go in a spiral
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602 pattern, flying about, until I sight a landmark I know.'
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603
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604 Suddenly, he hears a psychic voice talk about religion and a man's size.
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605
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606 'I think that will be a priority.' he muses to himself. He begins to trace
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607 mystic runes in the air again, and the silver fire is at it's highest when
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608 he says,
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609
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610 "Rotation Alters the Mind"
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625 it would follow, Zenon, that you are devoutly religious...
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626 MILCHAR: depends if mind is rotations independently of skull or not, or on
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627 the particular mystic you follow.. (above word "rotating", please) whirl on.
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628 Aaron
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