Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 09:21:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Drew Bittner <drewbitt at yahoo.com> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Newton or einstein? To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> --- Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Drew Bittner" <drewbitt at yahoo.com> > To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:20 AM > Subject: [WSFA] Re: Newton or einstein? > > > --- Ernest Lilley <elilley at mindspring.com> wrote: > > > Ted Said: "Cause-and-effect, rationally applied, > led > > > to every major > > > superstition/religion, you know. I burn a > virgin at > > > the stake and it > > > rains, a deluge that breaks the drought. Cause > and > > > effect!" > > > > > > Ah so you're of the let's throw the baby out > with > > > the bathwater school? The > > > virgin thing should fall apart with the > application > > > of a little scientific > > > method, assuming one could find a valid > population > > > for testing. > > > > > > Ernest Lilley > > > > Suppose we start with test groups of virgins, > recently > > deflowered virgins and "women of easy virtue"... > :) > > You guys! So sexist! There *are* male virgins too, > you know.... > > --Ted White As in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"-- it's just a model... :) __________________________________