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   Message 643 of 2,497   
   Earle Jones to Uncle Davey   
   Re: Council for Secular Humanism   
   17 Sep 04 00:58:23   
   
   XPost: sci.psychology.psychotherapy, alt.consciousness, talk.origins   
   From: earle.jones@comcast.net   
      
   In article ,   
    "Uncle Davey"  wrote:   
      
   > Użytkownik "Harry K"  napisał w wiadomości   
   > news:751f8d35.0409150531.2f9b8245@posting.google.com...   
   > > "Uncle Davey"  wrote in message   
   > news:...   
   > > > Użytkownik "Earle Jones"  napisał w wiadomości   
   > > > news:earle.jones-E1E179.10322913092004@netnews.comcast.net...   
   > > > > In article ,   
   > > > >  "Uncle Davey"  wrote:   
   > > > >   
   > > > > [...]   
   > > > >   
   > > > > > It doesn't matter how many cases of this there are in the lives of   
   > > >  people   
   > > > > > they know and even in their own lives, they will choose to ignore   
   > them   
   > > >  under   
   > > > > > the banner of rationalism.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > One time I was driving on the road and one car overtaking me like a   
   > > >  maniac   
   > > > > > had a head on collision with another car coming the other way. Both   
   > cars   
   > > > > > spun around and came to a halt in the road one in front of me and   
   > one   
   > > >  behind   
   > > > > > me, each facing back the way they came. Since the road was not broad   
   > > >  enough   
   > > > > > for them to spin around like that next to me without hitting me I   
   > could   
   > > >  not   
   > > > > > work out how it had happened, and to this day there seems only one   
   > > > > > explanation.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > Uncle Davey   
   > > > >   
   > > > > *   
   > > > > And what is that explanation, Dave?  Don't keep us in suspense.  My   
   > > > > guess would be that the molecules in you and your car just happened   
   > > > > to line up with the other car's molecules in such a way that you   
   > > > > could just pass through them unharmed.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Is that the explanation?   
   > > > >   
   > > >   
   > > > I don't think we have molecular level change prior to the Resurrection.   
   > More   
   > > > likely it was a hand of God guiding the cars around.   
   > > >   
   > > > Uncle Davey   
   > >   
   > > So why would he have guided them into each other??   
   > >   
   > > Harry K   
   > >   
   >   
   > Maybe He thought it was time they had an accident.   
      
   *   
   Maybe.   
      
   'Maybe' answers a lot of questions for you, doesn't it, Davey?   
   'Maybe' is almost as useful as 'Goddiddit' in answering complex   
   questions.  Hell, it's easier than working on a real answer.   
      
   earle   
   *   
      
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