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   From: phildoran@xtra.co.nz   
      
   "palmer.william"  wrote in message   
   news:bV7Ab.33070$102.31509@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com...   
   >   
   > "Azul Funk"  wrote in message   
   > news:xm6Ab.18575$bC.12015@clgrps13...   
   > > Billy,   
   > > With all due respect, Philosophy transcends Science. Your question about   
   > the   
   > > five nearest stars and the planets that surround them is nothing more   
   than   
   > > mental masturbation - an expanded geology question. You might as well   
   have   
   > > asked the capitol of Uraguay: It doesn't matter.   
   >   
   > Of course it matters.   It sounds as if you are arguing that   
   > ignorance produces profound philosophical concepts.   
   > It does not.  The people I trust most these days have at   
   > least a glimmer of  understanding as to exactly how   
   > ignorant every human being is regarding his or her   
   > physical surroundings, be they near or far.    I DOUBT   
   > that you would accept gratuitous spiritual and/or   
   > philosophical advice from someone who was convinced   
   > that the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it, so why   
   > do you argue that the ignorance of the posters is not an   
   > issue here?   
   >   
   > > "palmer.william"  wrote in message   
   > > news:124Ab.32944$tQ4.27140@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com...   
   > > >   
   > > >  "Gene Royer"  wrote in message   
   > > >  news:vsqdbo8csmv3e0@corp.supernews.com...   
   > > >  >   
   > > >  > "Gaiawar"  wrote in message   
   > > >  > The Greeks had a plethora of words for love, and I won't bore you   
   > with   
   > > >  them.   
   > > >  > But when it boils down to the final point where language fails our   
   > > > ability   
   > > >  > to express, we are limited to the weak human pronouncements that   
   Love   
   > > >  > fulfills law, and God is love.  That is as far as our language can   
   > take   
   > > >  us.   
   > > >  > And we are left with it yet to ponder:  How can that be?   
      
   The Maori word "aroha" may not be exactly translatable, but it is a   
   wonderful thing to feel surround one. I'm Pakeha (European) but I've felt   
   something of it.   
   > > >   
   > > >  I'll tell you how it can be.   It can be for the same   
   > > > reason you seem to overflow with wisdom without   
   > > > being the least aware of the nature of even the   
   > > > physical world around you.    Er, out of the billions   
   > > > of stars in this galaxy alone, name the five stars   
   > > > nearest earth and tell me how many planets each   
   > > > one has.   You can't do it, Geno.   Maybe one-tenth   
   > > > of one-percent  of the populartion of this planet can   
   > > > name the five  nearest stars (out of many billions,   
   > > > remember) but  no one knows at  this time how many   
   > > > planets surround those stars.   You are sitting here   
   > > > smugly on the outskirts of the Milky Way--okay, point   
   > > > to the center.  NOW!.   You don't have a clue, do you?   
   > > > And you have no clue about the nature of the  center   
   > > > either.  So exactly how is it that retarded denizens of a   
   > > > hick planet are going to be able to answer profound   
   > > > questions regarding the meaning of life, love, etc.?   
   > > > They aren't, Geno.   All they can do is masticate their   
   > > > gums the way you and Gaiawar are doing.   
   > > >   
   > > >   
   > > > the alt.genius.bill-palmer.whee   
   > > > --firing posts at passersby at random from a   
   > > > window in an office upstairs from rec.arts.prose   
   > > > >   
   > > > > --Geno   
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