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   "Dale Houstman"  wrote in message   
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   > Pip wrote:   
   > > "Dale Houstman"  wrote in message   
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   > >>Rhyanon wrote:   
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   > >>>Ooh, grammar lames, a sign of having no wit with which to do battle.   
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   > >>Ooh, magick, a sign of having no ability to deal with the world as it   
   is.   
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   > > Well, you forget that the "world" is not the same as it was only 50   
   years   
   > > ago.  Much less 300 years ago.  And the world that you tidily inhabit   
   now,   
   > > will not be the same one 50 years from now, much less 300 years from   
   now.   
   > > So expand your thinking.   
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   > > Pip   
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   > We're talking to people who still believe in "magick" and you think that   
   > I'm the one who has to "expand" my thinking?   
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   > Hilarious...   
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   > dmh   
      
   Depends on what you think magic is.  Magic with a K is not what I'm talking   
   about....all sorts of people believe things that are accepted in many   
   segments of the normal community.  How about ESP?  How about the way that   
   the so called paranormal is being investigated?   
   If you split up topics that others are calling magick, you will see that you   
   can talk about them.  If you want to talk about them, you have to ask   
   specific and detailed questions.   
      
   Let me ask you an off the cuff question, if I may...do you believe in god?   
   If you do, why do you?  Its one of those point of view questions that cannot   
   be proved to be true in any manner.  You have to make these kinds of   
   allowances when you are talking to people who do not share your world view.   
      
   Because you see, what you think of as mainstream really is a world view.   
   You're immersed in your own world view.   
      
   Do you believe that earth has been visited by extra terrestrial   
   intelligences?  How about the possibility of it?  Would it surprise you to   
   know that many people who believe in magick, don't believe in the   
   possibility of alien visitation?  Its not part of their world view.   
      
   Would it surprise you to know that many theories about ancient history   
   cannot be proved?  Yet they are currently accepted by most people as fact.   
   Did you know that string theory can't be proved?  Do you feel that string   
   theory is a valuable tool in understanding our physical universe?  If you   
   do, why do you?   
      
   I'm not heckling you, just making a point.  You need to expand your world.   
      
   Pip   
      
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