🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <kHHVXB6w165w@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us>,
system@kalki33.lakes.trenton.sc.us (Kalki Dasa) writes:
> lip@s1.gov (Loren I. Petrich) writes:
> 
>> 	Yes, I know it was snide. And you may believe that I am a
>> blockhead if you wish. But if _Back to Godhead_ contains lots of
>> things that seem silly, then one might be tempted to come up with some
>> unflattering nicknames for the publication.
> 
> True, but "seeming silly" is not really a very reliable criterion for
> making a final conclusion. One has to realize that the ancient world
> culture was full of people no stupider than those of today. Their
> science was expressed differently, but they were not fools. To
> understand what they wrote, one must accept that it does make sense.

   It's the demonstrably false stuff you've upllinked that does it for
me.  "Back to Blockhead" is almost complimentary compared to what the
misrepresentations and general bullshit you've shown us from that 
erstwhile mag deserve.

>> 	But try looking at the Moon through a small telescope sometime
>> and see if it looks like "cosmic fire".
> 
> In truth, I must say yes, the Moon does look like cosmic fire to me. So
> does the earth, for that matter.

   The same way a creationist sees a young earth; he alows his prejudice to
dictate to his eyes.  I looked at the moon last night and it looked like rock
reflecting sunlight :).  Of course since shit-for-brains tries to win arguments
by defining terms he's been using for 10 posts for the first time in a
benificial way.

   So...             ...what is "cosmic fire?"  Sunlight reflected off rock?

Dan
Danwell@IASTATE.EDU