Re: OT: Read this online... anyone have details

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:39:44 -0600, GreyCloud <cumulus@xxxxxxxx> chose
to bless us with the following wisdom:

>ed wrote:
>>
>> GreyCloud wrote:
>> > Snit wrote:
>> <snip>
>> > > A few - but it has not been the accepted view in a long time, if ever.
>> > > Heck, what shape is the world that Atlas is carrying?
>> >
>> > Remember, this was back in the dark ages.
>>
>> even in the dark ages it was widely known the earth was not flat.
>
>Then why did the pundits in Spain during Queen Isabellas
>reign use the flat earth argument so as not to spend any
>money or efforts in sailing West?

They didn't. They argued that the distance was to great for the small
ships of the day to make a successful journey.

>
>>
>> > And yet we still
>> > see a few people making references to their beliefs in the
>> > flat earth... there is a flat earth society still in
>> > existence. Silly, but still there.
>>
>> i'm not sure they still exist... charles johnson died a few years
>> back, and the society has not really been heard from much since...
>> even when they were going strong, it was a bunch of conspiracy nuts-
>> hey, wait, snit would probably have fit in well! =D
>>
>
>http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm
>
>Oh, they're there all right, just so blase these days to
>include them in any conversation. :-))
>
>> <snip>
>> > > In other words, the Telegraph reported the exact opposite of the facts<no
>> > > surprise, considering the publisher.
>> >
>> > If that is what you want to believe. Strange that Bush
>> > doesn't believe the scientists or his advisors.
>>
>> here's where the conspiracy theories that snit favors come in... =D
>>
>> <snip>
>> > Well, when you add up all of what doctors see everyday and
>> > what they have learned thru research, it is a distinct
>> > possibility. My aunt so feared cancer, that she did get it
>> > eventually, and she didn't smoke. Got it on her foot.
>> > Later it spread due to her increased fear.
>> > The thing is, I did have cancer a long time ago, so I just
>> > let go of that fear. A month later it disappeared and I did
>> > smoke several decades ago. Now I only smoke a pipe once a
>> > day and have no problems.
>> > Cigarettes are too expensive. Of course I quit smoking just
>> > to spite some shcmuck who kept borrowing a pack every
>> > monday. I quit on a Friday night and by Monday, here came
>> > the shop moocher. I told him I quit.
>> > It made me feel real good. :-))
>>
>> wow, the nuts are out in force! yeah, fear causes cancer, and letting
>> go of the fear gets rid of it!
>
>Fear is the most driving factor in illnesses. It has
>nothing to do with nuts.
>
>Ask any MD.

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