I have just read Kamilla's posting. Mr. Moderator, I know you have tried
to bend over backwards to accommodate this guy, but is really the quality
and type of discourse we want on this list? While he has not used this
language on the list itself, it is there between the lines.
I believe one of the functions of this list is to provide a forum for the
discussion of issues relating to science and religion. I expect to find
disagreement - that it a part of the scientific endeavor. But this thing
with George Hammond has gotten way out of hand. Howard suggested a while
ago to just totally ignore this guy, and quit responding to his posts.
Below is a post I originally intended for the list, but which I
accidently sent only to Hammond. I resend it now to the list.
I am reminded of the old Asian story, A Journey to the West, or Monkey,
as it is more commonly known. The main character of this story is an
audacious monkey who is rather full of himself. One of my favorite
moments in all literature is when Monkey confronts the Buddha. The
Buddha is holding Monkey in the palm of his hand. He challenges Monkey
to leap out of his hand. Monkey, in his arrogance leaps far and away
until he sees what he perceives to be a series of five mountains or
pillars. Believing himself to have left the Buddha far behind, he
"marks" one of these pillars, and returns to the Buddha's palm. He brags
to the Buddha of his feat. The Buddha tells him to turn around and look
at his fingers. Lo, there is the Monkey's "mark" on one of the Buddha's
fingers.
Measure God, Mr Hammond? I assure, one day God will be measuring you.
Indeed, I do not know what God you are measuring, but it is certainly not
the God I worship. From what I have read in your posts, it appears that
you do not know Him at all.
Mr Hammond in at least one of his posts uses the phrase humbly in
reference to himself. Jesus has taught us that a tree is known by its
fruit, and humility is a fruit I have yet to observe on the tree called
Mr Hammond. It would seem to me that, above all else, Mr Hammond
worships his almighty IQ above all else.
Let it be known that I have begun to automatically delete any post I see
originating with: from George Hammond. This being the case, I will
regrettably miss the forthcoming post in which I me and my puny intellect
are belittled.
Blaine McArthur
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"To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand."
Jose Ortega y Gasset
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