From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Oct 16 23:37:11 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 17 Oct 2001 06:37:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 95941 invoked from network); 17 Oct 2001 06:37:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 17 Oct 2001 06:37:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (64.152.7.13) by mta1 with SMTP; 17 Oct 2001 06:37:10 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f9H6b9c29574 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 02:37:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 02:37:09 -0400 (EDT) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] if lojban is logical, why are we doing the Bible? In-Reply-To: <9qj8ik+hf5u@eGroups.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 thinkit8@lycos.com wrote: > the Bible is a great source of irrationality today. from gay bashers > to creationists, i see it breed a lot of mob think and illogical > beliefs. lojban being a language for intelligent and logical people, > i would hope most or all of the users are atheist. the only reason i > see to translate the Bible is the great wealth of other languages it > has been translated into for comparison. but i suppose it > appropriate that Alice in Wonderland and the Bible are the first > major projects--both are fairy tales. do stidi tu'a ma poi nalcfika -- It's said that Mullah Omar has met two non-Muslims in his life. Others say even that's not true. Sami ul-Haq, Osama bin Laden's closest friend in Pakistan, runs the "University for the Education of Truth," a fundamentalist institution that educated and trained nine out of the Taliban's top 10 leaders.