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To: The Philosopher who wrote (14623)	5/27/2001 1:36:02 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 82486

Christopher, it has been done before by an insane man called Skinner. pbs.org he was lampooned in "Philosophy Who Needs It" by Ayn Rand A must read sntp.net

To: The Philosopher who wrote (14623)	5/27/2001 3:00:25 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I thought you'd never ask! My observation was not my question. My request was for you to supply a breakdown on "the number of non religious communities which you have compared to the religious communities?"--this in order to justify comments you had previously made. I asked the question in good faith, as you claimed to have some understanding in the field. Here is a quote from your first link: "All the religions of the world speak about one father. I am that father come to remind his children that they should live together as one family until my grace awakens them to the one that knows no second." - Avatar Meher Baba (hardly, "non religious") Your link of about 500 links (so far as I can tell without spending my whole day) to RELIGIOUS communities, is nonresponsive (particularly in concert with your gratuitous falsehood and misdirection, to wit: "I gather you're not particularly intersted in the real facts about this, either, though, so I'll just post this for the people who might be"), and grossly and intentionally misleading and truculent. Why are you like this? All I asked you was if you had a breakdown of non religious "intentional" communities, compared to religious ones. The content of your response could have been (politely) covered by: "No, actually I don't. I did, however, come up with a list of about 500 religious communities, for those who might be interested. I think, Solon, that your suspicion of the near absence of non religious people in such communities might, indeed, be fact." That would have had correspondence with a portion of the reply you made. I must say that I find it a bad habit of yours to not concede points, nor to acknowledge agreement; rather, it seems to me, that you attempt to scramble the whole process of dialogue. Frankly, I find this wasteful and counterproductive. I do not follow your motivation, nor do I grasp your need. Anyhow, I really did not want to talk about how many religious groups are "forming" on the internet, and I certainly have no (immediate) interest in what they are about. I do not wish to offend you, but I must make the candid observation, that if you were sincerely attempting to be interesting, then your content and tone would not have taken the form of grandstanding on an evasion.