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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (28275)1/16/1999 6:35:00 PM
From: Sidney Reilly  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
Emile,
Thanks for the book info. I am going to look for it. I have seen some good documentaries on TV about it but not read any books. A scientist named Fuchs in the Manhattan Project fed a lot of info about making a bomb to the russians including the process of gaseous diffusion and other things that saved the russians billions of dollars. It is doubtful the russians could even have figured it out at all if they were not helped.

I found out something recently that is very disturbing. The Federal Reserve is a private company, not a government agency. I knew that already. But they have shares and people own shares of the Fed. Very rich people do anyhow. Well, the lions shares of stock in the Fed is controlled exclusively by jewish business interests. That is hard for me to believe but it's true so I can't ignore it.

Bob



To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (28275)1/17/1999 9:05:00 AM
From: Don Pueblo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
How about one post with no niggling nonsense. Just one, in your whole life. You can't do it, can you?



To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (28275)1/17/1999 4:53:00 PM
From: Father Terrence  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
GOD'S TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE

God would like to thank you for your belief and patronage. In order to better serve your needs, He asks that you take a few moments to answer the following questions.

Please keep in mind that your responses will remain completely confidential, and that
you need not disclose your name or address unless you prefer a direct response to
comments or suggestions.

1. How did you find out about your Deity?

___ Newspaper
___ Bible
___ Torah
___ Book of Mormon
___ Koran
___ Divine inspiration
___ Dead Sea Scrolls
___ My mama done tol' me
___ Near-death experience
___ Near-life experience
___ National Public Radio
___ Tabloid
___ Burning shrubbery
___ Other (specify): _____________

2. Which model Deity did you acquire?

___ YHVH
___ Father, Son & Holy Ghost
___ Jehovah
___ Jesus
___ Krishna
___ Zeus and entourage [Olympus Pak]
___ Odin and entourage [Valhalla Pak]
___ Allah
___ Satan
___ Gaia/Mother Earth/Mother Nature
___ God 1.0a (hairy thunderer)
___ God 1.0b (cosmic muffin)
___ None of the above; I was taken in by a false god

3. Did your God come to you undamaged, with all parts in good working order and
with no obvious breakage or missing attributes?

___ Yes
___ No

If no, please describe the problems you initially encountered here. Please indicate all that
apply:

___ Not eternal
___ Finite in space/Does not occupy or inhabit the entire universe
___ Not omniscient
___ Not omnipotent
___ Not infinitely plastic (incapable of being all things to all creations)
___ Permits sex outside of marriage
___ Prohibits sex outside of marriage
___ Makes mistakes (Geraldo Rivera, Jesse Helms)
___ Makes or permits bad things to happen to good people
___ When beseeched, doesn't stay beseeched
___ Requires burnt offerings
___ Requires virgin sacrifices
___ Plays dice with the universe

4. What factors were relevant in your decision to acquire a Deity? Please check all that
apply.

___ Indoctrinated by parents
___ Needed a reason to live
___ Indoctrinated by society
___ Needed focus in whom to despise
___ Imaginary friend grew up
___ Wanted to know Jesus in the Biblical sense
___ Graduated from the tooth fairy
___ Hate to think for myself
___ Wanted to meet girls/boys
___ Fear of death
___ Wanted to piss off parents
___ Needed a day away from work
___ Desperate need for certainty
___ Like organ music
___ Need to feel morally superior
___ Thought Jerry Falwell was cool
___ My shrubbery caught fire and told me to do it

5. Have you ever worshipped a Deity before? If so, which false god were you fooled
by? Please check all that apply.

___ Mick Jagger
___ Rajanish
___ Baal
___ The almighty dollar
___ Bill Gates
___ Left-wing liberalism
___ The radical right
___ Ra
___ Beelzebub
___ Barney T.B.P.D. [the big purple dinosaur]
___ The Great Spirit
___ The Great Pumpkin
___ The sun
___ Elvis
___ Cindy Crawford
___ The moon
___ TV news
___ Burning shrubbery
___ Other: ________________

6. Are you currently using any other source of inspiration in addition to God? Please
check all that apply.

___ Tarot
___ Lottery
___ Astrology
___ Television
___ Fortune cookies
___ Ann Landers
___ Psychic Friends Network
___ Dianetics
___ Palmistry
___ Playboy and/or Playgirl
___ Self-help books
___ Sex, drugs, rock and roll
___ Biorhythms
___ Alcohol
___ Bill Clinton
___ Tea leaves
___ est
___ CompuServe
___ Mantras
___ Jimmy Swaggart
___ Crystals (not including Crystal Gayle)
___ Human sacrifice
___ Pyramids
___ Wandering in a desert
___ Burning shrubbery
___ Barney T.B.P.D.
___ Barney Fife
___ Other:___________

7. God employs a limited degree of divine intervention to preserve the balanced level of
felt presence and blind faith. Which would you prefer? (Circle one.)

a. More divine intervention
b. Less divine intervention
c. Current level of divine intervention is just right
d. Don't know...what's divine intervention?

8. God also attempts to maintain a balanced level of disasters and miracles. Please rate,
on a scale of 1 = unsatisfactory to 5 = excellent, His handling of the following:

Disasters:
1 2 3 4 5 flood
1 2 3 4 5 famine
1 2 3 4 5 earthquake
1 2 3 4 5 war
1 2 3 4 5 pestilence
1 2 3 4 5 plague
1 2 3 4 5 spam
1 2 3 4 5 AOL

Miracles:
1 2 3 4 5 rescues
1 2 3 4 5 spontaneous remissions
1 2 3 4 5 stars hovering over jerkwater towns
1 2 3 4 5 crying statues
1 2 3 4 5 water changing to wine
1 2 3 4 5 walking on water
1 2 3 4 5 VCRs that set their own clocks
1 2 3 4 5 Saddam Hussein still alive
1 2 3 4 5 getting any sex whatsoever

9. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions for improving the quality of
God's services? (Attach an additional sheet if necessary.)

I apologize to any who may have already seen this. It's from the joke thread.

FT



To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (28275)1/17/1999 7:44:00 PM
From: Glenn  Respond to of 108807
 
Now that is one for the books.
Smiles for the inane post of the year award.
Glenn