Godot 149 Posted January 22, 2006 Yep God that's not you. You don't exist. It said so in the letters page of today's Sunday Telegraph of all places. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 22, 2006 God that's not you. You don't exist. It said so in the letters page of today's Sunday Telegraph of all places. Must be true, then. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted January 22, 2006 "If everything must have a cause, then God must have a cause. If, however, we can conceive of something happening without a cause it might just as well be the universe as God," says Mr O'Brien from Gwent in the Sunday Telegraph. I guess he should know. God didn't write the Bible. It was a committee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest_God Posted January 23, 2006 I think therfore I am! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted January 23, 2006 I think therfore I am! Not according to Mr O'Brien who seems a little better informed than you are. He's from Gwent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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beebee 1 Posted March 11, 2006 Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers by Harry Harrison. The best book ever written, it has everything. Comedy, romance, pathos, death, adventure, you name it. A bit like Mr. Nonsense, in fact. i thought his "bill, the galactic hero" was much better. and it has pictures, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted March 11, 2006 I read "The DaVinci Code" a few weeks ago. An hour of my life I won't get back I wonder what Dan Brown would think if he knew that Mr B reads it on the lavatory? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted March 11, 2006 I read "The DaVinci Code" a few weeks ago. An hour of my life I won't get back I wonder what Dan Brown would think if he knew that Mr B reads it on the lavatory? I just started reading it this afternoon, fell asleep after the first 50 pages but i'll put that down to having a cold. I finished Trueman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' last night, an excellent book that I highly recommend, although I do have a morbid interest in murder which I blame on reading a book on Bernard Spilsbury when I was a teenager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newfie 0 Posted March 11, 2006 I've just finished getting through a few things: -"The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB In Europe And The West" -- Vasili Mitrokhin and Christopher Andrew -"The Mitrokhin Archive II: The KGB And The World" -- Vasilit Mitrokhin and Christopher Andrew -"Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer" -- Victor Cherkashin and Gregory Feifer -"Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey" -- ed. Karen Wilkin ..and finally, I reread "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harvester Of Souls 40 Posted March 11, 2006 This has always been my favourite... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted March 12, 2006 I read this book last week, perhaps a poignant fictional memory of something that happened 65 years ago this week, but an engrossing, sad and humorous read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted March 12, 2006 I just finished reading a book called Death of an Outsider by MC. Beaton. Great story! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M Busby Airlines 7 Posted March 12, 2006 I read "The DaVinci Code" a few weeks ago. An hour of my life I won't get back I wonder what Dan Brown would think if he knew that Mr B reads it on the lavatory? I just started reading it this afternoon, fell asleep after the first 50 pages but i'll put that down to having a cold. I finished Trueman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' last night, an excellent book that I highly recommend, although I do have a morbid interest in murder which I blame on reading a book on Bernard Spilsbury when I was a teenager. Spilsbury,recommended,the innocence of forensics.From Hanratty to Moors murderers,via Jamaica.Capote,never tried,seen the TV ,will make an effort.Just for Windsor. Da Vinca read a couple of weeks ago - nothing spectacular. Each to his/her own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
in eternum+ 22 Posted March 12, 2006 Am pleasantly surprised to find this thread revived, as I was recently thinking of posting in it. Thank goodness it hadn't been deleted as irrelevant... I am just finishing Mary Roach's latest contribution to Popular Science, entitled Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, which is her sequel to Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavres, as aforediscussed in this thread. I find her latest book as well-written as her former, and given that I know her research on the former to be quite thorough, I am confident in her research of the latter. I enjoy her writing (even though she's a journalist); I find it both informative and entertaining as anything which falls under the rubric of "Popular" should be. This one's all about the various "scientific" tests which have been undertaken over the years, with the aim of discovering whether or not there is a soul. As I began this book, I found her writing ever-so-slightly OTT, but then as I got into it, I began to enjoy it more, and must admit that I find her writing style pleasurable to read. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in a general overview of the subject. As noted above, I trust her research, and would therefore also recommend the bibliography as, at least, a good starting point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted March 12, 2006 In Eternum, assuming I was to opt not to read it could you give me a brief insight into the the main point, i.e. does she reckon there's an afterlife? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted March 12, 2006 I finished Trueman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' last night, an excellent book that I highly recommend.. His sidekick, Harper Lee, has to be knocking on a bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted March 12, 2006 I finished Trueman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' last night, an excellent book that I highly recommend.. His sidekick, Harper Lee, has to be knocking on a bit. How to kill a novelist?... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boudicca 702 Posted March 12, 2006 How to kill a novelist?... To Kill a Novelist Well done, BS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted March 12, 2006 I finished Trueman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' last night, an excellent book that I highly recommend.. His sidekick, Harper Lee, has to be knocking on a bit. Actually, she just made a recent (or at the time I posted the article it was recent anyhow) appearance that I noted here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
in eternum+ 22 Posted March 13, 2006 In Eternum, assuming I was to opt not to read it could you give me a brief insight into the the main point, i.e. does she reckon there's an afterlife? Well mpfc, I would say that she does a reasonably good job of pursuing the investigation objectively. However, I would also say that she has a fairly low opinion about a lot of the experiments/research she discusses. Or maybe it's less a 'low opinion' and more 'skepticism'. Quite possibly both. With about five pages left to read, my impression is that she does not believe any of the existing research (aka the stuff she's looked into) is conclusive evidence of an afterlife/soul. Whether or not she believes that there actually is an afterlife/soul, well... she does not commit herself either way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted March 13, 2006 Cheers I may still read it, thought 'Stiff' an absolute page turner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 13, 2006 I know it's very sad and square - but I'm reading a biography of the King of Tonga by Amaraki Taulahi. It's actually very good, the King's Mother, Queen Salote was quite a charactor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
