Unsolicited mail

[GrayPilgrim]

check out the opening bit of a mailer I got from some guy wanting me to buy his book

Between ethics and miracles, the church made the wrong choice. Jesus is held by many to have been a healer who was born of a virgin and arose from the grave. The thought in this book is that he was a teacher, and that the stories of the resurrection, the virgin birth, and the healing were created by his followers. That is, Jesus is here regarded not as a savior but as a spokesman for goodness


:blood: who said Bultmann was dead????

Who said Kant was in his grave???:shoot:

The idea of "goodness" as the ground of Christianity, thus as jsut moral religion is such a load of...:yuck:

[flipper]

Dear Mr GRAYPILGRIM!

I have an IMPORTANT matter of EPISTEMOLOGICAL business that will be of great interest to you as I have been presented with the MODALITIES of your introduction from a mutual acquaintance!

You may know of my father, Immanuel Kant, who was a PROFESSOR of Philosophy at the University of Konigsberg when he made a VERY IMPORTANT discovery of moral WEALTH that may be of MUTUAL benefit to us both!

[Dee Dee Warren]

Does this have anything to do with a bunch of money stuck in Nigeria?

[flipper]

Before he was ASSASSINATED by angry metaphysicians on the orders of GENERAL DAVID HUME, he placed into a SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX a sum of INFERRED MORAL LAW the value of which is ASSAYED at no less than $2,000,000 (million) DOLLARS.

[Dee Dee Warren]

FLIPPER is YELLING a lot TODAY

[Em7add11]

flipper:

$2,000,000 (million) DOLLARS.

2 million million? So...2 trillion??? :duh:

[flipper]

Perhaps you're not familiar with the scam idiom? If not, you are quite lucky!

Although I quite enjoy some of them. They're such tales of derring-do and fortunes on the cusp of being made. Unfortunately, people do fall for them and get taken for very long and expensive rides.

[GrayPilgrim]

scammers are the scum on the bottom of a scumbag's shoes correct?