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Date: 16 Apr 2006 18:13:51
From: Edward Dolan
Subject: Easter Message to the Cycling Newsgroups with Addendum to Jeff Grippe
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Well, here it is Easter Sunday and Saint Edward the Great is still alive and
kicking. But I am down in the dumps because I have been such a bastard
lately on these cycling newsgroups.
You cannot be a Christian without believing in the greatest mystery of that
faith which is the Resurrection. I have been an atheist since the age of 16,
but I NEVER want to abandon my Christian upbringing. It is the only thing
that saves me from perdition. I have no faith at all in any kind of
secularism.
I wish all the denizens of ARBR and RBM a Happy Easter! Let us resolve not
be such bastards to one another. We shall all of us soon enough be dead and
buried and it will not matter in the slightest what we said to one another.
But maybe we could be kinder to one another. I am really feeling rather
badly that I have not been more tolerant of others who disagree with me,
whether about cycling or politics or anything else under the sun.
I am especially feeling badly about my treatment of Jeff Grippe over the
preceding many months. He was almost killed in a trike accident. He is now
recovering nicely, but what if he had not? I would not want to go to my
grave knowing that I had treated him badly and somewhat unfairly.
Jeff Grippe is a secular NY Jew, the type I have always had extreme
difficulties with. I just prefer the more orthodox variety of Jew who still
retains some of his religious faith. Secular Jews are altogether too
libidinous to suit me. But maybe that is just me. I am a Puritan. I always
have been and I always will be.
So, on this day of the greatest mystery of the Christian faith (of which I
am no longer a member), let us bury some of these old hatchets which have
forever plagued us here on these cycling newsgroups. We should try to be
better than we are and the Resurrection is the perfect occasion on which to
reflect on these insanities that we pursue on ARBR and RBM as if they
mattered. In the end, all that matters is how we behave to one another.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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Date: 16 Apr 2006 20:11:16
From: Specialized
Subject: Re: Easter Message to the Cycling Newsgroups with Addendum to Jeff Grippe
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On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:13:51 -0500, "Edward Dolan" <edolan@iw.net >
wrote:
> I have been an atheist since the age of 16,
>but I NEVER want to abandon my Christian upbringing. It is the only thing
>that saves me from perdition. I have no faith at all in any kind of
>secularism.
This is reminiscent of the late Aliester Crowley, self-acclaimed
"Great Beast",etc., devoutly raising his eyes to the heavens, and
saying with deeply passionate conviction,
"I am an atheist-Thank God!".
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Date: 17 Apr 2006 00:29:20
From: Bill Baka
Subject: Re: Easter Message to the Cycling Newsgroups with Addendum to Jeff
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Specialized wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:13:51 -0500, "Edward Dolan" <edolan@iw.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I have been an atheist since the age of 16,
>>but I NEVER want to abandon my Christian upbringing. It is the only thing
>>that saves me from perdition. I have no faith at all in any kind of
>>secularism.
>
>
> This is reminiscent of the late Aliester Crowley, self-acclaimed
> "Great Beast",etc., devoutly raising his eyes to the heavens, and
> saying with deeply passionate conviction,
> "I am an atheist-Thank God!".
>
Frak.
My kill filter won't kill the message if 'Dolan' is in the body, only if
it is FROM him.
Damn,
Bill Baka
Time to start experimenting with my 'open source' Thunderbird and try to
write a custom filter module. I don't know if he's worth it though.
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Date: 16 Apr 2006 20:07:41
From: Edward Dolan
Subject: Re: Easter Message to the Cycling Newsgroups with Addendum to Jeff Grippe
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"Bill Baka" <bbaka@syix.com > wrote in message
news:AjB0g.66113$H71.11618@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> Specialized wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:13:51 -0500, "Edward Dolan" <edolan@iw.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have been an atheist since the age of 16, but I NEVER want to abandon
>>>my Christian upbringing. It is the only thing that saves me from
>>>perdition. I have no faith at all in any kind of secularism.
>>
>>
>> This is reminiscent of the late Aliester Crowley, self-acclaimed
>> "Great Beast",etc., devoutly raising his eyes to the heavens, and
>> saying with deeply passionate conviction,
>> "I am an atheist-Thank God!".
>>
> Frak.
> My kill filter won't kill the message if 'Dolan' is in the body, only if
> it is FROM him.
> Damn,
> Bill Baka
> Time to start experimenting with my 'open source' Thunderbird and try to
> write a custom filter module. I don't know if he's worth it though.
It is really quite humorous that Bill Baka would want to kill file me when
he is the most notorious and obnoxious poster of anyone to RBM. He
pontificates on every subject under the sun without ever knowing what he is
talking about. Such a stupid person I have never yet encountered on Usenet.
He is in a class by himself, yet he does not want to see my posts. Does he
even have an 8th grade education let alone a high school education? Go
figure!
In any event, nothing will stop me from taking this fool to the woodshed for
a good whipping. Poor old Bill Baka is a working class stiff (like Tom Keats
of the Vancouver docks) who is in way over his head when he chooses to
tangle with the Great Ed Dolan. I will make short work of this dummy as he
is not worth much bother at all. His every utterance is common place and
nothing but tripe. I am surprised that the more intelligent denizens of RBM
have put up with him as long as they have.
By the way, kill filing will do him do him no good whatsoever. It will
simply mean that I am free to comment on him and his despicable messages
without having to bother with any response from him. So I win and he loses.
But that is ever the way of kill filers. I do not think Bill Baka will enjoy
what I am going to say about him on RBM, especially if he continues to think
that Carter was a great president. If Bill Baka does want to become the
laughing stock of RBM, he had best pay close attention to the messages of
the Great Ed Dolan. However, I am not into invective to no purpose. Respond
like a gentleman and I will do the same.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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Date: 16 Apr 2006 19:23:31
From: Edward Dolan
Subject: Re: Easter Message to the Cycling Newsgroups with Addendum to Jeff Grippe
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"Specialized" <none@0.0 > wrote in message
news:s1n542purfqblabr1olr5tgehm0imphuvq@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:13:51 -0500, "Edward Dolan" <edolan@iw.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I have been an atheist since the age of 16,
>>but I NEVER want to abandon my Christian upbringing. It is the only thing
>>that saves me from perdition. I have no faith at all in any kind of
>>secularism.
>
> This is reminiscent of the late Aliester Crowley, self-acclaimed
> "Great Beast",etc., devoutly raising his eyes to the heavens, and
> saying with deeply passionate conviction,
> "I am an atheist-Thank God!".
No, certain traditions counts enormously in the scheme of things. I will die
for something I DON'T believe in if I think it redounds to the greater glory
of mankind. I am not as selfish as a scoundrel like you thinks.
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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Date: 16 Apr 2006 18:47:03
From: di
Subject: Re: Easter Message to the Cycling Newsgroups with Addendum to Jeff Grippe
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"Edward Dolan" <edolan@iw.net > wrote in message
news:9_adnZI-9bEsUt_ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@prairiewave.com...
> Well, here it is Easter Sunday and Saint Edward the Great is still alive
> and kicking. But I am down in the dumps because I have been such a bastard
> lately on these cycling newsgroups.
>
> You cannot be a Christian without believing in the greatest mystery of
> that faith which is the Resurrection. I have been an atheist since the age
> of 16, but I NEVER want to abandon my Christian upbringing. It is the only
> thing that saves me from perdition. I have no faith at all in any kind of
> secularism.
>
> I wish all the denizens of ARBR and RBM a Happy Easter! Let us resolve not
> be such bastards to one another. We shall all of us soon enough be dead
> and buried and it will not matter in the slightest what we said to one
> another. But maybe we could be kinder to one another. I am really feeling
> rather badly that I have not been more tolerant of others who disagree
> with me, whether about cycling or politics or anything else under the sun.
>
> I am especially feeling badly about my treatment of Jeff Grippe over the
> preceding many months. He was almost killed in a trike accident. He is now
> recovering nicely, but what if he had not? I would not want to go to my
> grave knowing that I had treated him badly and somewhat unfairly.
>
> Jeff Grippe is a secular NY Jew, the type I have always had extreme
> difficulties with. I just prefer the more orthodox variety of Jew who
> still retains some of his religious faith. Secular Jews are altogether too
> libidinous to suit me. But maybe that is just me. I am a Puritan. I always
> have been and I always will be.
>
> So, on this day of the greatest mystery of the Christian faith (of which I
> am no longer a member), let us bury some of these old hatchets which have
> forever plagued us here on these cycling newsgroups. We should try to be
> better than we are and the Resurrection is the perfect occasion on which
> to reflect on these insanities that we pursue on ARBR and RBM as if they
> mattered. In the end, all that matters is how we behave to one another.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
> aka
> Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
>
>
I would say "go to hell", but being an atheist", you wouldn't know what it
meant.
>
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Date: 16 Apr 2006 19:30:27
From: Edward Dolan
Subject: Re: Easter Message to the Cycling Newsgroups with Addendum to Jeff Grippe
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"di" <di9999@cox.net > wrote in message news:QHA0g.3433$8q.3398@dukeread08...
>
> "Edward Dolan" <edolan@iw.net> wrote in message
> news:9_adnZI-9bEsUt_ZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@prairiewave.com...
>> Well, here it is Easter Sunday and Saint Edward the Great is still alive
>> and kicking. But I am down in the dumps because I have been such a
>> bastard lately on these cycling newsgroups.
>>
>> You cannot be a Christian without believing in the greatest mystery of
>> that faith which is the Resurrection. I have been an atheist since the
>> age of 16, but I NEVER want to abandon my Christian upbringing. It is the
>> only thing that saves me from perdition. I have no faith at all in any
>> kind of secularism.
>>
>> I wish all the denizens of ARBR and RBM a Happy Easter! Let us resolve
>> not be such bastards to one another. We shall all of us soon enough be
>> dead and buried and it will not matter in the slightest what we said to
>> one another. But maybe we could be kinder to one another. I am really
>> feeling rather badly that I have not been more tolerant of others who
>> disagree with me, whether about cycling or politics or anything else
>> under the sun.
>>
>> I am especially feeling badly about my treatment of Jeff Grippe over the
>> preceding many months. He was almost killed in a trike accident. He is
>> now recovering nicely, but what if he had not? I would not want to go to
>> my grave knowing that I had treated him badly and somewhat unfairly.
>>
>> Jeff Grippe is a secular NY Jew, the type I have always had extreme
>> difficulties with. I just prefer the more orthodox variety of Jew who
>> still retains some of his religious faith. Secular Jews are altogether
>> too libidinous to suit me. But maybe that is just me. I am a Puritan. I
>> always have been and I always will be.
>>
>> So, on this day of the greatest mystery of the Christian faith (of which
>> I am no longer a member), let us bury some of these old hatchets which
>> have forever plagued us here on these cycling newsgroups. We should try
>> to be better than we are and the Resurrection is the perfect occasion on
>> which to reflect on these insanities that we pursue on ARBR and RBM as if
>> they mattered. In the end, all that matters is how we behave to one
>> another.
>
> I would say "go to hell", but being an atheist", you wouldn't know what it
> meant.
Always good to hear from the peanut gallery.
I assure you that when you are dead, you are quite dead. Yup, no heaven and
no hell - just oblivion, the same as it was before you were conceived in
your mother's womb. Try to think like a man instead of a child, why don't
you?
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
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