Comments on: The Power of Intention and Offensive Slogans

By: Rick Garner

Rick Garner — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:13:42 +0000

New blog post: Death Threat In Psalm 109:8?

http://obamaprayers.blogspot.com/2009/11/death-threat-in-psalm-1098.html

By: tiponeill

tiponeill — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:05:52 +0000

Religion, if nothing else, helps maintain a guidance system, that humans, left to their own devices, seem unable to manage.

The problem is, of course, that the compasses of the different religions (christianity, islam, judaism,hinduism,buddhism….) point in different directions. It’s easy to see, looking at a US map, that the more “chrisitan” states have more murders, rapes, assaults etc than the “secular” ones – and let’s not even think about the islamic countries.
That is what Mark Twain was pointing out – the faulty “moral compass” of christian America.

By: radmax

radmax — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:16:57 +0000

I remember well what Marx said. Sadly, doctrine is not the problem.

By: leftfield

leftfield — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:22:14 +0000

Bear in mind that I have only slightly more admiration for liberalism than I do for conservatism as regards party politics in the US today. Liberals, by and large, still hold bourgeois ideals and believe that capitalism can be tamed and made to serve all the people. This I do not believe.

So, yes Rad, while I would have to vote for the lesser of two evils when those are the only choices, I still recognize the evil in both.

By: leftfield

leftfield — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:13:09 +0000

Time to dust off that dog-eared copy of Das Kapital and give it another reading, Max?

By: leftfield

leftfield — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:11:35 +0000

Actually, azmouse, I was giving the right a bit of a compliment, or trying to. My impression is they are much better at organizing and motivating the believers than the left. If the left wants to seize the initiative, they would do well to take a lesson from the right. Appealing to the intellect and making well-reasoned arguments is all well and good, but you have got to appeal to the emotion also.

Still, Big Dick can die any time now.

By: Ana

Ana — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:30:37 +0000

agreed. Side-note: Does the president have to say the pledge of allegiance every morning like our children in public school do?

By: Ana

Ana — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:26:40 +0000

It’s funny because for as long as I can remember I had an idea of what right & wrong was. Never grew up in a religious house-hold but was always Christian based. I always assumed that right & wrong was something ingrained into your soul. Not something someone else had to remind you of and threaten you with the doom of Hell to enforce. But let’s not kid ourselves & think that just because you claim a religious affiliation you are a “good” person. It’s a choice, which I would prefer no one impose upon me.

By: azmouse

azmouse — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:23:25 +0000

Thanks for your remark, James.
I think it sounds like you have a good idea.

By: james

james — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:53:40 +0000

Az, Max, et al:
I think if we would like to see which of our politicians are there for the public, perhaps we should put them in govt run housing, and put them on the same retirement and health care systems, the military and most Americans are on. See which ones stick around.