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Sorry for the delay in this reply. Finals were last week and I am finishing grading some papers. Freethinker. You are doing it again. Acting the child. When you have no substance in a reply you result to name calling and irrationalism. This is where not only your lack of education shows…but your perceiving of the world through fogged eyes of religious bigotry and ignorance. From your language and lack of knowledge I would assume you are both ill-bred and unread. (No offense Journeyman…but it can be irritating. A combination of insolence, arrogance and ignorance.
Let’s look at your “points”. Did I say that “homosexuality was perceived either by civil or moral law as on the same scale as “incest, child rape or bestiality”? No I did not. I merely pointed out that they are behaviors that one should (both individually or corporately) speak out against as they, as you would say, are “neither desirable or productive”. Man is the one who places levels of severity regarding both the effects and punishment. If you were a Bushman in Australia, killing someone is considered a far inferior crime than telling a lie. The point is…they are both are considered “immoral” behavior. The Bible accurately depicts homosexuality as a violation of natural law, especially if we look at man as an evolving species. If you believe in the concept of Natural Selection, then homosexuality, as a non-producer, has no inherent advantage and its frequency should diminish as species evolves. I am sorry that the Bible does not “redefine” is scriptural principles with each society so that everyone feels nice, warm and fuzzy. Placing racial discrimination on the same level as homosexuality is typical of most liberal mental processes. Race is a genetic trait. It is who you are. No evidence has been shown, even after the genome project, that homosexuality…is anything but what you do….not who you are. Yes, some people have a tendency toward that behavior…much like addictive personalities…but ultimately it is a choice.
Although an agnostic, I love your comments on Christians having lower IQ’s and education. I imagine Christians would feel terrible about being in the same category as Issac Newton, Niel Bohr, Louis Pasteur, Galileo, Kepler, Copurnicus, Maxwell, Max Plank, Werner Hesenberg, Marie Curie, Enrico Fermi..etc..etc. And these are just a few famous committed Christians. Like Thomas Jefferson, I have a deep respect of the message of Jesus Christ. And, no offense, I probably have twice your IQ.
I also enjoy your quotes of Christopher Hitchens. His love of Trotsky and his viewpoint of history shaped by Marxism, I am sure affected his fanatical antitheist and anti religious philosophies. As he quotes from Karl Marx often, “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” A great person to think of a mentor, don’t you think? Grabors book accurately describes his “cultural illiteracy and ignorance based upon a deep seeded hatred and bias” of primarily “Abrahamic” religions. I agree with Journeyman that he would qualify for the “spiritual retardation” category. Yes, he is brilliant, when it comes to understanding the world politic, American foreign policy and the nature of “Islamic fascism”. He has done some excellent work, but unfortunately much of his work, such as his book “God is not Great; How Religion Poisons Everything” is an perfect example of factual ambiguity, historical inaccuracies and just “sloppy” research as filtered through the lens of atheistic Marxism….and delirium tremors.
You quoted Hitchen’s challenge..”Name me an ethical statement made or an action performed by a believer, that could not have been made or performed by a non-believer.” It would take an individual suffering from “spiritual retardation” to come up with this one. I am not a theologian, but I can even think of several just off hand. Jesus said, “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest; for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil”. Wow. That pretty well is the opposite of the natural man. How about, “Bless them which persecute you, bless and curse not.” How about, Matthew 10:8, “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils, freely ye have received, freely give.” Wow…not to many non-believers doing that either. Shall I go on….”ad Infinitium”. Sorry…”mea cuplia”.
RaymonT pretty well summed up your lack of understanding of new world slavery. Keep watching Oprah in “Roots”. Or you can read some of the authors he suggested. Frederich Douglass does have some great written works I think you would enjoy. I read Sojourner Truth back in college. An incredible woman.
The rest of your comments fall into the category of ignorant, bigoted rambling and deserve not comment at all.
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Posted by Unamuno on 2008-05-20 05:28:46 | Rating: | Views: 92
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Outstanding redress. I myself am very fond of Freethinker, but never agree with his childish attacks.( or much else but I can't write him off yet he is passionate tho' misguided.
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Posted by lampoil
on 2008-08-06 15:09:50
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