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randy
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Haha cool, that guys smart. Good thinker.
Holy crap, thats exactly how I put it once "how religion might spread like a "mind" virus across societies"
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« Last Edit: May 09, 2007, 01:23:56 pm by randy »
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RTyp06
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Dawkins' own peers rebuke him at times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_2xGIwQfik&mode=related&search=
Tyson agrees with everything Dawkins says but the difference is that Tyson has class, sensetivity and he presents an aire of respect toward everyone.
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« Last Edit: May 09, 2007, 04:12:36 pm by RTyp06 »
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Shiver
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1) The "American Religious Right" has NO power. The Pirate Capitalists (private sector political influence if you prefer) USE them for votes and soldiers and to stir up progressives (and you I suppose) so that the bad attention is off of them and so that the progressives will fight them by voting on the opposite sides of stupid and irrelevant issues. Likewise, they do much of the same things to the "Intellectual" Progressives or Liberals and make a killing in the process by using the US' remaining power for the financial and economic benefit of private sector overlords.
Christian fundamentalists serve as a power base for the Bush administration. Without their support, it would not exist. If by some horrible fate another like-minded Republican such as John McCain (who I used to like!) becomes president, the US Supreme Court will very likely gain another conservative judge that will proceed to overturn abortion. You're telling me that isn't power?
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Deus Siddis
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Christian fundamentalists serve as a power base for the Bush administration.
Who cares about one particular corporate sponsored administration that has continued in the footsteps of its predecessors?
Without their support, it would not exist.
Well that would certainly suck for the handful of people within the administration, wouldn't it?
If by some horrible fate another like-minded Republican such as John McCain (who I used to like!) becomes president, the US Supreme Court will very likely gain another conservative judge that will proceed to overturn abortion.
OMGZORS!1!1! So instead of killing thousands of our own babies with doctors, the more "Conservative" national government instead will focus on killing thousands of 3rd world babies with bombs! What a huge difference! Bombs aren't licensed to kill babies, damnit! !
. . .Or then again maybe it won't make any change after all, since lobbying by the private sector is what REALLY makes the difference, everything else is just a political game by little politicians so that they can get reelected and then get greased by big money some more.
As I keep telling people, if this country were a movie, then the "powerful" politicians would be the B actors, the political strategists like Karl Rove would be the directors and the upper class corporate folks would be the producers holding all the cards. And the liberal and conservative voters? They are the chumps who go to the movies to see the same old special effects and plot formulae and crap for the hundredth time.
You're telling me that isn't power?
You mean more powerful than a piss ant African military dictator who brings millions of a neighboring tribe to their deaths? Or more powerful than a media talking head on a morning show chatting about the latests overpriced gadgets for you to waste your money on? If the former, then no, if the later then yes.
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Grakelin
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I'm pretty sure that when 'respect' is used in such a context, it's supposed to mean 'being polite and not constantly bashing on a person'. A person who bashes Christianity is basically being no better than Jack Chick.
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