Some people think that we should just let everyone believe whatever fantasy they want. But if someone said to you, "I believe that killing you and people like you is the right thing to do, since I am of the true faith, and you are not."? People disconnected from reality are dangerous, especially if they are ELECTED. The laissez faire approach to believing in fairy tales, just let everyone believe as they please, is dangerous to the whole world.
During the time that the terrorists in Washington were assembling the "coalition of the willing" to unleash the Iraq invasion, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded because "Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East. . . . The biblical prophecies are being fulfilled. . . . This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to use this conflict to erase his people's enemies before a New Age begins.".
It would almost be funny, if it were not true. These are the kind of hillbillies in charge of the nuclear launch codes.
These idiots are constantly asserting that the leader of some other country is a "madman", always prior to invading the country. The real madmen are the religio-nazis in Washington.
Religious people are constantly spreading their lies; allowing that is dangerous. Those who believe in a laissez faire approach toward religious people do so at their own peril.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.“Some people think that we should just let everyone believe whatever fantasy they want.”
Who are the “we” who have the correct opinions and are going to jump in and force these “others” to adopt those correct opinions? You can not force anyone to believe something. Belief arises spontaneously.
In a democratic society there will always be a great diversity of opinions on all sorts of issues. Do not be surprised if those who are elected hold opinions that are different than yours. Each person gets one vote, and there their authority ends.
Belief in a materialist/physicalist/reductionist world view is every bit as much a phantasy as belief in church dogma, and IMO such belief has wreaked more harm to the human race than all the religions of the world combined.
WilliamFleming
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Jan 11, 2019
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THHA:
"Who are the “we”?" Did I in any way say we should use FORCE?
I've always wrestled with the solution to this problem. It has certainly gotten worse since Reagan. I've always felt that the school system has bent to this hypocrisy and let parents walk all over what good teachers we had. I know that in this town we have no decent teachers left. My daughter is a senior at NAU so I was familiar with the teachers just three years ago. All the decent ones have since moved on and many have gone into different fields. The county government has also went to shit becoming a good ol boy bunch of greedy bastards. I hope that more people of moral character will start to run for local office similar to what we saw in the House and take back government. Good people need to run for school boards especially and get education back into education.
gearl
Level 8
Jan 10, 2019
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Reminds me when I went to my sheriffs office to complain about his officers sending in a ‘flash bomb,’ that landed in a toddler’s crib and blew a hole in his mouth and chest...and the person they were seeking was not even there! (Whole family was traumatized). First I told him that I would protect his children at all cost, his response was, ‘don’t bring my children into this.’ After which he started quoting scripture about ‘there will always be evil in the world!’ Religion ruins people’s rational minds!
Freedompath
Level 9
Jan 10, 2019
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Does not matter what anyone believes. The die had been cast, & all those cliches.
We are all just helpless spectators at this point.
callmedubious
Level 8
Jan 10, 2019
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And people wonder why some of us are anti-theists????
Seriously???
Earlier today, I made a point about GW Bush having been only slightly less of a
fuck up than 45.
I was thinking specifically of his religiosity, and him considering it when making
decisions which effected EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE FUCKING WORLD!
KKGator
Level 9
Jan 10, 2019
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My phone won't allow me give thumbs up at the moment for some odd reason. So here it is: "Thumbs up".
t1nick
Level 8
Jan 10, 2019
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????????? will that do?
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