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A Christmas thunderbolt for the arch-enemy of religion
The Times ^
| 12/24/06
| GOD / John Cornwell
Posted on 12/27/2006 7:54:24 AM PST by Valin
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posted on
12/27/2006 7:54:26 AM PST
by
Valin
To: Valin
To paraphrase an old quote. "How many Divisions does Prof Dawkins have?
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:06:00 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Valin
Thanks for posting...insightful read... :0)
To: massgopguy
"God is Dead"
Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead"
God
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:15:55 AM PST
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: Valin
"The genius of the American proposal was its insistence on a state (in other words governmental) secularism that guarantees religious freedoms, including atheism, in a pluralist society." I kind of liked this line. It reflects the inconvenient truth (take that Algore) that America is a Christian country that is fundamentally tolerant of other religions. Much ill derives from a failure to recognize this fact.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:16:38 AM PST
by
trek
To: Valin
I found this very interesting. I do not, however, understand what the author refers to in this sentence:
"The importance of understanding, and conserving, that historic experiment could not be more urgent today as President George W Bush attempts to hijack the protective neutrality of America’s state secularism with evangelical convictions."If there have been attempts on the part of the President to "hijack" anything with evangelical convictions, I have missed it entirely.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:18:35 AM PST
by
Bahbah
(.Regev, Goldwasser & Shalit, we are praying for you.)
To: Valin
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:20:03 AM PST
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: Valin
I thought it was an interesting article...
...The genius of the American proposal was its insistence on a state (in other words governmental) secularism that guarantees religious freedoms, including atheism, in a pluralist society.
The importance of understanding, and conserving, that historic experiment could not be more urgent today as President George W Bush attempts to hijack the protective neutrality of America’s state secularism with evangelical convictions...
...but he lost me there.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:24:35 AM PST
by
PGalt
To: PGalt
"...but he lost me there."
Me too.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:25:35 AM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: Valin
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:25:35 AM PST
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: Valin
Dawkins=retarded offspring of monkey fish frogs! Final proof of evolution.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:28:01 AM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(When true genius appears, know him by this sign: all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.)
To: Valin
Worthwhile read.
Good points. Don't agree 100% with every sentence but a good read.
Thanks.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:32:58 AM PST
by
Quix
(LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
To: massgopguy
"How many Divisions does Prof Dawkins have?
= = =
More telling . . . how many angelic hosts does Dawkins have?
Or, in terms of the old joke . . .
God: "No, get your own dirt [in the making man competition between God and satan]."
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:34:52 AM PST
by
Quix
(LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
To: sageb1; Bahbah; PGalt
Remember this guy is a European, and if he gets his news about America from their MSM, he probably thinks the President has been kidnapped and held hostage by Jerry Falwell.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:38:02 AM PST
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: massgopguy
Sadly, there are many divisions and battalions that agree with Prof Dawkins. Most of academia, the arts, the media, to name a few.
Hmmm...aren't these made up of people who think they're smarter than the common masses? I mean, whoever heard of a humble, unassuming atheist?
Not Prof Dawkins, he's one of the three smartest people in the world. If you don't believe it, read the intro!
To: Quix
Don't you know that you are required to agree with 100% of everything in the article otherwise it's all complete nonsense.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:40:09 AM PST
by
Valin
(History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
To: Bahbah
Me, too. The Supreme Court has actively promoted America's state secularism as a mandated state religion.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:45:44 AM PST
by
Lord Basil
(stupisticated - Having a refined fantasy view of the world that is typically based on group-think.)
To: Valin
Except for that one sentence, the article was very good. Thanks for posting it. :)
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:46:29 AM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: Valin
Remember this guy is a European....Ahhhh, that may explain it.
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posted on
12/27/2006 8:48:57 AM PST
by
Bahbah
(.Regev, Goldwasser & Shalit, we are praying for you.)
To: Valin
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posted on
12/27/2006 9:01:12 AM PST
by
Quix
(LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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