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The Seven F?s of Young Earth Fanaticism
2008-05-18 08:22:00 Here in full view is the pseudo-Bible worldview made up by creationists like Pam Sheppard, one of Ham’s cronies, who only focuses on a one track, outright, distorted view of Genesis 1-11, skip most of the Bible while focusing on out-of-context verses that fit their idiocy, preach that Jesus died on the cross as a feint to proselytize people, skip the rest of the bible except the out-of-context verses that fit their idiocy again, and then claim that God will one day come back to restore the Garden of Eden before our very eyes. This “biblical worldview” as they call it is all imagined up by creationists hellbent on indoctrinating people to embrace this pseudo-Christian worldview. In this idiot article, Sheppard, after she whines “the history as recorded in the Bible has been attacked by a culture that has become increasingly evolutionized and secularized” (Sorry, Sheppard. You mean Pseudo-history recorded only by likes of you.), she then presents what Ham...
The Seven F?s of Young Earth Fanaticism
2008-05-18 08:22:00 Here in full view is the pseudo-Bible worldview made up by creationists like Pam Sheppard, one of Ham’s cronies, who only focuses on a one track, outright, distorted view of Genesis 1-11, skip most of the Bible while focusing on out-of-context verses that fit their idiocy, preach that Jesus died on the cross as a feint to proselytize people, skip the rest of the bible except the out-of-context verses that fit their idiocy again, and then claim that God will one day come back to restore the Garden of Eden before our very eyes. This “biblical worldview” as they call it is all imagined up by creationists hellbent on indoctrinating people to embrace this pseudo-Christian worldview. In this idiot article, Sheppard, after she whines “the history as recorded in the Bible has been attacked by a culture that has become increasingly evolutionized and secularized” (Sorry, Sheppard. You mean Pseudo-history recorded only by likes of you.), she then presents what Ham...
NYT: “Why radical, far-right, intolerant religious fanaticism won&rsq
2008-03-23 17:54:00 HAPPY EASTER from The GTLâ„¢ to my brothers and sisters who hold the day near and dear. Okay, my dear friends — that said, I have a bone to pick with more than a few of my fellow Christians, but that later… as always… First, I guess I sort of took the “liberty” to re-word the title ...
religious fanaticism | veil that keeps people from seeing God
2008-03-17 17:36:00 Ghazali repeatedly makes the point:One of the main veils that keeps people from seeing God is religious fanaticism. He says, it doesn't matter too much which school of Islamic laws you follow. There are different theological positions that is valid to adopt.Try and be orthodox, in fact its necessary to be orthodox, but whatever you do, don't turn it to some kind of zealot; so that religion just becomes a way of feeling that you are better than everybody else. Thereby veils you to God.- comment by T. J. Winter (also known as Abu Hakim Murad) - Lecturer, Islamic Studies | Cambridge University | from the film Al-Ghazali: The Alchemist of Happiness by Ovidio Salazar.a beautiful film i just watched and do recommend you to watch as well. from the imagery, portrayal of a great enlightened personality in world history to the message in the movie, its purely brilliant. a film where the search of truth and certitude takes a professor and scholar of religion to the path of mystical path and ...
Flag Wearing To The Point of Fanaticism
2007-10-10 19:22:00 Eugene Volokh has an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal which compares wearing a flag pin to telling one’s wife that he loves her: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he doesn’t tell his wife he loves her any more, because “I love you” has become a substitute for “true love.” The Illinois senator said he ...
By: Liberal Values
Religious Fanaticism and Medicine Mix Poorly
2007-10-08 08:01:00 Great Britain is seeing some of the same problems we are having in the United States when the views of the religious right intrude upon medical practice. In recent years religious views have resulted in reduced access to contraception and abortion in the United States. The Times of London reports on similar problems coming from ...
By: Liberal Values
Iraqi Insurgent Faction Breaks Silence, Accusing Al-Qaida of Fanaticism, To
2007-10-04 09:51:00 A breakaway Sunni insurgent faction from the 1920 Revolution Brigades known as "Hamas in Iraq" has issued a formal response to recent allegations by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of Al-Qaida's "Islamic State of Iraq." In an official communiqué dated October 2, Iraqi Hamas accused Al-Qaida of inflicting "great suffering" on ordinary Iraqi Sunnis : "every day they witnessed heads or headless bodies lying in their streets. Each one of these victims had been accused of a so-called ?crime? prohibited...(read more)
Lebanon Daily Star - Fanaticism On Both Sides
2007-09-13 04:54:00 Rami Khouri, in a powerful editorial appearing in the Lebanon Daily Star, condemned fanaticism on all sides for current problems in the Middle East. He points out that six years ago a handful of al-Qaeda militants attacked America and today there are 160,000 US troops in Iraq. The main mistake being made he says, ...
The Psychopathic Politics of Alex Jones
2007-09-03 22:15:00 This as an audio clip from Alex Jones’ truly vile radio show. It made the rounds on the blogs in mid-August, but in stumbling into it again today I figured it’s worth a another post for the degree to which it illustrates how ideological fanaticism can poison the mind. I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a ...
By: postpolitical
Vegans Starve Baby, Get Life Sentence.
2007-05-10 14:06:00 (image: static) This isn’t the type of story that’s fun to report, but it’s one that has a certain political message to it. My wife is a partial vegetarian, mainly due to an aversion to meat since she was 10 years old, and not necessarily any “animal rights” argument. Vegans on the other hand are a ...
By: postpolitical
The Saudi Regime and the West: Courting with Fanaticism, Playing with Fire
2007-02-23 23:40:17 More than ever before, Saudi Arabia has come to symbolise Islam in the non-Muslim mind. Until very recently, few people knew ? or even cared to know ? who the Saudi Royal family were, what they stood for or what they were doing in the Islamic world. All that changed when Osama bin Laden ? a Saudi national ? crashed into the headlines of every organ of the press and media in the West. So who exactly are the Saudis? The Saudi state began to emerge in central Arabia in the Eighteenth Century. Muhammad bin Sa?ud, a regional Sheikh, joined forces with a Muslim cleric and reformer, Muhammad ?Abd Al-Wahhab, to create a new religious/political force: the Nejdi Movement. Over the next century and a half, the political success of the Sa?ud family went through various stages as their leaders clashed with Egypt and the Turkish Ottoman Empire on the one hand, and with an assortment of Arabian tribes on the other, for control on the Arabian peninsula. Seeing an opportunity to weaken Ottoman rule,...
By: Wa Salaam
Tales of War, Empire, & Fanaticism
2007-01-23 10:29:01 Nicholas Kristof tells us to forget about the Vietnam/Iraq analogy and, instead, take a look at "[a] more trenchant analysis of Iraq-style adventures ... in the histories of Thucydides, written 2,400 years ago." Et Tu, George?By Nicholas D. KristofThe New York TimesMaybe George W. Bush is the education president after all. Whatever one thinks of his No Child Left Behind initiative, he has made the classics powerfully resonant today.So for those schoolchildren and university students out there struggling through ?Moby-Dick? or the ?Aeneid,? take heart! They?re not just about white whales or Trojan wanderers ? they?re also about President Bush and Iraq.Forget the Vietnam analogy that critics of the Iraq war usually toss out. A more trenchant analysis of Iraq-style adventures appears in the histories of Thucydides, written 2,400 years ago.Great Athenian diplomats of the day, like Nicias, warned against military involvement in Sicily, calling it ?a war that does not concern us,? accor... |
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