[Silver]

Silly us. Note to self, next time invade Christian nation. At least then the people we kill will be in the loving embrace of God instead of the 70 virgin paradise of Allah.

A question though...how do you explain Japan? Souder also gets huge bonus points for linking evolutionary theory with Social Darwinism a couple of times...(which oddly enough seems to be in vogue lately among right wing conservatives, although they won't call it that.) And then there is the tired assertion that a bunch of Deists were fervent believers. But I digress. To the link!

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/62005f.asp

 

[chicodude]

Souder stated. "So when a tragedy hits Asia, we don't say 'Tough luck. It's social Darwinism. The fittest will survive.'"

W.........T...........F





So, he is driving along a mountain road, when a mudslide occurs, killing him and his passengers. A damn fine example of Social Darwinism..........

 

[Silver]

W........T..........F






So, he is driving along a mountain road, when a mudslide occurs, killing him and his passengers. A damn fine example of Social Darwinism..........

I'd prefer to think of that as the vengeful hand of God smiting him for willfully being stupid, but that's just me.

 

[Silver]

Nothing's more Christian than death squads, either. Nothing new though, we've been down that road before.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6802629/site/newsweek/

 

[valve bouncer]

Nothing's more Christian than death squads, either. Nothing new though, we've been down that road before.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6802629/site/newsweek/

They won't be death squads, they'll be life liberation squads. Everyone knows that Iraqis are much happier in heaven. Consider it a gift from democracy lovers everywhere.

 

[blue]

I'm thinking the death squads deserve their own thread. Woot.

 

[BuddhaRoadkill]

According to Souder, almost all social change in the history of the United States has been driven by people whose deep commitment to moral views is based upon their personal religious beliefs. "To take religion out of the public arena would leave us with the mean-spirited, survival-of-the-fittest, social Darwinism of evolution," he said.

I D I O T ! ! ! !

:mumble: I fricken hate it when ignorant uneducated religious zealots babel nonsense about a branch of science which they utterly fail to comprehend. :mumble:

There is nothing even remotely cruel and mean-spirited about evolution. It is completely amoral. In fact, one could easily make the opposite assertion. Humans, having learned to work together in families, neighborhoods, states, countries, [and currently working on global cooperation] seem to be fairing rather well. "Fitness" would appear to lean more heavily toward back scratching than stabbing.*

:angry: Rant Rant and more Rant .... and Rant again even! :angry:


*unless you watch FOX, where everyone is portrayed as evil.

 

[caputo1989]

I know its because Iraq isint a giant Disney Land.
?BROWN???? :mumble: :mumble: :mumble: :evil:

 

[DRB]

Its a stupid article written by a stupid man but is there anything to it.

Compare two funerals.

1. JFK
2. Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini

JFK funeral was a solemn affair with a procession thru the capital with folks quitely paying their respects.

Khomeini's funeral practically turned his body into a human pinta with the mass of humanity that was so grief stricken and virtually out of control.

In both cases, I would think that the people were just as stunned with the either death. Just as affected emotionally. But look at the very marked difference in reaction.

Does that kind of emotion lend itself to a democracy?

Is there some sort of aspect of Judeo-Christian doctrine that lends itself to a "cooler" head reaction to events as opposed to Islam?

I'm definately not saying that violence or overreaction is not present in Christian nations but it seems that it is more so in the Middle East.

Or is it not religious but some other sociological aspect.