William,
Aye.
The application of religious thinking where it is not warranted (we
differ in that you think it is /never/ warranted, I don't. Oh,
well...) leads to crazy outcomes. The most vocal parts of the
Republican party are doing just that: they're applying the logic of
"faith" where "knowledge" would be better applied.
Dave
On Aug 31, 2009, at 10:57 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
http://progressivenation.us/2009/08/19/the-republican-party-is-turning-into-a-cult/
"Some thing strange has hap pened in Amer ica in the nine months
since Barack Obama was elected. It has best been sum ma rized by the
come dian Bill Maher: “The Democrats have moved to the right, and
the Republicans have moved to a men tal hospital.”"
[...]
"How do they train them selves to be so impervious to reality? It
begins, I sus pect, with religion. They are taught from a young age
that it is good to have “faith” — which is, by definition, a belief
with out any evi dence to back it up. You don’t have “faith” Aus
tralia exists, or fire burns: you have evidence. You only need
“faith” to believe the untrue or unprovable. Indeed, they are taught
that faith is the highest aspiration and most noble cause. Is it any
surprise this then percolates into their political views? Faith-
based think ing spreads and contaminates the rational."
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