Comments on: Colbert on Crosses http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/10/15/colbert-on-crosses/ Reasonable Thoughts on Religion, Science, Skepticism, and Atheism Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:22:50 -0400 hourly 1 By: arrakis http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/10/15/colbert-on-crosses/#comment-66772 arrakis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:54:45 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=7622#comment-66772 Common symptoms include verbal diarrhea and lack of brain function. Common symptoms include verbal diarrhea and lack of brain function.

]]> By: khal82 http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/10/15/colbert-on-crosses/#comment-66768 khal82 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:19:08 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=7622#comment-66768 That's okay, it made his name sound like a new type of STD..."I have a horrible case of Scholea..." That’s okay, it made his name sound like a new type of STD…”I have a horrible case of Scholea…”

]]> By: Michael http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/10/15/colbert-on-crosses/#comment-66758 Michael Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:58:22 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=7622#comment-66758 Um, there is no edit button, but I somehow horribly mangled Justice Scalia's name. Um, there is no edit button, but I somehow horribly mangled Justice Scalia’s name.

]]> By: Michael http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/10/15/colbert-on-crosses/#comment-66756 Michael Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:54:34 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=7622#comment-66756 I like how Scholea can't think of any secular way of honoring the dead. It is literally beyond his imagination to avoid religion in a national monument. But seriously, "some conglomerate of a cross, a Star of David, and . . . a Moslem half moon and star" would be just as religious and just as unconstitutional as the current monument (not to mention the fact that the crescent moon and star isn't really an Islamic symbol per se, but a symbol of the Ottoman Empire adapted by other Islamic nations). The whole point is that religion is personal, not national, in monuments as much as anywhere else. I like how Scholea can’t think of any secular way of honoring the dead. It is literally beyond his imagination to avoid religion in a national monument.

But seriously, “some conglomerate of a cross, a Star of David, and . . . a Moslem half moon and star” would be just as religious and just as unconstitutional as the current monument (not to mention the fact that the crescent moon and star isn’t really an Islamic symbol per se, but a symbol of the Ottoman Empire adapted by other Islamic nations). The whole point is that religion is personal, not national, in monuments as much as anywhere else.

]]> By: Scott http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/10/15/colbert-on-crosses/#comment-66718 Scott Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:33:04 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=7622#comment-66718 "A smug look..." HAWESOME! “A smug look…”

HAWESOME!

]]> By: khal82 http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/10/15/colbert-on-crosses/#comment-66716 khal82 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:28:02 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=7622#comment-66716 Colbert, who is Catholic, doesn't flinch in the face of fatuous bigotry - I love that man. Colbert, who is Catholic, doesn’t flinch in the face of fatuous bigotry – I love that man.

]]> By: rodneyAnonymous http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/10/15/colbert-on-crosses/#comment-66708 rodneyAnonymous Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:44:03 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=7622#comment-66708 "The cross represents everybody. Christians <i>and</i> people who are going to hell." lol “The cross represents everybody. Christians and people who are going to hell.”

lol

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