Comments for Unreasonable Faith http://unreasonablefaith.com Reasonable Thoughts on Religion, Science, Skepticism, and Atheism Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:43:25 -0500 hourly 1 Comment on The Book Burning That Wasn’t by Jerdog http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/the-book-burning-that-wasnt/#comment-71433 Jerdog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:43:25 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8103#comment-71433 Couldn't they have at least recycled all that paper? Or will anything tainted with evil 50% post-consumer waste also be evil? Or is it 50% evil? Couldn’t they have at least recycled all that paper? Or will anything tainted with evil 50% post-consumer waste also be evil? Or is it 50% evil?

]]> Comment on Pray for Obama by Elemenope http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/pray-for-obama/#comment-71432 Elemenope Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:39 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8249#comment-71432 Solid, except the "stop the hate" at the end blunts it slightly with corniness. Solid, except the “stop the hate” at the end blunts it slightly with corniness.

]]> Comment on The Book Burning That Wasn’t by bigjohn756 http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/the-book-burning-that-wasnt/#comment-71431 bigjohn756 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:29 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8103#comment-71431 Pathetic... Pathetic…

]]> Comment on Pray for Obama by Elemenope http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/pray-for-obama/#comment-71430 Elemenope Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:25 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8249#comment-71430 <i>Why do people take things to such extremes?</i> I was having this very conversation with my S.O. yesterday. To the extent that you can blame anyone, the media has managed to position themselves as the happy pusher for fear and loathing junkies. To hear them (and the expert/blowhards they invite on for the ritual appeals to authority) tell it, we are all gonna die a million different ways before tomorrow, but for the grace of God/America/Democracy/Capitalism, all of whom are under siege and face existential threats from every corner. It is much more effective at getting people excited than the odd rational discussion of the actual issues and troubles of the day, taking into account their inconveniently less-than-apocalyptic and yet serious scope. Why do people take things to such extremes?

I was having this very conversation with my S.O. yesterday. To the extent that you can blame anyone, the media has managed to position themselves as the happy pusher for fear and loathing junkies. To hear them (and the expert/blowhards they invite on for the ritual appeals to authority) tell it, we are all gonna die a million different ways before tomorrow, but for the grace of God/America/Democracy/Capitalism, all of whom are under siege and face existential threats from every corner.

It is much more effective at getting people excited than the odd rational discussion of the actual issues and troubles of the day, taking into account their inconveniently less-than-apocalyptic and yet serious scope.

]]> Comment on Pray for Obama by Kodie http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/pray-for-obama/#comment-71429 Kodie Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:46 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8249#comment-71429 I found this t-shirt on the same website: http://www.cafepress.com/+antihate_tshirt,417804848 <blockquote>No real Christian, certainly No real American, would ever pray for the first lady to become a widow, or for her children to be left fatherless. Stop the hate. </blockquote> I found this t-shirt on the same website:
http://www.cafepress.com/+antihate_tshirt,417804848

No real Christian, certainly
No real American,
would ever pray for the first lady
to become a widow,
or for her children to be
left fatherless. Stop the hate.

]]> Comment on Pray for Obama by mikespeir http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/pray-for-obama/#comment-71428 mikespeir Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:33 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8249#comment-71428 <blockquote>...it’s only a matter of time before some lunatic tries to act on this “biblical advice.”</blockquote> Yeah. It's not these fruitcakes talking to God that bothers me. It's when he starts talking back!

…it’s only a matter of time before some lunatic tries to act on this “biblical advice.”

Yeah. It’s not these fruitcakes talking to God that bothers me. It’s when he starts talking back!

]]> Comment on Pray for Obama by DCtouristsANDlocals http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/pray-for-obama/#comment-71427 DCtouristsANDlocals Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:11:28 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8249#comment-71427 Why do people take things to such extremes? I guess it makes for good stories and gets people to watch your show or read your article... but it's destructive to our country. And I agree that anyone calling for assassination of a president is mentally/emotionally off the deep end and should be prosecuted for treason. Even if I don't like the guy (or gal), I wouldn't want him to be killed! Why do people take things to such extremes? I guess it makes for good stories and gets people to watch your show or read your article… but it’s destructive to our country.

And I agree that anyone calling for assassination of a president is mentally/emotionally off the deep end and should be prosecuted for treason. Even if I don’t like the guy (or gal), I wouldn’t want him to be killed!

]]> Comment on Pray for Obama by DCtouristsANDlocals http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/pray-for-obama/#comment-71426 DCtouristsANDlocals Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:13 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8249#comment-71426 why would I do that? That wouldn't be cherry-picking, and therefore wouldn't be consistent with how the xtians do it... why would I do that? That wouldn’t be cherry-picking, and therefore wouldn’t be consistent with how the xtians do it…

]]> Comment on The Book Burning That Wasn’t by cynic http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/the-book-burning-that-wasnt/#comment-71425 cynic Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:57:36 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8103#comment-71425 what a bunch of maroons what a bunch of maroons

]]> Comment on Pray for Obama by Elemenope http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/pray-for-obama/#comment-71424 Elemenope Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:45 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8249#comment-71424 Bah. Censoring people because their ideas are bad never helps, and barring that, the only people that are "legitimating" this garbage have already done so to one another a hundred times over. For any given idea, I'm sure it's possible to find sufficient legitimation from some source or other; people do what they want, and the justifications come afterward. Bah. Censoring people because their ideas are bad never helps, and barring that, the only people that are “legitimating” this garbage have already done so to one another a hundred times over. For any given idea, I’m sure it’s possible to find sufficient legitimation from some source or other; people do what they want, and the justifications come afterward.

]]> Comment on The Stupid Virus by Elemenope http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/19/the-stupid-virus/#comment-71423 Elemenope Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:22 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8234#comment-71423 <i>Speaking as a well-travelled Euro citizen: We all LOVE Obama. Seriously. Cannot get enough of the guy, happy to do anything to help him.</i> You do realize that in the bizarro-world that is the heartland of America, those are counts against him, not for him. Speaking as a well-travelled Euro citizen: We all LOVE Obama. Seriously. Cannot get enough of the guy, happy to do anything to help him.

You do realize that in the bizarro-world that is the heartland of America, those are counts against him, not for him.

]]> Comment on Pray for Obama by Elemenope http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/pray-for-obama/#comment-71422 Elemenope Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:38:17 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8249#comment-71422 <i>when they criticised Bush – and nobody was actually calling for him to get killed.</i> ... <i>nobody was arrested because they were using their freedom of speech to intelligently criticize his policies and actions</i> Oh, please. I heard many people say very stupid and violent things about regarding what they wished would happen/what they wish they could do to Bush the Lesser during those dark times. Up to and including assassination. It's just straight-up hypocrisy, with both parties having a few winners and a whole lot of losers and nary a consistent stance on criticism and/or loyalty. when they criticised Bush – and nobody was actually calling for him to get killed.
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nobody was arrested because they were using their freedom of speech to intelligently criticize his policies and actions

Oh, please. I heard many people say very stupid and violent things about regarding what they wished would happen/what they wish they could do to Bush the Lesser during those dark times. Up to and including assassination.

It’s just straight-up hypocrisy, with both parties having a few winners and a whole lot of losers and nary a consistent stance on criticism and/or loyalty.

]]> Comment on The Stupid Virus by Custador http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/19/the-stupid-virus/#comment-71421 Custador Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:37:18 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8234#comment-71421 Well, I respect you for not being the mouth-frothing anti-Obama type who I usually encounter. Most are willing to spread all kinds of lies and call them truth, a tradition GWB took to new heights of disgusting with that whole Gunboating thing. I never thought it would get worse than that, you know. I was wrong. Well, I respect you for not being the mouth-frothing anti-Obama type who I usually encounter. Most are willing to spread all kinds of lies and call them truth, a tradition GWB took to new heights of disgusting with that whole Gunboating thing. I never thought it would get worse than that, you know. I was wrong.

]]> Comment on The Stupid Virus by Custador http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/19/the-stupid-virus/#comment-71419 Custador Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:51 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8234#comment-71419 "I believe Obama is a naif when it comes to international relations, and he is being, and will continue to be, taken advantage of by our friends and enemies at nearly every turn." Speaking as a well-travelled Euro citizen: We all LOVE Obama. Seriously. Cannot get enough of the guy, happy to do anything to help him. The guy's a hero to us: at last, after 8 years, a man with a brain in the Whitehouse! The last president? You'd have struggled to find a world leader who would have pissed on him if he was on fire. Maybe if he *wasn't* on fire, though. “I believe Obama is a naif when it comes to international relations, and he is being, and will continue to be, taken advantage of by our friends and enemies at nearly every turn.”

Speaking as a well-travelled Euro citizen: We all LOVE Obama. Seriously. Cannot get enough of the guy, happy to do anything to help him. The guy’s a hero to us: at last, after 8 years, a man with a brain in the Whitehouse! The last president? You’d have struggled to find a world leader who would have pissed on him if he was on fire. Maybe if he *wasn’t* on fire, though.

]]> Comment on Pray for Obama by DCtouristsANDlocals http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/11/20/pray-for-obama/#comment-71418 DCtouristsANDlocals Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:18 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=8249#comment-71418 nobody was arrested because they were using their freedom of speech to intelligently criticize his policies and actions, instead of just insighting hate for no reason (because there is no legitimate reason to insight hate!). Oh wait, there I go being moral again. nobody was arrested because they were using their freedom of speech to intelligently criticize his policies and actions, instead of just insighting hate for no reason (because there is no legitimate reason to insight hate!).

Oh wait, there I go being moral again.

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