Thoughtful comment! A side note from us St. Louisans being on the news , thanks to a 'faither' named Todd Akin, that has brought about these discussions about faith and science. This person has been elected to the Congress 6 times by substantial majorities, from one of St. Louis' most affluent constituencies ( and thus could be considered educated as well) in spite of his well known , blind, faith based views, often verging on know-nothingism. I find it funny that all the Republican bigwigs are suddenly surprised by Todd Akin expressing himself, being who he always has been and being scandalized. They knew, from day one, that Todd Akin gets his marching order from God himself. And they are surprised now that he won't step aside?
Borrowing n expression from Dickens, I say " Bah-humbug"! I think it is a poorly disguised case of political inconvenience, not a display of ordinary integrity or wisdom. BTW, Kathleen Parker wrote a funny one on this today. You can see it at: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/kathleen-parker/kathleen-parker-akin-s-breakin-heart/article_19b28bdd-616f-502b-a31d-02bed871ff2b.html On Aug 23, 2012, at 9:21 AM, Dilip Deka wrote: > > The following comment was posted on Gail Collins' OpEd about Todd Akin in the > NYT . It is well written and expressive. I think "Faith is blind and always > will be" in the article should have been "Faith has blinders on and always > will." > Comments are welcome. > ============================================================================ > > * Bruce Blodgett > * Crestone, CO > > Belief trumps fact not only among the Tea Party faithful but a large portion > of the population. Belief is simpler, easier, faster. When believers try to > find facts to stabilize their beliefs, they have started down a road that > leads ultimately nowhere. The best we can do is make fun of them the way Gail > Collins does so beautifully. There is no arguing with a believer who scorns > science as a source of truth. Faith is blind and always will be. Faith always > turns to the past for wisdom, never to the hard work of real research, which > is generally pointed in the direction of the unknown, of the future. It > deifies ancestors like Founding Fathers and chisels wisdom in stone. Faith is > the opposite of thought. "God Bless America" and" In God We Trust" are > expressions that America uses to shield itself from truth, that it wraps > itself in for warmth and ends up suffocating the very freedom it so cherishes. > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
