--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Horn, John wrote: > > > This is one of the most terrifying things I have read in a long, > > long, LONG time. > > Me too. Especially coming from Bill Moyers. The statistics really > stopped me. > > I'm religious, but I know the difference (I think) between what is > irrational and what is non-rational. I'm deeply disturbed, even > frightened, by the growth and seeming acceptance of irrationality in our > culture. Irrationality seems increasingly confused with the > non-rational.
Last time I was home in New England, a rather enlightened and liberal place, free of most of the trappings of religiosity, I wandered past a couple debating whether Jesus would be upset with them for buying Easter egg coloring kits. > I ask myself, what provokes widespread irrational beliefs -- what are > these people reacting to? Some sort of vast sense of helplessness? Your questions remind me that I need to read "What's the matter with Kansas?" -k- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
