----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow
> 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. > > To me, non-rational things are those that cannot be grasped with reason. > Irrational ones are those that reason can prove or disprove. > > I ask myself, what provokes widespread irrational beliefs -- what are > these people reacting to? Some sort of vast sense of helplessness? > Intuition tells me that fear underlies this, but I'm not at all sure > what fears are playing big roles today. > > I don't think the answer can be "religion," as some would have it. > Religion is simply the lever. Fear is the motive force. xponent What Is The Result? Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
