John, Chesterton may have been another Oswald Mosley (UK nazi leader pre-war), on the udder hand, said the cow, he was never in power, and unlike FDR and Churchill, who I still hold as great guys, let the Jews go to toast when they, as leaders, could have done a bit more, let us say? Socialists who do mass murder are no better than religious people who do mass murder. Can we agree on this premise? This was my point when people go off creating their own bonfires, accusing the Church folk of barbarity, while not letting the other show drop. Hence, same behavior, different motivation. We have our own religions and sometimes without a god, let me say, our we make our own. Meanwhile, as the religious folks inflame your passions, please consider this new article from Scientific American regarding religion:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psychiatry-needs-to-get-right-with-god/
-----Original Message----- From: John Clark <[email protected]> To: 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jun 17, 2021 6:25 am Subject: Re: Was, Re: The theology of number, (Now) The Universe Learns (not released on April 1st) On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 7:24 PM spudboy100 via Everything List <[email protected]> wrote: > One absurdity is that atheists will commit mass murder in the name of world > socialism, Socialism is an economic system, it is not inherently religious or anti-religious, and exactly the same thing could be said about Capitalism. I have heard of leaders committing mass murder in the name of Communism (Mao Zedong in China) and I've heard of them committing mass murder in the name of Capitalism (Leopold II of Belgium), and I've heard of dictators committing mass murder in the name of religion (Torquemada in Spain), but I've never heard of a dictator committing mass murder in the name of atheism. > "When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in > nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.” -C.K. Chesterton It's interesting you should pick C.K. Chesterton as your authority, a man noted for his antisemitism, he thought Marxism was an instrument of the Jews to achieve world domination. And Chesterton hated Capitalism just as much as he hated Communism, the nearest I can tell the only thing he didn't hate was a Catholic theocracy. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3%2B3woN1%2Bato-LS22_EWX3X_ckX5PStvRim-e2dymDB4g%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/160749014.1020092.1623972231675%40mail.yahoo.com.
