wow... just.. wow. big money supports dems? sustainablilty is a liberal idea?
On 6/29/05, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed Storms replied > > >I agree with you, Frank, some cultures are better than others, just > >as some scientific theories and some people are better than others. > > Amazing coming from you Ed. > > >Some cultures are peaceful while others go to war. Some cultures > >pretend to value the individual, while placing increasing emphasis > >on the state. > > Some cultures have a "Holy" book which tells them to conquer or > convert the Infidels. Some cultures think that women should be > treated like cattle. > > >Some cultures are too corrupt to hold fair elections and others > >allow big companies to rip off the population. Fortunately, we do > >not have such a culture. > > I've heard the stick that the election was rigged, I can't prove a > negative. My bias would be that since the big money interests support > the Democrats, they would have won. Your bias is that the big money > interests support the war. My bias is that enough Christians showed > up at the poles to give Bushie the edge. > > As for the "Big companies ripping off the resources" corporations > don't consume resources, people do. It is very disingenuous for > someone like you, who has lived the American lifestyle, to complain > about the resources that we are consuming. Do you have a car? does it > run on banana peels or grass clippings? > > > > >Nevertheless Frank, I get the impression that you think a culture > >based on Christian principles is better than one based on Islamic > >teachings or Buddhism, for example. > > I don't know about Frank, but I definately feel that way. It would > seem to me that since their plan is to cut your head off, unless you > want to covert to Islam, you agree with me on this issue. > > > To further refine the approach, I assume only certain Christian > >beliefs are acceptable. I agree, Christianity in recent centuries > >has provided a good culture basis, the behavior of the Nazis during > >WWII > > The Nazi's were pagans who killed more Christians were Jews! > > >and slave owners in the US south being big, > > The slave owners ignored the instructions in the Torah regarding the > treatment of slaves. The high standards set resulted in slavery dying > out in Israel. The Christians in the North East were the driving > force behind the Civil War. Beginning in the late 18th century, their > intention was abolitionism. > > >but not the only, exceptions. But now in this century we are > >presented with a problem. Christianity, which is based on brotherly > >love and a value to all life, is believed to be in a war with Islam, > >a religion which represents a large fraction of the world's > >population and which is in control of most energy sources. > > As I have pointed out previously Ed, some of us believe that the > embodiment of Edom in this generation is Islam, as Nazism was in the > last generation. > > > In addition, we are now running out of energy, land space, and > >water in many regions, but the Catholic Church will not support > >population limitations based on birth control. > > Not as fast as we are running out of time. > > >The great Christian cultures are rapidly destroying the rain > >forests, over fishing the oceans, and polluting the atmosphere with > >CO2. In other words, a large number of Christians are taking several > >approaches that may well destroy our own culture while spending > >their political support and money trying to save other cultures from > >"evil". How do you deal with this problem? > > Have you ever seen bugs (microorganisms) grown on a petri plate? They > overgrow the medium and die. Well the Earth is a petri plate, and > sustainability is a liberal myth. > > >>At 01:55 pm 27/06/2005 -0400, you wrote: > >> > >>>thomas malloy wrote: > >>> > >>>>That area of agreement a leftist notion called cultural > >>>>relativism (the idea that all cultures are all equally good) > >>>>which is leading to cultural suicide. > >>> > >>>That definition of cultural relativity is completely wrong, > >>>misleading and childish. > > I was quoting Prager. Of course, I do have a bias to agree with him. > I wish that you would spend a few hours listening to his program and > then call in and set him right. > > >> > >> > >>Etc. > >>The real problem seems to be in the meaning of the word relativism > >>as opposed to relativity. For example, > >> ================================================= > >> Benedict XVI, however, has been critical of progressive > >>Catholicism. In a homily delivered at a Mass before the > >>cardinals began the conclave Monday, he warned against > >>"relativism, which is letting oneself be 'swept along by every > >>wind of teaching.' [It] looks like the only attitude > >>[acceptable] to today's standards. We are moving toward a > >>dictatorship of relativism, which does not recognize anything > >>as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego > >>and one's own desires." > >> ================================================= > > Cultural Relativitism has nothing what so ever to do with Special Relativity. > > >> > >>I wouldn't want to hoist you on your own petard because I think > >>your post was very interesting and well argued. > > If we fail to stop them the Islamists will do that after they take > over the government. > > >> > >>However. I think you need to get inside the minds of people like > >>Malloy and the Pope (and me for that matter) and recognise that we > >>understand the word "relativism" in a different way than you might. > >>8-) > >> > >>Cheers, > >> > >>Frank Grimer > > Ditto it's been fun > > > > > -- "Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write" Voltaire
