Dug, here's something you might enjoy. After I read this article I did a search and found a video of Richard Dawkins. The name of the lecture is Militant Atheism, which has a somewhat negative meaning but what he said was really interesting.
He points out the way almost all US politicians have to either be religious or lie about being religious in order to be elected. He also points out that many people who are deeply religious, do not have a high IQ. So in other words, politicans either are not that intelligent or have to lie about what they believe in and possibly about their level of intelligence. (We all know about the low IQ because we know that W got a lot of fundamentalists to vote for him in both elections! And we also know that in '04, Kerry got more intelligent voters while Bush got less intelligent voters.) He also points out that about 1/3 of the population could be considered athiest, agnostic or non-theist. And he suggests that this group could have a great impact on politics if they were organized!! He also suggests they could organize themselves in a similar way as the gays have also organized against anti-gay groups. And another thing..........speaking of religion, he said the big problem with religion is that there are some things with religion where you cannot speak against the theology. Why not? Ultimately, he suggests that we should all stop being so polite and question more things.........I certainly agree with that!! Here's the video........... http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/richard_dawkins_on_militant_atheism.html ----- Original Message ----- From: subana To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:47 PM Subject: Re: {Dawgs/Dittos} Richard Dawkins: banned in Oklahoma? in their proposal it says: THAT the Oklahoma House of Representatives encourages the University of Oklahoma to engage in an open, dignified, and fair discussion of the Darwinian theory of evolution and all other scientific theories which is the approach that a public institution should be engaged in and which represents the desire and interest of the citizens of Oklahoma. doesn't that mean that they encourage other opinions? And if so, why would they try to ban him? Aside from that, it doesn't really surprise me that Oklahomans would try to ban someone who doesn't believe in their Christian God!! And it especially doesn't surprise me that a politician would be against this............they pretty much have to declare they're christian just to get elected!! I don't consider myself a christian but then again I'm not planning on running for office either...... ----- Original Message ----- From: DUG Nunya-Bidness To: WebTV-Pals Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 8:35 PM Subject: {Dawgs/Dittos} Richard Dawkins: banned in Oklahoma? Richard Dawkins: banned in Oklahoma? http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/03/richard_dawkins_banned_in_okla.php http://tinyurl.com/dxcao7 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WebTV Dawgs/Dittos" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/WebTV-Pals -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
