To go off on my own tangent, both the "right wing" and the "left wing" worry me equally with the sort of stuff you're talking about.
Everybody talks about the "conservative" version of it (and yes, I agree), but what you're saying is also the very reason why I'm always wary about certain "liberal" things such as "New-Age" beliefs, "Crystal Power", "Alternative Medicine", "the burning times", historical revisionism, and all that sort of stuff.
No, it's NOT all "OK as long as it makes me feel good and empowered"; and the reason it's not OK is because it's saying that superstition and wishful thinking should take precedence over rational thought and objective reality whenever the superstition is "better" than reality. Bible thumpers and New-Agers (and I've known both) have a lot in common in that respect.
Unfortunately, the creationists ... have a slightly better handle on swaying public opinionAs a pointless observation, I've noticed that a lot of generally atheistic / agnostic people - both avowed atheists and even casual
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I was thinking of saying "the more I realize how descended-from-an-ape I am, the cooler I find it!" and "how can you have a partial birth? what's the other part?" but I think I'll just leave it at the applause. I'm so glad there are so many people who think like you do, because reading newspapers would lead me to think there are none.
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Everybody talks about the "conservative" version of it (and yes, I agree), but what you're saying is also the very reason why I'm always wary about certain "liberal" things such as "New-Age" beliefs, "Crystal Power", "Alternative Medicine", "the burning times", historical revisionism, and all that sort of stuff.
No, it's NOT all "OK as long as it makes me feel good and empowered"; and the reason it's not OK is because it's saying that superstition and wishful thinking should take precedence over rational thought and objective reality whenever the superstition is "better" than reality. Bible thumpers and New-Agers (and I've known both) have a lot in common in that respect.
Unfortunately, the creationists ... have a slightly better handle on swaying public opinionAs a pointless observation, I've noticed that a lot of generally atheistic / agnostic people - both avowed atheists and even casual ( ... )
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I was thinking of saying "the more I realize how descended-from-an-ape I am, the cooler I find it!" and "how can you have a partial birth? what's the other part?" but I think I'll just leave it at the applause. I'm so glad there are so many people who think like you do, because reading newspapers would lead me to think there are none.
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