“The Christian right has lured tens of millions of Americans, who rightly feel abandoned and betrayed by the political system, from the reality-based world to one of magic -- to fantastic visions of angels and miracles, to a childlike belief that God has a plan for them and Jesus will guide and protect them. This mythological worldview, one that has no use for science or dispassionate, honest intellectual inquiry, one that promises that the loss of jobs and health insurance does not matter, as long as you are right with Jesus, offers a lying world of consistency that addresses the emotional yearnings of desperate followers at the expense of reality. It creates a world where facts become interchangeable with opinions, where lies become true -- the very essence of the totalitarian state. It includes a dark license to kill, to obliterate all those who do not conform to this vision, from Muslims in the Middle East to those at home who refuse to submit to the movement. And it conveniently empowers a rapacious oligarchy whose god is maximum profit at the expense of citizens.”
(Chris Hedges, Alternet)
2007-02-21 20:09:56 · 6 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure. Just make sure that Jesus pays your rent and bills ontime.
2007-02-21 20:12:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Let me get this straight. Christians are anti-science. If you lose your job or your health insurance, that's the christians fault. Christians are responsible for totalitarian states. Christians are preaching a 'dark license to kill anyone who doesn't agree with them' and christians are responsible for capitalism(a la 'maximum prophet').
Get into the real world. Christians have nothing to do with health insurance or losing your job. Christians aren't telling anyone to kill anyone else. Capitalism is an economic system(and a very good one) not a religious system. It has nothing to do with christianity. As far as totalitarianism is concerned, the only totalitarian systems in the 20th and into the 21st century was(and is) communism. Last I heard communism was atheist not christian. Was it not Lenin who said that religion was the opiate of the people. Communism wasn't christian. It tried to wipe out christianity and any other religion. Also, if christianity is so anti-science, then why were all of the founders of the different scientific disciplines all christians and creationists.
Christians and creationists who founded the different scientific disciplines
DISCIPLINE-- SCIENTIST
ANTISEPTIC SURGERY-- JOSEPH LISTER (1827-1912)
BACTERIOLOGY-- LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895)
CALCULUS-- ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727)
CELESTIAL MECHANICS --JOHANN KEPLER (1571-1630)
CHEMISTRY-- ROBERT BOYLE (1627-1691)
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY-- GEORGES CUVIER (1769-1832)
COMPUTER SCIENCE-- CHARLES BABBAGE (1792-1871)
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS-- LORD RAYLEIGH (1842-1919)
DYNAMICS-- ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727)
ELECTRONICS--JOHN AMBROSE FLEMING (1849-1945)
ELECTRODYNAMICS-- JAMES CLERK MAXWELL (1831-1879)
ELECTRO-MAGNETICS-- MICHAEL FARADAY (1791-1867)
ENERGETICS-- LORD KELVIN (1824-1907)
ENTOMOLOGY OF LIVING INSECTS-- HENRI FABRE (1823-1915)
FIELD THEORY-- MICHAEL FARADAY (1791-1867)
FLUID MECHANICS-- GEORGE STOKES (1819-1903)
GALACTIC ASTRONOMY-- WILLIAM HERSCHEL (1738-1822)
GAS DYNAMICS-- ROBERT BOYLE (1627-1691)
GENETICS-- GREGOR MENDEL (1822-1884)
GLACIAL GEOLOGY-- LOUIS AGASSIZ (1807-1873)
GYNECOLOGY-- JAMES SIMPSON (1811-1870)
HYDRAULICS-- LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)
HYDROGRAPHY-- MATTHEW MAURY (1806-1873)
HYDROSTATICS-- BLAISE PASCAL (1623-1662)
ICHTHYOLOGY-- LOUIS AGASSIZ (1807-1873)
ISOTOPIC CHEMISTRY-- WILLIAM RAMSAY (1852-1916)
MODEL ANALYSIS-- LORD RAYLEIGH (1842-1919)
NATURAL HISTORY-- JOHN RAY (1627-1705)
NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY-- BERNHARD RIEMANN (1826- 1866)
OCEANOGRAPHY-- MATTHEW MAURY (1806-1873)
OPTICAL MINERALOGY-- DAVID BREWSTER (1781-1868)
PALEONTOLOGY-- JOHN WOODWARD (1665-1728)
PATHOLOGY-- RUDOLPH VIRCHOW (1821-1902)
PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY-- JOHANN KEPLER (1571-1630)
REVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMIC-- JAMES JOULE (1818-1889)
STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICSS-- JAMES CLERK MAXWELL (1831-1879)
STRATIGRAPHY-- NICHOLAS STENO (1631-1686)
SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY-- CAROLUS LINNAEUS (1707-1778)
THERMODYNAMICS-- LORD KELVIN (1824-1907)
THERMOKINETICS-- HUMPHREY DAVY (1778-1829)
VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY-- GEORGES CUVIER (1769-1832)
2007-02-22 04:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by upsman 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nice copy and paste job there.
I don't know a lot but blaming God for things we can't control conterdicts your faith.
2007-02-22 04:22:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not true. But you could be just as happy believing it is. Weak people need religion and spirituality to comfort them in times of uncertainty, to soothe them when they are afraid, and to tell them what to do with their lives when they are all out of good ideas.
2007-02-22 04:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by flak_monkey 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
just part of living in a crazy world!!
hell yeah! no money, no food, no home, don't worry god will love ya! for $20 a month.
so many faiths, too many gods, plenty of prophets and lots of sons of 'God' - and WORSE - so many many 'bibles' to read - you have to make your own choice!! its all madness!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dalai_lama....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/religion......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jesus......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gods......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bibles......
2007-02-22 07:01:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians don't do magic, it's evil, the rest was too much reading
2007-02-22 04:45:16 · answer #6 · answered by Sister Rulerlady 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋