Violent Crime On The Rise

Thanks to Bush we live in Pottersville--not Bailey Woods. Clarence, I want to go home; get me out this nightmare!!

Watching Webb on C-Span 2 bashing the amendment for another pre-emptive war with Iran.

We are this close to WWIII.

Now that is a real outrage.

Religious beliefs and sanity are mutually exclusive.

It's LONG past time we stopped treating religion as anything more than a mental disorder.

Beezlebull speak with forked tongue. Bush as a terrorist fighter is a myth of galactic proportions. He was guilty of ignoring warnings about a terrorist attack and the briefings about al Qaida. He has made deals with countries that have aided and abetted terrorists, Terrorism has increased exponentially while the dolt sat in office. He ignored the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to close our ports and borders to terrorists and opposed its creation, He has championed amnesty and open entrance of aliens into the country, without regard that terrorists may enter. The #1 terrorist is alive and well and making TV appearance and the Homeland Security is a joke just like FEMA and the Justice Department. Bin Laden has done his work well. Today the US is a divided nation, involved in a killing field and money pit in Iraq, heading for bankruptcy. No further attacks are needed. Wise up, you ignoramus. If ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise!

What happened to page five???

Humanism is the quest for improvement - not perfection.

misterbone (See profile | I'm a fan of misterbone)


Values based on humanity, as you put it, is in itself a faith in something metaphysical. It assumes that humanity has a purpose beyond mere existence, doesn't it? Otherwise, why bother? Rxistence is just too much hard work without a purpose. So, what is that purpose?

I don't suggest it requires belief in a human-like yet metaphysical being, but there must be a faith in something beyond existence.

Humans are not 'metaphysical'. This is nihilism bone. Do the people around you lack value? Is the living of your life not justification for that life? If it isn't then you seem to be a defeated person to me.

While I'm trashing out Xtianity I don't wanna let Plato off the hook. Platos' 'realm of perfect forms' morphed into the Xtian Heaven. Plato said there was a world of perfect forms of a horse, chair, New Jersey etc. he never said where and you can't see it. 'This world' is an imperfect copy of this perfect realm. Xtians talk about 'this world' being a 'sinful' place they can't wait to Rapture out of. They'd be surprised, most of them, to know they're talking Plato, whom they tend to think is Mickey Mouses' dog. Amen.

By the way, has anyone noticed how the right-wing wrath and hysterica toward Columbia went from being about their inviting Immadindehead to speak to fury at the president of Columbia for being rude to Immadindehead?

More proof that everything for Repubs now is simply about crushing anyone they deem a left winger.

Xtians just don't get it. What Thomas Paine called 'The Age of Reason' replaced the Age of Faith. It happened in the West - it hasn't happened in the Islamic world, yet. Any system of values that is based on an invisable Big Daddy in the sky is simply inoperable. Western Civ is post-Xtian now because there is no reason to belive Gawd or Jayzus is anything but a myth. Values have got to be based on humans or we fall into nihilism. You - the Xtians - brought about nihilism because you based yer values on somthing you couldn't prove was real. Amen.

A wonderful topic like crime turns into a metaphysical debate about religion and abortion. The lower birthrate among neocons might have something to do with abortions. Democrats always favored larger families. As far are the religious issues are concerned--those who claim to have the "gift of prophecy", have "knowledge" of the unknown and speak in "tongues" have become tiresome and annoying when trying to deal with the real issues facing this country. If one person is delusional, it is called insanity. When may are delusional, it is called religion.

Firaxis (See profile | I'm a fan of Firaxis)

Yer obviously a Jayzus Jumper - prattling on about 'values'. Maybe yer the one who can prove the existence of 'Gawd'. I doubt yer bright enough to realise it, but yer whole system of values falls down if you can't prove the foundation of it is anything more than a myth. And you can't.