God is greater than Christopher Hitchens ( A Rabbi responds to the book -- "God is Not Great")

Jerusalem Post ^ | 06/03/2007 | rabbi Schmuley Boteach

[KC Burke]

We don't have to have a "Judeo-Christian regime" to recognize the benefit of the collective wisdom of the ages and the un-grown knowledge of mankind in government, morals and ethics.

Once a society rejects that foundation and applies to individual rationality, that is when the risk of misstep is at its greatest.

The cultures and government of Sweden and the like, the rationalists now retreating feverously from democratic socialism, are not great banners to hold aloft, IMHO.

I do agree that there are weaknesses in the arguments made by the author, they are not however sufficient for me to pitch a couple of millenium of western civilization aside and let Hitch be my guiding light.

[TypeZoNegative]

*Yawn* More logically fallacious “proofs” of Christianity’s superiority over “Evolutionism”. Let’s not forget that Christianity before Darwin held “Darwinistic” beliefs.

[SirLinksalot]

Let’s not forget that Christianity before Darwin held “Darwinistic” beliefs.

Interesting. Educate us please as to what these beliefs are.

[wagglebee]

I will keep calling out people when they say things that are demonstrably false, because that kind of talk harms the conservative movement.

Is that why you went to MadmanIvan's WAcko anti-FReeper site and said you were a "refugee" from here?

[donna]

LOL! I hope that refugee camp is kind to the inmates.

[cammie]

I am not going to start a fight between this site and the other site. But yes, I have largely moved to the other site due to the seventh-grade tenor of the discussion on this site, exemplified by calling people “homos” as if this were seventh grade and by trying to pick fights with other websites as if one was run by the “in-crowd” and also due to what I perceive as a growing extremism on this site.

[donna]

Like anyone cares.

[wagglebee]

Yeah, we’ve heard it all already. Something about conservatives having “their foot on the neck” of RINOs like you for too long.

[wagglebee]

trying to pick fights with other websites as if one was run by the “in-crowd” and also due to what I perceive as a growing extremism on this site.

Here's "extremism" for you, YOUR last PUBLIC post on the anti-FReeper site was one day ago, your last comment was made 19 minutes ago. I guess the RINO view is that it's not "extremist" as long as you anti-FReep on a closed thread where nobody can read it.

[apocalypto]

He sure is.

[donna]

LOL, there are closed threads over there?

[cammie]

I didn’t post anything on a closed forum, the welcome page is open to guests on the other website. Other than that, you’re wrong on so many counts that all I can say is...whatever.

[wagglebee]

I didn’t post anything on a closed forum, the welcome page is open to guests on the other website. Other than that, you’re wrong on so many counts that all I can say is...whatever.

The fact is that plenty of FReepers have seen the closed threads on MadmanIvan's WAcko anti-FReeper site, it is also a fact that your last PUBLIC post had been over 24 hours ago, but your last activity was 19 MINUTES before (when I checked earlier today). You see, the WAckos have a search feature that makes it impossible to hide activity on closed anti-FReeper threads.