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To: SunnyUsa

Only shocking to those in denial.

These guys think they are king, and they have lots of followers who don't think or reason that just give them more power and money.


215 posted on 11/03/2006 6:34:33 AM PST by Central Scrutiniser (Pro Evolution, Pro Stem Cell Research, Pro Science, Pro Free Thought)
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To: Central Scrutiniser; Darkwolf377
Only shocking to those in denial. These guys think they are king, and they have lots of followers who don't think or reason that just give them more power and money.

Your bias is showing again.

First, the idea that Christians (or evangelicals, mega-church members, or whoever you were bashing) don't think or reason is so silly it barely deserves mentioning. That's just you saying "they don't think like me, therefore they don't think." That's emotion you're using there, not reason.

Second, if this guy thought he was a king (and his dumb unreasoning followers treated him as such) he wouldn't be stepping down. That's pretty much the definition of thinking you're a king.

Third, this is hardly a common occurence. The last time there was a sex scandal with a major eveangelical leader was back in the Eighties, i.e. Jim Baker and Jimmy Swaggart.

Fourth, imagine how you would react if some evolutionary scientist got caught spending his department money on meth, and I posted "Only shocking to those in denial. These guys don't believe there's a God, so they have no moral character, and they have lots of students and hangers-on who don't keep an eye on them because they all think atheist types are better than the rest of us." Would you feel like I was painting thousands of Americans with a broad brush of bias? BTW, I would never write that, because I use my brain for reasoning instead of using it as a second heart. (props to Darkwolf for coining that phrase)

Pro Stem Cell Research

Just adult and umbilical, or embryonic? You see, I'm always amazed at the number of people who claim to be guided by reason but can't tell the difference between the number 72 and the number zero.

222 posted on 11/03/2006 7:16:16 AM PST by Mr. Silverback (People who say there are jobs Americans won't do haven't seen "Dirty Jobs.")
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