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Why They Fear Us
The Rational Argumentator ^
| December 26, 2003
| Henry Emrich
Posted on 12/30/2003 10:29:35 AM PST by G. Stolyarov II
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To: sauropod
Hitler and Saddam were atheists which makes their govt one. Not so much their society, but their governing style. Cared little for anyone.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:00:41 AM PST
by
smith288
(Secret member of the VRWC elite forces)
To: sauropod
Yeah, essentially it is. Objectivists, however, are deliberately obtuse about this, as it is the fundamental underpinning of the philosophy, so you have to explain the obvious fifty different ways to find a chink in their armor of denial.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:00:43 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
("I will do whatever the Americans want because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid"-Qadafi)
To: G. Stolyarov II
Reads like elitist swill, if you ask me. The author seeks to lump all "conservatives" into the same basket, but what he actually accomplishes is to advertise the sad limits of his own sophistry, and show how poor and bankrupt his narrow opinions are. Generally, I enjoy discussions with the true objectivists, as I do with the true subjectivists, as they usually bring a sense of excitement and discovery to their arguments. The writer of this pap, however, casually discounts anything not conforming to his own established parameters of what is acceptable, and thus he serves only to stymie constructive discourse.
To: G. Stolyarov II
I am not exclusionist, but I am a staunch supporter of full separation of Church and State. Dept of Redundancy Dept.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:01:51 AM PST
by
smith288
(Secret member of the VRWC elite forces)
To: thoughtomator
You've hit the nail on the head. The essence of Objectivism is a denial of the actual subjectivity of the Objectivist's point of view. Did I say that? Reading it makes my brain hurt.
But, yes, I guess I said that.
;)
Shalom.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:02:13 AM PST
by
ArGee
(Scientific reasoning makes it easier to support gross immorality.)
To: Dutchgirl
"Would a quick look at the sale of books relating to the topic of Christianity be considered "evidence" of thought to this "rational thinker?" No it wouldn't. They have an arrogant conceit as I spelled out in No. 4.
All you have to do is read their writings and it leaps right out at you.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:02:18 AM PST
by
sauropod
(Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
To: G. Stolyarov II; sauropod
Gospodin Stolyarov:
Sauropod is correct. There are many of us who have both the intellectual apparatus and training at the graduate level to think, and do in fact think very deeply about our religion. It is arrogant to dismiss our community of faith as shallow thinkers. The posted article is both incorrect and poorly written.
I can speak as a 61-year old former atheist who has come, by the grace of Messiah, Y'shua, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, into a relationship with the Lord. Relationship of love and grace - not merely a 'religion.' Further, please feel free to Freep mail me privately and I will respond thoughtfully.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:02:55 AM PST
by
esopman
(Blessings on Freepers Everywhere)
To: G. Stolyarov II
Do you realize that being a "staunch supporter" of "separation of Church and State" puts you directly at odds with the founders of our nation?
How does an Objectivist reconcile that with the plain language of the First Amendment, which demands, in essence, indifference to religion with respect to government, and not separation?
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:03:27 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
("I will do whatever the Americans want because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid"-Qadafi)
To: G. Stolyarov II
But I am not willing to embrace certain Christians' claims that America is fundamentally a religious country, nor will I sanction their attempts to employ the coercive powers of the State to in any manner impede on anyone's religious freedom. Point #1: Just because that is "certain Christians' claims" does not make it a Christian concept.
Point #2: America did have a Christian concept of right and wrong through the 1920s or so. That is an objective fact, whether you like it or not. And nobody's freedom was ever infringed by that fact.
Shalom.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:04:41 AM PST
by
ArGee
(Scientific reasoning makes it easier to support gross immorality.)
To: G. Stolyarov II
"But I am not willing to embrace certain Christians' claims that America is fundamentally a religious country..." Then you ignore history.
"...nor will I sanction their attempts to employ the coercive powers of the State to in any manner impede on anyone's religious freedom."
If the State were equally tolerant of all religions then I would agree with you.
The State is not equally tolerant of Christianity compared with Islam or even Judiasm. The latter are favored as we saw at Christmas time.
"...but I am a staunch supporter of full separation of Church and State."
Itself an unConstitutional and unhistorical view.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:06:34 AM PST
by
sauropod
(Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
To: G. Stolyarov II
I was reading Rand long before most people were born. Fountainhead was a cheap drunk and a course of psychotherapy.
I have two serious problems with Rand.
1) She is no longer alive and is hence unable to defend herself from people who claim to be her disciples.
2) She is Wagnerian in the sense of seeking the glorified position of emotionally sterile all-powerful aweing Germanic gods. It is a hollow life.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:06:54 AM PST
by
RLK
Comment #52 Removed by Moderator
To: smith288
Hitler and the Nazis motivated an awful lot of Germans to do what they did through appeals to
altruism, e.g., the German "Volk."
Read Peikoff's book.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:08:26 AM PST
by
sauropod
(Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
To: esopman; hellinahandcart; Lil'freeper; NYC GOP Chick
"Sauropod is correct." "He always is", he sez humbly ;-)
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:10:31 AM PST
by
sauropod
(Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
To: Dutchgirl
The books of CS Lewis alone account for a huge chunk of the publishing industryOh, please.
Yes, they are evergreens, and still sell, but a "huge chunk"? You either are unfamiliar with the publishing industry or are terminally optimistic.
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:11:10 AM PST
by
Pahuanui
(When a foolish man hears of the Tao, he laughs out loud)
To: G. Stolyarov II
Even a cursory examination of history will reveal a pivotal fact; namely, that "paradigm shifts" massive changes of gestalt thinking NEVER originate from WITHIN the old paradigm. So this guy is a new ager then? This is also their thinking. Somehow I don't trust his views of Christianity if this is his belief. (Among other reasons)
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:13:15 AM PST
by
ladyinred
(God Bless our Troops!)
To: G. Stolyarov II
>>>>>>We are a slave rebellion, friends: an "Underground railroad" of the Human Spirit.
In the absence of God, is the Human Spirit (capitalized out of respect for it's apotheosis, I assume) something that I would find in the AD&D Monster Manual?
I understand why Objectivists find some elements of modern religion as objectionable as a Tammy Faye Bakkar makeover, but I'm not sure how they can disbelieve in God and still posit a spiritual world. Are there any Objectivists that believe quartz crystals cure herpes?
Who is John Galt, and what was he smoking when he wrote this article?
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posted on
12/30/2003 11:16:00 AM PST
by
.cnI redruM
(Dean People Suck!)
To: JustPlainJoe
I have read all Ayn Rand's philosophic treatises, as well as, her novels, and, for the most part, consider myself an objectvist, although more of an Aristotleian. However, I try to refrain from running around epousing such except on a ripe occasion as this. As well, I believe in God, although God is not a single entity, a benevolent being, and as such, or contrary to, the commonly accepted belief that God created Man in His own image, I must believe Man created God in his own image.
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To: Pahuanui
I understand that CS Lewis Books, including Narnia sell over 2 million copies annually...
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