Much Lies Beyond the Grasp of Arrogant Atheism

The Jewish Daily Forward ^ | Fri. Nov 24, 2006 | David Klinghoffer

[RunningWolf]

I did not see this publisher in the Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List.

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[narses]

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[RunningWolf]

The post articles page gives me only news/activism to post an article in. Is this correct?

[My2Cents]

Not another evolution thread...

[RunningWolf]

No evo in this article.

[RunningWolf]

Out for a few hours

[My2Cents]

But the power behind evo is.

[-YYZ-]

Funny title considering that the word "atheist" is only used once in the article.

Many atheists, myself included, are not so arrogant as to assume to that we have everything figured out, or to ignore the many contributions to civilization that religions have made. We also wrestle with the fact that an objective basis for morality is hard to find without an external influence, i.e. God.

Just because most left-wing moonbats are atheists, it doesn't mean that the inverse is also true.

[Tribune7]

Russell Kirk wrote great ghost stories too. Won a best short story award in 1977 for There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding

[RunningWolf]

Thanks for your insightful input, I appreciate it.

[Condor51]

...asking for my definition of conservatism. He explained that he is taking a class in advanced psychology, the specific topic being the "authoritarian personality."

Speaking of authoritarian personalities, how about these famous 'conservatives'...

Oh wait, those are all 'fuzzy-wuzzy', 'gimme a big hug' communists, my bad.

[RunningWolf]

What?? Wait a second!

Oh okay, ;-)

[Mach9]

E. g., Ayn Rand, Eastman Kokak--but no one's right on everything.

[SmartAZ]

Interesting title, too bad he didn't actually have anything to say about it. And the article had several interesting comments, but they didn't lead to any central thesis. Two comments related to The Importance Of Fathers. He should have started with that as his title and left out the unrelated material.

[RunningWolf]

After I posted it I noticed that also. It was puzzling to a degree.

What do you think about the topic?

[tpaine]

Many atheists, myself included, are not so arrogant as to assume to that we have everything figured out, or to ignore the many contributions to civilization that religions have made.
Just because most left-wing moonbats are atheists, it doesn't mean that the inverse is also true.

The author, in effect, agrees by taking what is essentially an agnostic position when he wrote:
"-- the essence of conservatism lies in the acknowledgment that, in the wisdom of the dead, much lies beyond our grasp.
To deny this basic recognition requires no psychological disfigurement -- only the combination of those familiar foibles, arrogance and ignorance. --"

[TradicalRC]

Many erroneously think that conservatives believe that something is true Because it is tradition; the truth is we believe that it is tradition Because it is true.

[KarinG1]

I suppose that when we are dead we shall either know the truth or know nothing at all. If the latter is the case I would prefer to wait as long as possible before finding that out, or more accurately not finding it out. If the former is I can hardly wait. I'm banking on the former. If the latter proves to be correct I will have lost nothing. Therefore, believing upon The Son Of Man is indisputably the only the only intelligent choice.

[SmartAZ]

"Many erroneously think that conservatives believe that something is true Because it is tradition; the truth is we believe that it is tradition Because it is true."

Self contradictory. Every tradition is born from a broken tradition.