tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post2320968285881568486..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: Mosques vs. Churches vs. FreedomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-33236163956607319472011-03-15T04:20:47.225-04:002011-03-15T04:20:47.225-04:00It appears to me that "JJ" isn't pay...It appears to me that "JJ" isn't paying attention to your remarks (note how they never address the points you make) and that he doesn't know what he's talking about in the points he does make (abysmal knowledge of history and it's timeline regarding atheism, Marx, Darwin).<br />t<br />In sum, his responses are just loaded talking points from the RR and THEIR agenda/narrative.<br /><br />So lame, yet they garner adherents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-83609557654747115412011-03-12T10:29:59.033-05:002011-03-12T10:29:59.033-05:00Bookish Babe: I'm guessing that we both need t...Bookish Babe: I'm guessing that we both need to take spelling lessons from Parille. Our fingers flickering at lightning speec over the keyboard and typing the wrong letter is the most important thing that he has to say. I've just finished writing "Mormon" on the blackboard a thousand times. You? <br /><br />EdEdward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-42374715001012896422011-03-10T12:47:33.801-05:002011-03-10T12:47:33.801-05:00Re Parille's 'I believe it's "Mor...Re Parille's 'I believe it's "Mormon" not "Morman"':<br /><br />I believe it's "Moron", not "Mormon" nor "Morman". (Say that real fast, 10 times or so, and I think you'll have an approximation for yourself of Mr. Beck's inner state.)jayeldeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-53214770658183475912011-03-09T19:37:33.262-05:002011-03-09T19:37:33.262-05:00Ed,
Here's a good review of "Agora"...Ed,<br /><br />Here's a good review of "Agora" by an atheist historian.<br /><br />http://armariummagnus.blogspot.com/2010/05/hypatia-and-agora-redux.htmlNeil Parillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074901258306769278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-72349832952466564332011-03-09T19:32:39.980-05:002011-03-09T19:32:39.980-05:00I believe it's "Mormon" not "Mo...I believe it's "Mormon" not "Morman."Neil Parillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074901258306769278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-27601704604106518762011-03-09T12:33:13.832-05:002011-03-09T12:33:13.832-05:00Bookish Babe: Yes, Beck is a Morman. I've wat...Bookish Babe: Yes, Beck is a Morman. I've watched enough of his shows to conclude that his mind is, as a note in my piece, a vast chess board of positions with no borders. He's worse than Gingrich or Buchanan or Palin because he often delivers a deadly blow to Islam and Obama and so on, then dissovles it with a rant about christianity. EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-49527173353319723272011-03-09T12:20:58.808-05:002011-03-09T12:20:58.808-05:00Excellent job Mr. Cline. I've been watching G...Excellent job Mr. Cline. I've been watching Glenn Beck's show and am amazed at how he can discuss the dangers of Islam. He goes into great detail about this destructive religion. But then, he brings evangelical christians on his shows. He doesn't realize he undercuts his own arguments. <br /><br />He truly believes that christianity will save us. (Isn't Beck a Morman?)<br /><br />Bookish BabeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-11735378539713410042011-03-08T12:15:49.534-05:002011-03-08T12:15:49.534-05:00CoprophaGOUS. Boy, I'm really going to rot in ...CoprophaGOUS. Boy, I'm really going to rot in hell if I can't even get my deity's name right.Slade Calhounnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-78133598109959360942011-03-08T11:29:28.424-05:002011-03-08T11:29:28.424-05:00But Saint Coprophagus the One-Eyed of Chad is real...But Saint Coprophagus the One-Eyed of Chad is real, isn't he? My entire epistemological and existential well-being depend on it, to say nothing of the chaos in my skull. Seriously, a great piece, Mr. Cline. Garden variety religionists I can accept, in a way, but the ones who attempt to argue for their faith on grounds of reason I have always found bizarre. Ditto to Glenn of Texas's comments above, Slade (NY)Slade Calhounnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-48802128128792561172011-03-08T11:22:00.946-05:002011-03-08T11:22:00.946-05:00Mr. Cline:
I applaud your talent of succinctly ca...Mr. Cline:<br /><br />I applaud your talent of succinctly capturing the fallacies of modern opinion and beliefs. I also was brought up in a Christian household to discover in my teenage years that the entire foundation of the religion (and all religions, for that matter) simply did not 'hold water'. From that point forward, I have sought out avenues of knowledge, from Emerson's 'Self-Reliance' to the essays of Jefferson, to the life-changing works of Rand. <br /><br />Your columns, novels, and the allusions therein are invaluable to me in my search to further my knowledge and learning.<br /><br />In respect and gratitude,<br />Glenn (Texas)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10469856540435996353noreply@blogger.com