[lbo-talk] Re: agnostic nation?

[Michael Dawson]

Come on, Frank.  The point of contention wasn't whether this nation has a
majority of Christians.  It was whether or not the state should be
sponsoring Christian symbols.  Unless you're a theocrat, the former fact
doesn't justify the latter action.  That's what O'Loofa obscures, and what
you apparently missed in your lecture to us "kids."


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> On Behalf Of frank scott
> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 5:16 PM
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: agnostic nation?
> 
> o'reilly is  an aggravating, rude son of a bitch, with one of the bigger
> cable tv audiences because, at least in part, he speaks bluntly and
> doesn't sound like the average tv twit, or at least average before fox
> talk-news-bullshit hit the market... but...
> 
> if he claimed this was a christian nation, that hardly makes him the
> anti-christ or a satanic anti-semite, but simply a person who
> understands at least a little bit about where he lives...
> 
> 
> what the hell are we, majority agnostics? atheists? secular liberals?
> polls are constantly cited - here! - showing that american majorities
> believe in god ( one said that 47% of kerry voters not only believed,
> but doubted  evolution - booga booga!), go to church, pray, talk to
> angels, and also, to some here, are  slimeball morons and pigs because
> they do so...and yet, this comment is an indication that o'reilly is an
> ass?
> 
> face it, kids, with or without ridiculous polls, most americans are, or
> would call themselves, christians...the god squad, whether its jewish,
> muslim, or whatever else, needs to wake up and smell the superstitious
> majority...many believe in scriptural legend and mythology, and many who
> call themselves agnostic and secular and even atheist secretly, if not
> openly, carry out religious policy nonsense( how did the "holy land"
> become so?  secular, study group discussion? agnostic democratic
> referendum?)  while smugly looking down on other, more open
> believers...but the facts are the facts...
> 
> doesn't make me happy, but neither does much else about where i
> live...still, no reason to create fabrications about reality, to make
> some people feel better, or superior...for once, that schmuck was
> right...
> 
> fs
> 
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