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What I Learned About the (American) Religious Right
What I Learned About the (American) Religious Right
After attending the ValuesVoter Summit, an American humanist ponders his observations with respect to his own values. picked by chinook 2 months ago
tags american republican religious right humanist values
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 DerAlt
2 months ago
"The religious right suffers from a severe lack of irony-awareness.

That's a kinder way of saying that the hypocrisy on display was absolutely stunning."

Just as in the past 8 years, they thrive on spreading fear.
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 T1000
2 months ago
You could have done this the exact opposite "Religious Right ValuesVoter goes to American Humanist Conference" and come to the exact same conclusions.
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 drogue
2 months ago
« T1000 : You could have done this the exact opposite "Religious Right ValuesVoter goes to American Humanist Conference" and come to the exact same conclusions.
That doesn't mean those conclusions would be supported by actual evidence from authoritative sources.
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 cecilber...
2 months ago
No surprises in that article.

I even wonder if similar observations could be made about the far left - or any other extremists.

It's too bad that modern media (internet, cable TV, etc.) give these groups a voice that's disproportionate with their numbers.
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 chinook
2 months ago
« T1000 : You could have done this the exact opposite "Religious Right ValuesVoter goes to American Humanist Conference" and come to the exact same conclusions.
I actually scoured teh interwebz in hopes of finding an article along those lines but so far it's been fruitless. I think it would be really interesting to read.

I'm not too familiar with the American Religious Right and their points of view, other than what sneaks its way on to our news, and I thought this one was interesting.

If you can find an opposite article, one like you described, I hope you post it. I'd love to read it.
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 PulsisX
2 months ago
« chinook : I actually scoured teh interwebz in hopes of finding an article along those lines but so far it's been fruitless. I think it would be really interesting to read.

I'm not too familiar with the American Religious Right and their points of view, other than what sneaks its way on to our news, and I thought this one was interesting.

If you can find an opposite article, one like you described, I hope you post it. I'd love to read it.
Typically, fundamentalists are not interested in other peoples opinions so finding this type of article from the other perspective would be much more difficult.
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 T1000
2 months ago
« PulsisX : Typically, fundamentalists are not interested in other peoples opinions so finding this type of article from the other perspective would be much more difficult.
Wow, talk about stereotyping.
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 T1000
2 months ago
« chinook : I actually scoured teh interwebz in hopes of finding an article along those lines but so far it's been fruitless. I think it would be really interesting to read.

I'm not too familiar with the American Religious Right and their points of view, other than what sneaks its way on to our news, and I thought this one was interesting.

If you can find an opposite article, one like you described, I hope you post it. I'd love to read it.
What I meant was they're really general, and are essentially statements that can't be proven one way or the other.

You could argue about them forever, but you could never prove either one.
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 PulsisX
2 months ago
« T1000 : Wow, talk about stereotyping.
What I meant to say was that because they think they can win any argument by claiming god's will they lack curiosity and the will to seek out legitimate information.

Is that more in line with the stereotype?

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If any of them read the bible I am sure they would cease to identify as a fundamentalist. Do they skip the sermon on treating others as they wish to be treated or is it that they wish to be treated with intolerance?
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 T1000
2 months ago
« PulsisX : What I meant to say was that because they think they can win any argument by claiming god's will they lack curiosity and the will to seek out legitimate information.

Is that more in line with the stereotype?

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If any of them read the bible I am sure they would cease to identify as a fundamentalist. Do they skip the sermon on treating others as they wish to be treated or is it that they wish to be treated with intolerance?
Still a stereotype.

And it isn't, "as they would wish to be treated", it's "treat others as you would wish to be treated.

So yeah, I guess they do skip that one.
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 PulsisX
2 months ago
« T1000 : Still a stereotype.

And it isn't, "as they would wish to be treated", it's "treat others as you would wish to be treated.

So yeah, I guess they do skip that one.
I know it's a stereotype.
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Sorry about the confusion on my Jesus quote. I think I could have been clearer by saying people should treat others as they themselves wish to be treated. I can see how leaving that word out can lead to a ridiculous misinterpretation and I appreciate that you would consider that I would bungle this quote in such a way. I guess that will serve as a lesson on how I present myself here.
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