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- From: grendel@camelot.bradley.edu (Alyosha Bourgea)
- Subject: Re: Here Are The Undeniable Truths of Life
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- References: <69483@cup.portal.com> <Bxtovu.7Ap@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov16.190611.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 01:06:41 GMT
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- In <1992Nov16.190611.1@woods.ulowell.edu> enor@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
-
- >>In article <Bxtovu.7Ap@news.cso.uiuc.edu>,
- >>tz10956@meibm12.cen.uiuc.edu (Thomas Zych) writes:
- >>> sjthomas@cup.portal.com (Stephen J Thomas) writes:
- >>>
- >>>Rush Limbaugh's 35 Truths
- >>>
- >>> 8. Peace cannot be achieved by developing an understanding of or
- >>> with the Russian people.
- >>
- >> Myopic and xenophobic.
- >>
- > This is probably dated, reffering to the Soviet States total dominance
- >of every aspect of Russian life.
-
- One point that I wish you and Rush would get through your *thick* heads is the
- nonequivalence of "Russian" and "Soviet", even when the Soviet Union existed.
- It's like equating the United States with North America, and makes about as
- much sense.
-
- >>>20. There IS a god.
- >>
- >> Whether there is a supreme being or not, and what form(s) that being takes, is
- >> purely a matter of personal belief. Although since he _could_ have said "There
- >> IS a God, and it's the Judeo-Christian God", I suppose I should be happy that
- >> Rush at least accepts that Islam, Hinduism, and any other god-based religion
- >>is an acceptable belief system.
-
- > One minor point. The God of the Judeo-Christian tradition is also the
- >God of the Islamic tradition. Allah, as Moslems call God, is one in the
- >same with Yawheh, Jesuus Christ, and The Holy Spirit.
-
- The Moslems don't see it that way, nor do most Christians. There are a lot
- of differences between the Q'ran and the Bible. You could argue that the
- concept of single male deity is the same, but the mythology surrounding
- Allah and Mohammed is vastly different from that of Yahweh and Jesus Christ.
-
- Besides which, it's still a bigoted statement; I'm a Taoist, a pagan, and an
- atheist, and I don't take kindly to the imposition of absolute moral and
- religious values upon me by others, whether or not I agree with them.
-
- >>>21. Abortion is wrong.
- >>
- >> But forcing women who cannot or do not wish to support children to have them,
- >> in effect enslaving them, is perfectly alright.
-
- > Biology 101, Sex is first and foremost for the procreation of LIFE.
- >The old saying goes here "If you don't want to get burned, don't play with
- >fire." It was a woman's choice to have sex or not(except cases of rape or
- >incest) therefore she already executed her right to choose. If a human being
- >in the womb were just another body part abortion should be legal.(i.e. if you
- >want your livver out take it out) but human life is just that human life.)
-
- Rape and incest are not the only instances in which a woman may be pregnant
- without intent. Birth control is not infallible.
-
- >>>23. Evolution cannot explain creation.
- >>
- >> And creation cannot explain evolution.
-
-
- > Here's one that'll shock ya. According to my religion teacher in
- >Catholic H.S., who also happened to be the Biology Teacher, the Catholic Church
- >now teaches that the 7 days of creation were more like periods of time, the
- >word DAYS was used figuratively to help make the understanding clearer.
- >Creation does surprisingly follow the chronological events proven by evolution.
-
- This isn't shocking in the least. Once the creationists realized that everyone
- was taking evolution seriously, not just a few heathen weirdos, they changed
- their myth to fit the facts. Creationists still teach that humankind is
- 10,000 years old, in defiance of every bit of empirical evidence that exists.
-
- >>>30. The United States will again go to war.
- >>
- >> Certainly.
- >>
- > And the Draft Dodging Bill Clinton will be on the front line so he can
- >prove his manhood.
-
- BZZZZT! Thank you for playing. Please try again.
-
- >>>33. There will always be poor people.
- >>
- >> Unfortunately, true.
-
- Only in a society that is capitalistic (i.e., competitive, where there are
- winners and losers).
-
- > But there will be less if we give them a "Hand Up" not a "Hand
- >Out"--Jack Kemp Rep National Convention also plagurized by Clinton in his
- >"acceptance speech"
-
- Gee, unemployment rose under Reagan. Nice rhetoric. And what's Kemp saying--
- government intervention? (shocked gasp) Whatever, it's still an empty phrase
- that can be twisted to mean whatever you may want it to mean.
-
-
-