Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 78 Editor's Choice: 1
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Faith: Biological or Divine?
[Read the article: Proud atheists]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Pinker: "I would put faith in that same category because faith is believing something without a good reason to believe it. I would put it in the same category as astrology and alchemy."
There is good reason to believe in faith, and it's not the same as astrology and alchemy.
First off, let's remember that astrology and alchemy served as springboards for astronomy and chemistry. Had there never been individuals with the faith that their studies would yield fruit, we would still be in the Stone Age. If Pinker had been a professor in an ancient university, would he have dismissed these studies? I think not, as they were the science of their times, they would have been as devoted to them as they are to modern astronomy and chemistry.
Secondly, there is a good reason to believe in faith. For one, it exists - without question. That human beings have faith in an existence beyond the one in which we are immersed is an uncontested fact. His quote is synonymous with saying, "I don't believe in fear, because it's believing something without good reason to believe it." Faith, like fear, is a basic human characteristic. His adoption of atheism alone is a matter of faith - it's his way of explaining the universe beyond his person and humanity. He has no data on what the world beyond her existence is, therefore he cannot make any solid statements; he relies on faith.
So, faith is real. It's a basic human characteristic. What scientist should do is try and determine what it is. Is it a biological safety net to prevent the self-destruction of imaginative individuals or a social structure perceived as divine? Or is it truly God-given? This is what the real debate should be, not whether or not faith exists at all.
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Meat good, industry bad
[Read the article: The K Chronicles]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's kind of hard to dissuade people from eating meat. (And the morality of the dissuasion may be questionable.) But the fact we Americans generally (not everyone) eat too much meat, and that fact that our meat often comes from poor sources, isn't in question.
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Fearing God
[Read the article: Mike Huckabee's leap of faith]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Unbelievers hear this term and thinks it's fear, as in panicky, a tiger-is-in-the-room fear. It's not; it's more akin to reverence. The fear of God is similar to the reverence one has for regarding traffic laws while driving across town. You obey the laws, but at the same time you literally fear breaking them. You would be horrified to run red lights or fail to signal when turning.
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom." - Proverbs 1:7
Peace - Xy
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Christians love Israel
[Read the article: Mike Huckabee hearts Israel]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...and so should everyone else. Why? Hmmm... maybe because they're the only actual democracy in the Middle East, the most prosperous, fair, and just country, and there national security goals dovetail with those of the US.
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As a Christian...
[Read the article: Holy Constitution!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I like Huck's ideas of banning abortion and defining marriage between a man and a woman.
Why? Because abortion is murder, and the family is the primary unit of our society.
Anyone interested in the sanctity of human life and the stability , safety, and growth of our nation would approve those laws, which Huck means when he says he wants to put some God in the Constitution.
Peace - XY
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The Letter's Authenticity in Question
[Read the article: I'm a doubting teenager]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The letter's authenticity is in question, as noted by several posters.
However, in the case that it's real...
Everything you've described is perfectly normal. Having doubts is part of growing up. Your parents do describe a certain code by which you should grow up because through trial and error, and the process of salvation, they've found the right way, and naturally want to convey it to their children, saving them a lot of pain and torment in their life.
Ask a mentor about them.
- Xy
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As a born-again Christian...
[Read the article: What do evangelicals want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I found the poll news interesting, but to be taken with a large amount of salt due to several already-mentioned factors.
The letters in response to the article are more interesting. Yes, I'm a right-wing fundie, and it's reassuring to see that our enemies are clueless about who we are. Are we illiterate, techno-dumb, snake-handling rubes who 'donknow what them internets is all about?'
Oh yeah - we sure are!
Peace,
Xy
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To answer -- Ms. Anthropia
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hi:
In response to a documentary about an incredibly hard-working, accomplished, and admirable young man who is spiritual, ethical, athletic, and so much of what aspire to be...
You just trash Judaism and call him violent and superstitious.
Answer one question: What kind of person are you?
Peace,
Xy
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Well why not try...
[Read the article: I'm a brilliant scientist and I fear for the world's fate]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why not try exactly the opposite of what every intellectual on this board is advising, since they are all to a letter providing depressing, sad, and empty answers?
First, take Cary's advice: go on vacation so you can get some spark back in your soul.
Second, after you refresh yourself in a natural setting, start taking a look at Christianity. You can get saved, have happiness and joy and purpose in your life.
Either all those people having a good time singing in church are complete idiots, and you're smarter and more intellectual than every single one of them, or there are some people in there equal to you in intellect, and objectively a million times happier.
Peace,
Xy
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@ -- fightthetheocracy!
[Read the article: What do evangelicals want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Explain.
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Nice Job
[Read the article: WayLay]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Liked it very much.