tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635991.post114182757555265846..comments2023-10-12T08:29:16.971-04:00Comments on Haze Gray and Underway !!!: If it is to be war...Citizen Deuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18425085335850663316noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635991.post-1142185947637688902006-03-12T12:52:00.000-05:002006-03-12T12:52:00.000-05:00I suspect the poll questions could have been easli...I suspect the poll questions could have been easliy manipulated as follows: <BR/><BR/>"Did god create the universe?"<BR/>"Did god create man in his present form, or did man evlove from the apes, protozoa, austalopithicus, whatever."<BR/>I would expect a high percentage of people, even those who believe in evolution for all other living things other than man, would answer these two questions in a way that would support the pollster's "assertions." However, it never ceases to amaze me how porrly versed the general public is regarding science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635991.post-1142133575585488932006-03-11T22:19:00.000-05:002006-03-11T22:19:00.000-05:00Okay, not having read the gallup poll, I would be ...Okay, not having read the gallup poll, I would be VERY suspiscious of its smapling and question phrasing. I will parse and respond via post (BTW - creation and armageddon are not translatable)Citizen Deuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18425085335850663316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635991.post-1142126553223069292006-03-11T20:22:00.000-05:002006-03-11T20:22:00.000-05:00Good think the Dari I learned is close to Farsi......Good think the Dari I learned is close to Farsi...think I'll scrounge up some more language instruction material.LTC Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423057539370247167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635991.post-1142094645219457712006-03-11T11:30:00.000-05:002006-03-11T11:30:00.000-05:00The solution is simple. Create a new religion wher...The solution is simple. Create a new religion where the mythos states that the coming of the messiah is preceeded by a thousand years of peace, rather than war and conflict. Then kill everyone who does not sign on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635991.post-1142087705412679112006-03-11T09:35:00.000-05:002006-03-11T09:35:00.000-05:00Sorry, I don't think the general population of the...Sorry, I don't think the general population of the west believes in the literal view of Armageddon. And real scholars of biblical texts regard the book of Revelation as criticism of those sects of Judaism who were turning against the beliefs of the time.<BR/><BR/>No comparison.Citizen Deuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18425085335850663316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635991.post-1142015885929306622006-03-10T13:38:00.000-05:002006-03-10T13:38:00.000-05:00None of this is politics, and the religious extrem...None of this is politics, and the religious extremists are on one side only, Iran's. When the Iranian President publicly announces that it is his duty to prepare the way for the return of the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, who is supposed to rise out of some fucking well inside an Iranian Mosque, and tells his buddies that he was shrouded by a green halo when speaking at the UN, you can pretty much forget politics, logic, or any attempt at formulating a response based upon reason or sanity. The only politics involved will be within the US regarding how long we are going to sit with our thumbs up our asses before we do something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19635991.post-1141956864840371612006-03-09T21:14:00.000-05:002006-03-09T21:14:00.000-05:00Hardly Armageddon, wrong geographical location. I...Hardly Armageddon, wrong geographical location. Iran poses a real threat, even the Europeans acknowledge it. This is not so much religion as it is idealogy, amplified by their ability to affect the global economy. Taken together, this is a pretty volatile cocktail. <BR/><BR/>Remember, we have been in a defacto conflict with Iran since the fall of the Shah.Citizen Deuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18425085335850663316noreply@blogger.com