alt.education

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:22:05 +0000 (UTC), Reverend Right
wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, dford3@gl.umbc.edu wrote:
>>On Mar 26, 1:47 am, johac wrote:
>>> After Dawkins' and PZ Myers' review,I don't know if I'd want to waste
>>> the time.
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>>reaction to Dawkins review of "Expelled"
>>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/8638ed0bec53c5ba
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>Even if 'Expelled' turns out to be better and more successful than
>anyone's wildest imagination, what decisive effect will it have on
>the (since 1947) hard-line Atheist U.S. Government's Atheist public
>school system? Will it have any effect on students or their parents?

America doesn't have a "hard-line Atheist U.S. Government" nor an
"Atheist public school system."
The government simply doesn't take an official stand on any particular
religion and we have a secular public school system that protects the
right of the religious to worship their deity and theirs alone as well
as protecting the right of the non believer to worship none.

>Based on what I've seen so far, Americans are generally milquetoast,
>lackadaisical, complacent, easily-manipulated/controlled ad nauseam.

No, Americans are just very patient and probably less easily
manipulated than many others.
We were born of rebellion and remain rebellious but have a very high
tolerance for b.s. before we take action.

>Not all, obviously, but apparently the majority of Americans simply
>don't care about anything but materialism, worldly wealth and power.
>Americans literally worship money, which by strict definition makes
>them hard-core Anti-Christian Atheists, i.e., pathological sinners.

Apparently economics isn't your strong suit.
That materialism generates the wealth that we so freely share with the
rest of world.
It feeds, houses, clothes and educates our citizens as well as people
we never meet and do not know on a personal level.
It supplies the medical care including medicines that so many in third
world countries would do without if we weren't so materialistic.
It creates the incentive for scientists and technicians to invent the
things that make life so much easier for so many.
It encourages a trade in goods between nations rather than bombs,
bullets and missles.
Materialism is a good thing and should be celebrated rather than
condemned.
You need to throw that book of myths away, get a good book on
economics and have someone read it to you.



>I don't believe it's possible for an Atheist to repent, not even for
>the CHRINOs. Atheists are too self-aggrandizing & mammon-worshipping
>to recognize just how hideously evil they are. Their ego prevents it.

We don't have anything to repent of.
Intelligence and reason have advised us of that fact.
How much did you pay for that computer you are using and the Internet
connection that allows you to spout your silliness?
Do you own a car; have a favorite food that you pay more for rather
than eat whatever is available at less cost?
Do you pay more to buy the clothes you think look good on you instead
of wearing drab and colorless things?
How much money do you spend on things you want rather than the things
you need thus depriving the more needy of the funds you could be
sending them?
Ever think about selling all you own and giving it to the poor?
Not likely I suspect.


>Meanwhile, I hope that 'Expelled' has a profound impact on audiences,
>and that it incites bellicose contention between Theists Vs. Atheists.
>Maybe the total collapse of America's economy will help things along?

It might have a bit of an impact on a few of the shamelessly
superstitious for a short while, but most Americans will ignore it and
be about their real world business as usual.

>Armageddon Cometh,

Well more power to him.
It's a great stress reliever and a good thing for people to do now and
then.

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