http://www.haloscan.com/ Latest comments for lynnejohn. Syndicated by HaloScan http://www.haloscan.com/ http://www.haloscan.com/halolink.gif http://www.haloscan.com/ 88 31 Commenting Powered by HaloScan.com http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/8143127399648279377/?src=hsr#630577 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:19:57 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/8143127399648279377/?src=hsrs#630577 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/8143127399648279377/?src=hsrs#630577 The howls from the populace are getting louder; the pols are getting scareder. So Timmy will fall on his sword a la Tom Ridge some time during the holidays. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1229890385357709793/?src=hsr#630573 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:19:24 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1229890385357709793/?src=hsrs#630573 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1229890385357709793/?src=hsrs#630573 I, personally, don’t believe in any organized religion. I do believe that they poison everything. And agreeing with a drunken idiot like Hitchens about anything is admittedly painful. I don’t care what you believe. I just want to be left alone in my beliefs. I don’t like atheistic proselytizers any more than religious proselytizers. I wish they would both shove th http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1229890385357709793/?src=hsr#630570 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:04:43 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1229890385357709793/?src=hsrs#630570 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1229890385357709793/?src=hsrs#630570 Atheists primarily reject the traditional concepts of a deity which is often seeped in superstition and based on fear, ignorance, and bigotry. It's a misconception that we lack any spiritual sense or wonderment at the mystery of the universe. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/7538824754859766186/?src=hsr#630564 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:46:30 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/7538824754859766186/?src=hsrs#630564 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/7538824754859766186/?src=hsrs#630564 Go, atheists, go! "Pity because among atheists there often seems an overriding desire - an obsession really - for all things to be rational and sensible." I think you make your assumptions from the viewpoints of a handful of atheists. We do not all think alike. We have no bible to follow. We're not organized. I know all things are not rational or sensible. I don't need an answer for everythi http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1542576873835225531/?src=hsr#630562 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:05 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1542576873835225531/?src=hsrs#630562 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1542576873835225531/?src=hsrs#630562 Thanks John! I'd say that recent theories in physics suggest that the mystery is deeper than ever. Instead of "mystery has its place" it should have been "a sense of awe" has its place. Mystery is not synonymous with ignorance, however. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/4246952836103783248/?src=hsr#630561 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:50:51 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/4246952836103783248/?src=hsrs#630561 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/4246952836103783248/?src=hsrs#630561 WOW! http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1542576873835225531/?src=hsr#630559 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:42:13 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1542576873835225531/?src=hsrs#630559 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1542576873835225531/?src=hsrs#630559 I saw an argument of 'Is the Catholic Church beneficial' on youtube and I'm wondering if you did too because you just elaborated on exactly what I was thinking. Athiests should argue why their way of thinking is better for humanity instead of throwing rotten fruit. When you write "Morality is always in spite of the survival instinct." I think you are implying that we use religion to override http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1542576873835225531/?src=hsr#630557 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:42:39 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1542576873835225531/?src=hsrs#630557 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/1542576873835225531/?src=hsrs#630557 John, once again, I enjoyed your thoughts. Keep blogging and I will keep reading. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/7538824754859766186/?src=hsr#630554 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:46 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/7538824754859766186/?src=hsrs#630554 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/7538824754859766186/?src=hsrs#630554 "The Evolution of the God Gene" from 11/15/09 NYT I sent to classmates who are priests, friends who range from Jewish to atheist, and everyone in between. I think any reader here will enjoy Nicholas Wade's summation of the anthropological understanding of why & how religion evolves in every society. Thanks for weighing in, Jo http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/7538824754859766186/?src=hsr#630551 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56:27 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/7538824754859766186/?src=hsrs#630551 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/lynnejohn/7538824754859766186/?src=hsrs#630551 gingerp - I appreciate your comment. I'm with you on the crimes of religion. But - again the immediate assumption that the opposite of atheism is religion is my main beef with vocal atheists. The opposite of atheism is theism or polytheism. The argument against God often lapses into an attack on religion with stunning speed. Apples and Oranges. If atheists want to win "converts" they ought to leav