The Conservative and Liberal Brain

[English assassin]

The article very wrongly makes the implication that education leads to tolerance because tolerance is how an enlightened person should behave. That sentiment is fundamentally incorrect.

"Education" goes hand-in-hand with "tolerance" because most of the educational institutions in the world are little more than soapboxes for liberal/secular humanist propaganda.

This speaks to a deep-seeded problem with the education system that promotes propaganda rather than truly educates. It does not speak to education leading to tolerance because an enlightened person is supposed to be tolerant. He's not.

Absolutely. I distinctly remember thinking, when I read that Jesus said "Love thy neighbour" that he OBVIOUSLY meant "unless your neighbour is black, or gay, or has sex before marriage, etc etc, for a full list of exclusions see the Book of Navaros Chpt 94"

How ridiculous to think that the message of Christianity has anything to do with toleration.

[Navaros]

How ridiculous to think that the message of Christianity has anything to do with toleration.

Insanely ridiculous.

Christianity, Islam, Judaism all have the message that immorality is not to be tolerated. By the way I'm not sure why you mentioned being Black, there is nothing wrong with being Black.

[IrishArmenian]

He meant the majority of Evangelical Christians in the U.S.A. are probably incredibly racist, gay-bashing, convert-or-die extreme (in beliefs) zealot.

[Banquo's Ghost]

He meant the majority of Evangelical Christians in the U.S.A. are probably incredibly racist, gay-bashing, convert-or-die extreme (in beliefs) zealot.

Let's be careful not to generalise and start bashing religious communities.

It's as unfair to do it to Evangelicals (who have many streams of thought and belief) as with Muslims or pirates.

[Goofball]

Let's be careful not to generalise and start bashing religious communities.

It's as unfair to do it to Evangelicals (who have many streams of thought and belief) as with Muslims or pirates.

Or ninjas...

[PanzerJaeger]

On the political left, she wrote, "There was little sympathy for the victims," and it seemed to her that progressives were "consumed with hatred for this country" and had "extended their misguided sympathies to tyrants and terrorists."

[Don Corleone]

Okay Lemur, let me just make certain I have you and your little hack job down correctly here...

You and your lefty ilk... well spoken, well educated, well liked.

Those of us who don't believe in socialism.... ignorant, hateful, knuckle-dragging stooges.

Alright, I think I have got it straight. Is there anything else you have to say on the matter before I add you to my ignore list?

[English assassin]

He meant the majority of Evangelical Christians in the U.S.A. are probably incredibly racist, gay-bashing, convert-or-die extreme (in beliefs) zealot.

No I meant that Navaros's views are "incredibly etc etc etc" (although I accept he is not racist).

In order that the post may be constructive, I was also hoping that Nav might take it as a gentle reminder maybe actually to read ALL of the words of Jesus and to reflect on the overall meaning of his life and message. I just find it rather odd that we are regularly treated to Jesus's alleged views on the inevitable damnation of homosexuals, abortionists, etc etc, and we don't get equal airtime to Jesus's message of forgiveness and love?

Maybe Navaros could give us a post on the meaning of, shall we say, "let he who is without sin amongst you cast the first stone" before we get the next instalment on homosexuals? Then perhaps we could have a post on "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again " and after that back to the usual observations on fornicators. And so on.

A bit of variety, that's all I'm asking for.