tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post5134973415457846872..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: Trevor Noah addresses the Orlando shootingBill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-61682349341674165312016-06-16T07:46:54.306-05:002016-06-16T07:46:54.306-05:00I don't know, Mary. Religious fervor comes and...I don't know, Mary. Religious fervor comes and goes, and in many cases, it's the young - or, at least, younger - people who are more fanatic than their parents were.<br /><br />Pretty much everyone wants to feel superior, and certainly everyone feels fear. So that appeal is to human nature, I think.<br /><br />Nevertheless, they're still a minority. Above, I pointed out two Christian pastors who praised the Orlando shooting, but that's two out of hundreds of thousands of pastors in America.<br /><br />I worry about it, yes. But I don't actually think that we're moving in the wrong direction. Instead, I think that fanatics tend to arise when they're <i>losing</i>.<br /><br />If they were winning, we wouldn't see this amount of hate and anger. They're losing, and they know it. <i>That's</i> why they just get crazier and crazier.<br /><br />Maybe that's too optimistic, I don't know. Certainly, they can still do a lot of damage to our country and the world. The fact that they're losing might easily provoke them to more extreme measures, I don't know.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting, Mary.<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-26074303716727780222016-06-15T10:47:51.672-05:002016-06-15T10:47:51.672-05:00The Christian Right is an extremely hate filled an...The Christian Right is an extremely hate filled and dangerous group. They appeal to rednecks, the uneducated and people incapable of critical thinking. They also appeal to people through fear and who have a need to feel superior and "chosen". They are not a fringe group like American Nazis or the KKK, but are a large and growing group. Our only hope is the sanity of the younger generation, if that exists.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987527540895782339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-84549104350602449842016-06-14T10:15:41.198-05:002016-06-14T10:15:41.198-05:00I agree, Jim. But even Christians don't see th...I agree, Jim. But even Christians don't see the same god. There are thousands of different Christian sects, and they disagree about nearly everything.<br /><br />BTW, I edited my post, adding a bit to the bottom of it. I just wanted to be sure you saw that.<br /><br />For all the talk about Islamic terrorism, there are Christian pastors who are praising the shooting.<br /><br />(And to make this even more complicated, there seems to be <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/at-police-academy-fellow-students-thought-mateen-was-gay" rel="nofollow">reason to think</a> that the shooter himself was gay. Was his primary motivation self-hate?)<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-39747245944900411132016-06-14T09:59:03.368-05:002016-06-14T09:59:03.368-05:00I never could understand why Jews, Christians and ...I never could understand why Jews, Christians and Muslims don't see they share the same God. I guess that's a kind of proof against monotheism. If there is just one God, then everyone should see the same one. Because they don't, it suggests the concept of monotheism is invalid.Jim Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953679196185650753noreply@blogger.com