07-09-2019, 04:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2019, 04:57 AM by Bill the Piper.)
(07-08-2019, 04:38 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: It was implied early on by Goldwater's appeal to "morality" in his campaign. But the main thrust began in 1978 with the rise of Falwell's "moral majority" and Pat Robertson's TV show and cult, which allowed him to run for president. The moral majority helped elect Reagan, and he and his successors have used the religious right since then to cement their power. Now Trump is effectively advancing their agenda.
Except the fact that there is nothing moral about Trump.
Anyway, the divide between "scientific" Democrats and "religious" Republicans seems to be a 3T thing. Do you think it'll be gone by 1T? Science and religion do not have to be enemies.
Quote:Academics are usually the best informed and most concerned people in our country, and are intellectual. So they inclined toward both aspects of the Lemon meme: its social concern and altruism, and its tendency toward scientism and physicalism. That is not true of all academics, however. Some may be Orange, and some may be Green. And the brainwashing consists mostly of just passing on what they know to their students.
Interesting. AFAIK you believe in magic. Most academics deny the existence of magic. Do you think that's because they are so well informed and honest, or because of less savoury motives? When an academic teaches that magic is make-believe, is he just "passing on what he knows to his students"?