The extent that you left-wingers want to be lied to is pretty pathological. The kooky part is its mostly negative lies-- instead of lies about how awesome the left is (which there is a little of) it's mostly about how terrible Romney is, how awful the right is, how under threat you are from religion, etc.
What I think is hilarious is how so many right wingers said they didn't want Romney as the candidate. Some even called him liberal. Some said he was the liberal's pick.
Now that he's the likely GOP candidate, they're falling all over themselves defending him and saying how great he is.
JSG wrote: What I think is hilarious is how so many right wingers said they didn't want Romney as the candidate. Some even called him liberal. Some said he was the liberal's pick.
Now that he's the likely GOP candidate, they're falling all over themselves defending him and saying how great he is.
Really? I haven't seen that. More a "Anybody But Obama" attitude. Many conservatives are worried about his anti-gun stance as governor of MA.
They will defend him in comparison to Obama, but he isn't a classic conservative by any means.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Isn't it fascinating that a thread about praying to a God that may, or may not, exist gets instantly turned into a Romney vs. Obama b.s. attack...
And I don't even have to read a read a response by TLGBT = Toady = Teddy = Tsotsi = Vomitus = Tilt = MainMan = BaileyBoy = ButtBoy to know that whatever it was, it was a personal attack on the poster instead of anything relevant to the topic. (It's nice to know there are some "constants" in life...)
JSG wrote: What I think is hilarious is how so many right wingers said they didn't want Romney as the candidate. Some even called him liberal. Some said he was the liberal's pick.
Now that he's the likely GOP candidate, they're falling all over themselves defending him and saying how great he is.
Now, back on topic... about praying to God.
I don't pray to anything. God is a mythical construct created long ago by civilizations and peoples who had spotty knowledge about the nature of the universe and life itself. Religion in itself has had a major influence in the advancement of science (ie: monks for example) and in a odd way the various rebellions against religious thought has also caused society to have quantum leaps (ie: The Renaissance). The unfortunate side of this is when religion is used as a simplistic bludgeon for political purposes, such as the religious right and the uninformed left... like you.
Well... I'm on a red eye tonight... headed for Europe... I'll say hi to the godless Europeans for all of you Probably won't get the chance to post much from there (staying in a rural location) so let's rejoice... you won't be hearing much from me for a couple of weeks. Party time. But I'll be back. I'm contracted to keep driving the conversation against the left right up until the next election, and then I'm out of a part time job. Unless Obama wins, and then I will be able to thank him for creating a new job for me. It's a win-win for everyone.
It is very engaging to consider the complexity of the world and universe. It is mechanical engine which produces quite a bit of good effects, but in order for it to work, there are some effects which are not so beneficial. If we change the laws of physics so that tornadoes are never produced the result would be a universe that cannot exist.
What is the old saying? "Take the bad with the good".
I'm wasn't talking about changing the laws of physics. I was talking about the question of whether God causes tornadoes or doesn't. If he has no control over them or other life/death events, then what's the point of praying to him to help you, or others. If he has control over them, why does he let them kill people and what good is asking for his help?
If he created the Heaven and the Earth, why not have a static Earth where there are no earthquakes to kill people?
Probably won't get the chance to post much from there (staying in a rural location) so let's rejoice... you won't be hearing much from me for a couple of weeks. Party time. But I'll be back. I'm contracted to keep driving the conversation against the left right up until the next election, and then I'm out of a part time job. Unless Obama wins, and then I will be able to thank him for creating a new job for me. It's a win-win for everyone. 
