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Even Hannity can't take a fundamentalist view if it doesn't agree with his own views.(video) (tip to Max)
What Muslims Hear at Friday Prayers
Is there really a clash of the cultures between Islam and the West? SPIEGEL documents Friday sermons from mosques around the world. As imams guide their congregations, they praise the delights of paradise, sow the seeds of doubt in government authority -- and sometimes preach hatred.
Mill insists that religion should be subject to the same criticism as any other system of thought, regardless of the offence caused. I think we can be confident that Mill would be disappointed by the progress made on this issue in the last century and a half, and by the regress of the last half decade. He certainly anticipated those who wanted to turn only "intemperate" expressions of religious criticism into crimes. Mill gave no ground, pointing out that serious offence is taken "whenever the attack is telling and powerful." There is no doubt where he would stand on the current debates on religious hatred, or on publication of the cartoons of Muhammad.
Ophellia as she often does rips the poor arguments the religious make about atheists. Be sure and read the linked to material.
Comments
How dare someone make me think Sean Hannity is a reasonable person.
Everyone seems reasonable if they agree with you. Remove the troop element leave the gay bashing and I doubt you'll see the same level of concern. They are attacking one of his sacred cows, the military, so he's on the case.
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Re Hannity. These few lines are from an article at nogodzone.
faith is not a means of discerning some deity. A man’s god is not a deity that actually exists. It is a mirror that allows us to see the man’s soul reflected to us all.
I can't argue with that.
I'm of mixed feelings about this.
On one hand, I'm glad somebody puts nutcases like the Phelps clan on TV. It shows exactly how bad bad can get. We complain about the theocratic bent of this Administration, but the Phelps are the ones who would be turning sports arenas into spectacle slaughterhouses, Taliban-style, were they in charge.
I'd love to see a sociological study on this family as an example of how such an insular ideology produces a culture that can only be regarded as insane by common standards. We'd understand a lot more about Islamists by examining the Phelps. Unfortunately, I foresee them eventually involved in a tragic standoff with federal agents before that happens.
On the other hand, the very reason Hannity has a kook like this on the air is to provide a foil that makes our ordinary, everyday theocrats look reasonable by comparison. Who cares if we've got a President who honestly believes an invisible man in the sky tells him to bomb another country? At least he's not as evil as the Phelps are.
That clip made Fox look human.
My God, it's a miracle.
Eh, I hate to say it but props to Hannity. (And Colmes)
It's not like I honestly expected Sean to agree with her, but I guess it was nice to see him be even slightly reasonable for once in his life.
My favorite moment was when the guest on Hannity's show (who vaguely reminded me of the way that Coulter stares into the camera) asked Colmes, "Who do you follow?" Alan then replied, "Hannity. Sean's pointing at himself here."
I almost fell off of my chair laughing. This was the most honest of all H&C bits ever.