tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post5434012010730841339..comments2024-03-25T02:16:16.247-07:00Comments on Christ the Tao: Phil Zuckerman: Jesus wants you to vote DemocraticUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-57417116849274073012012-09-01T11:03:14.677-07:002012-09-01T11:03:14.677-07:00A few quick responses of my own to a few of Zucker...A few quick responses of my own to a few of Zuckerman's claims.<br /><br /><i>Jesus exhorted humans to be loving, peaceful, and non-violent. And yet Evangelicals are the group of Americans most supportive of easy-access weaponry, little-to-no regulation of handgun and semi-automatic gun ownership, not to mention the violent military invasion of various countries around the world.</i><br /><br />The belief that people should have access to weapons for self-defense (whether on a personal or civil scale) does not at all contradict being loving, peaceful and non-violent, anymore than learning a martial art in and of itself makes a person violent.<br /><br /><i>And yet Evangelicals are the most supportive of corporate greed and capitalistic excess, and they are the most opposed to institutional help for the nation's poor -- especially poor children.</i><br /><br />What Evangelicals are supportive of 'greed and capitalistic excess'? Again, Zuckerman seems to think that a person being wealthy in and of itself means they must be greedy and excessive. Does a wealthy government mean that the government is greedy? I have a suspicion Zuckerman would insist no, because it depends on the government's policies. Well, then it depends on the personal actions of the wealthy.<br /><br /><i>They hate anything that smacks of "socialism," even though that is essentially what their Savior preached. </i><br /><br />You've already been over this, but really, this is an insane extrapolation. 'Give to the poor' does not cash out to 'take up arms and take money from people who have it - if they resist, jail them'. Christ appealed first and foremost to individuals, not governments.<br /><br />It's as if the very idea of individuals acting rather than governments is invisible to Zuckerman.<br /><br /><i> religion is one big Rorschach test</i><br /><br />It is. What Zuckerman doesn't realize is that he too is taking the test. The results aren't encouraging.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-89014520220799201082012-08-30T17:35:01.214-07:002012-08-30T17:35:01.214-07:00Thanks, Andiron. Yes, of course -- I wrote a long...Thanks, Andiron. Yes, of course -- I wrote a long blog on the man, and still forgot. David B Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029133398946303654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-17925173308407289382012-08-30T15:07:31.138-07:002012-08-30T15:07:31.138-07:00This is great news, David. I look forward to seein...This is great news, David. I look forward to seeing your efforts here.<br /><br />And great article as ever.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-52942903000726712242012-08-30T13:59:29.629-07:002012-08-30T13:59:29.629-07:00Uh, *ANDERS* Breivik, not Hans.Uh, *ANDERS* Breivik, not Hans.C. Andironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850876481256430215noreply@blogger.com