tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post3248567996928202173..comments2023-08-11T08:06:28.810-07:00Comments on Slobber And Spittle (Archive): Do We Need This?Cujo359http://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-10157425528458418812008-08-20T09:27:00.000-07:002008-08-20T09:27:00.000-07:00It's not just our own species. If we finally make ...It's not just our own species. If we finally make this planet uninhabitable, we'll be taking quite a few others with us.<BR/><BR/>I can't fathom why religion is playing such a prominent role in things lately. If anything, it should be the opposite as our knowledge of the world expands. Yet here we are, watching candidates quote biblical passages at each other.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the world got too complicated for some people.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-6038348755477661202008-08-20T00:54:00.000-07:002008-08-20T00:54:00.000-07:00Fah. I feel the same way about this: far too much...Fah. I feel the same way about this: far too much religion has entered our politics, and the country's the worse for it.<BR/><BR/>Felt that way even before I became an atheist. Feel it <I>intensely</I> now.<BR/><BR/>The special-interest debates you brought up would have been so much more useful for this country. I'm sick of people being so God-blind they ignore the more pressing issues. Like, for instance, our survival as a species and the survival of our Constitution.<BR/><BR/>Instead, we get religious pablum.<BR/><BR/>Charming.Dana Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.com