Comments on: I don’t think you’re stupid. http://subprocess.net/2009/07/09/i-dont-think-youre-stupid/ linux geek/dad Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:26:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: thepet http://subprocess.net/2009/07/09/i-dont-think-youre-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-1822 thepet Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:50:40 +0000 http://subprocess.net/?p=142#comment-1822 Thanks TigerTom for reading and commenting. You appear to have missed my point though. I don't care if you believe in your holy book as fact. That's your faith and I don't care what you yourself believe. As long as you don't try to hold back civil rights movements and do other immoral things in the name of your holy book. Yes, I personally discount your holy book, along with all the other holy books that have came before and after it. That doesn't mean I expect you too. I think it'd be nice if everyone did. To hopefully cut back on the good people who do bad things in the name of religion. But I know that that is far far far aways off. Thanks TigerTom for reading and commenting.

You appear to have missed my point though.

I don’t care if you believe in your holy book as fact. That’s your faith and I don’t care what you yourself believe. As long as you don’t try to hold back civil rights movements and do other immoral things in the name of your holy book.

Yes, I personally discount your holy book, along with all the other holy books that have came before and after it. That doesn’t mean I expect you too.

I think it’d be nice if everyone did. To hopefully cut back on the good people who do bad things in the name of religion. But I know that that is far far far aways off.

]]> By: TigerTom http://subprocess.net/2009/07/09/i-dont-think-youre-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 TigerTom Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:51:23 +0000 http://subprocess.net/?p=142#comment-1821 Ah, so tens of thousands of years of intelligent men, the most learned of their tribe, believing in, praying to, getting graces from, performing miracles in the name of and sometimes _seeing_ their God is to be discounted, and the current generation, with their 'show me' attitude and self-fixation, is to be heeded instead? Given that I will one day die, I think I'll take my chances. Ah, so tens of thousands of years of intelligent men, the most learned of their tribe, believing in, praying to, getting graces from, performing miracles in the name of and sometimes _seeing_ their God is to be discounted, and the current generation, with their ’show me’ attitude and self-fixation, is to be heeded instead?

Given that I will one day die, I think I’ll take my chances.

]]> By: thepet http://subprocess.net/2009/07/09/i-dont-think-youre-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-1812 thepet Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:48:24 +0000 http://subprocess.net/?p=142#comment-1812 Thanks Mark. Your book sounds like a good read. Currently I'm in a bit of a Neil Gaiman obsession, but I just may check your book out after that! Thanks Mark. Your book sounds like a good read. Currently I’m in a bit of a Neil Gaiman obsession, but I just may check your book out after that!

]]> By: Mark Zamen http://subprocess.net/2009/07/09/i-dont-think-youre-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 Mark Zamen Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:35:11 +0000 http://subprocess.net/?p=142#comment-1811 An excellent essay; thoughtful, sensible, balanced, and well written. I particularly liked the portion about the treatment of homosexuals. It is a sad fact that a large segment of society, generally the most religious portion, still regards gay men and women as second-class citizens - or worse. That is the salient point of my recently released biographical novel, Broken Saint. It is based on my forty-year friendship with a gay man, and chronicles his internal and external struggles as he battles for acceptance (of himself and by others, including fellow Mormons). More information on the book is available at www.eloquentbooks.com/BrokenSaint.html. Mark Zamen, author An excellent essay; thoughtful, sensible, balanced, and well written. I particularly liked the portion about the treatment of homosexuals. It is a sad fact that a large segment of society, generally the most religious portion, still regards gay men and women as second-class citizens – or worse. That is the salient point of my recently released biographical novel, Broken Saint. It is based on my forty-year friendship with a gay man, and chronicles his internal and external struggles as he battles for acceptance (of himself and by others, including fellow Mormons). More information on the book is available at http://www.eloquentbooks.com/BrokenSaint.html.

Mark Zamen, author

]]> By: thepet http://subprocess.net/2009/07/09/i-dont-think-youre-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-1810 thepet Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:14:47 +0000 http://subprocess.net/?p=142#comment-1810 Discussion on this has kinda exploded on the Facebook note import. If you have a facebook account, I believe you can view it here: http://www.new.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=115485149668 Discussion on this has kinda exploded on the Facebook note import. If you have a facebook account, I believe you can view it here: http://www.new.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=115485149668

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