Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Topsy Turvey


I'm convinved the majority of people will continue to act irrationally; but whether they believe in a god or gods; whether they believe in the Mother Earth, aliens or spirits; whether they believe in Communism or Capitalism, their certainty that their way is the right and only way will inevitably crumble under rational examination.

Look at the major political-theological battle of right vs left and atheist vs Christian.

Christians are, traditionally, more likely to be right-wingers, a brand which supports the capitalist Survival of the Fittest ideal. And yet, they are the likeliest group to have a problem with Darwin; a man you would think they would hail as a hero for showing the world: nature's way is the capitalist's way.

Meanwhile, on the left, the atheists fight for re-distribution of the wealth. Something Jesus started a couple of millenia ago. Allegedly.

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