Comments on: The Wisdom of Doubt, Part II http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: The Mahablog » Brain Wiring http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-523436 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:41:39 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-523436 [...] Yep, ain’t it the truth? [...] […] Yep, ain’t it the truth? […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » Shattered http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-365599 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:55:07 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-365599 [...] Actually, I do dispute the virtue of “moral clarity.” “Moral clarity” all too often is just just Bigotry wearing Virtue’s T-shirt. [...] […] Actually, I do dispute the virtue of “moral clarity.” “Moral clarity” all too often is just just Bigotry wearing Virtue’s T-shirt. […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » The Party’s Over http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-270831 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:11:27 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-270831 [...] I’ve said before that people who praise “moral clarity” generally are neither clear nor moral. “Moral clarity” advocates are not into wrestling with the painful choices presented by complex moral issues; they just want a team to root for. [...] […] I’ve said before that people who praise “moral clarity” generally are neither clear nor moral. “Moral clarity” advocates are not into wrestling with the painful choices presented by complex moral issues; they just want a team to root for. […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » The Wisdom of Doubt: The Series http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-269068 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:34:52 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-269068 [...] Part II: Why “moral clarity” is about bullshitting yourself. [...] […] Part II: Why “moral clarity” is about bullshitting yourself. […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » The Wisdom of Doubt, Part IV http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-256490 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 12:00:16 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-256490 [...] In other words, in order to prove his claim that religion is the cause of all evil, he defines all destructive mass movement of history as “religion.” See this about “moral clarity.” Hitchens is not so forgiving when it comes to religion’s transgressions. He aims his poison pen at the Dalai Lama, St. Francis and Gandhi. Among religious leaders only the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. comes off well. But in the gospel according to Hitchens whatever good King did accrues to his humanism rather than his Christianity. In fact, King was not actually a Christian at all, argues Hitchens, since he rejected the sadism that characterizes the teachings of Jesus. “No supernatural force was required to make the case against racism” in postwar America, writes Hitchens. But he’s wrong. It was the prophetic faith of black believers that gave them the strength to stand up to the indignities of fire hoses and police dogs. As for those white liberals inspired by Paine, Mencken and Hitchens’s other secular heroes, well, they stood down. … [...] […] In other words, in order to prove his claim that religion is the cause of all evil, he defines all destructive mass movement of history as “religion.” See this about “moral clarity.” Hitchens is not so forgiving when it comes to religion’s transgressions. He aims his poison pen at the Dalai Lama, St. Francis and Gandhi. Among religious leaders only the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. comes off well. But in the gospel according to Hitchens whatever good King did accrues to his humanism rather than his Christianity. In fact, King was not actually a Christian at all, argues Hitchens, since he rejected the sadism that characterizes the teachings of Jesus. “No supernatural force was required to make the case against racism” in postwar America, writes Hitchens. But he’s wrong. It was the prophetic faith of black believers that gave them the strength to stand up to the indignities of fire hoses and police dogs. As for those white liberals inspired by Paine, Mencken and Hitchens’s other secular heroes, well, they stood down. … […]

]]> by: www.buzzflash.net http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-248867 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:57:58 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-248867 <strong>The Wisdom of Doubt, Part 2</strong> Achieving moral clarity is remarkably easy. First take a firm and inflexible position on a moral question. Then studiously ignore any factors that might call that opinion into question. If the factors refuse to go away, make up lies to neutral... The Wisdom of Doubt, Part 2

Achieving moral clarity is remarkably easy. First take a firm and inflexible position on a moral question. Then studiously ignore any factors that might call that opinion into question. If the factors refuse to go away, make up lies to neutral…

]]> by: Purple Plano Texas http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-244565 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:28:41 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-244565 I had nowhere else to share this, and this post made me think of this: Shall we be led by those who seek The truth or those whose truth is found In volumes deep with faith so bound To tie us to the bloody ground With query signaling the weak Whose truth the seekers dare not speak For enemies might hear the sound Of those who seek to heal the wound Or those who seek to know beyond The truth of those whose truth is found Infallible unshakable Apparently unbreakable We seek we find we have not found Only the drum and angry pound Of flesh exacted without cause We cannot know the truth that was Infallible unshakable Apparently unbreakable God give us faith to doubt Let all the truth come out Lead us to those who seek The truth Infallible unshakable Apparently unbreakable Infallible unshakable Apparently unbreakable Infallible unshakable Apparently unbreakable Infallible unshakable Apparently unbreakable Gotta keep movin’ on … I had nowhere else to share this, and this post made me think of this:

Shall we be led by those who seek
The truth or those whose truth is found
In volumes deep with faith so bound
To tie us to the bloody ground
With query signaling the weak
Whose truth the seekers dare not speak
For enemies might hear the sound
Of those who seek to heal the wound
Or those who seek to know beyond
The truth of those whose truth is found
Infallible unshakable
Apparently unbreakable
We seek we find we have not found
Only the drum and angry pound
Of flesh exacted without cause
We cannot know the truth that was
Infallible unshakable
Apparently unbreakable
God give us faith to doubt
Let all the truth come out
Lead us to those who seek
The truth
Infallible unshakable
Apparently unbreakable
Infallible unshakable
Apparently unbreakable
Infallible unshakable
Apparently unbreakable
Infallible unshakable
Apparently unbreakable
Gotta keep movin’ on …

]]> by: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-244499 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:53:52 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-244499 He called America “a nation founded on the principle that all human life is sacred.” This coming from the man who started the most egregious war ever! He has killed approximately 600,000 innocent Iraqi people, including women children and the elderly! He has tortured other human beings including children! Give me a break! Why aren't people laughing out loud in his face????!!!!!! I have absolutely, positively no respect for this scumbag. He called America “a nation founded on the principle that all human life is sacred.”

This coming from the man who started the most egregious war ever! He has killed approximately 600,000 innocent Iraqi people, including women children and the elderly! He has tortured other human beings including children! Give me a break! Why aren’t people laughing out loud in his face????!!!!!! I have absolutely, positively no respect for this scumbag.

]]> by: Thomas http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-244485 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:08:27 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-244485 Laying aside the apparant ethical contradictions that are characteristic of the last six and a half years of this administration, i have been questioing what claim to morality can be made by the anti-stem cell research bunch when the source of the conflict is not addressed. To be consistently ethical, the Bush administration would have to address the source of the moral dilemma-- kinda like destroying the coca bush to eliminate crack. Why aren't the right-facing anti-stem cell folks calling for restrictions on the procedures and clinics that produce oodles of extra fertilized eggs as a matter of course. Could it be that such consistent morality would not fit on a bumper sticker, or at least one that fit on the luxury vehicles of the medical science and scientists who have made production of fertilized eggs for heart-sick wanna parents and mega-million dollar industry? Laying aside the apparant ethical contradictions that are characteristic of the last six and a half years of this administration, i have been questioing what claim to morality can be made by the anti-stem cell research bunch when the source of the conflict is not addressed. To be consistently ethical, the Bush administration would have to address the source of the moral dilemma– kinda like destroying the coca bush to eliminate crack. Why aren’t the right-facing anti-stem cell folks calling for restrictions on the procedures and clinics that produce oodles of extra fertilized eggs as a matter of course. Could it be that such consistent morality would not fit on a bumper sticker, or at least one that fit on the luxury vehicles of the medical science and scientists who have made production of fertilized eggs for heart-sick wanna parents and mega-million dollar industry?

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-244326 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:23:37 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/06/21/the-wisdom-of-doubt-part-ii/#comment-244326 eap -- he does tend to compartmentalize a tad. eap — he does tend to compartmentalize a tad.

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