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>>I don't think conservatives are any less open to other >>opinions then anyone else. It is liberals who balk at >>any mention of anything inconsistant with evolution in >>school. Do you think any liberal would watch the West >>Wing if it had a conservative president? I went to a >>very conservative college and a very liberal graduate >>school. People on each end of the spectrum tend to >>dismiss anyone on the other end of the spectrum. How >>many liberals take anything Rush Limbaugh, Pat >>Robertson etc. say seriously? Conservatives have the >>same reaction to people like James Carvelle (sp?) and >>Jesse Jackson. People are more alike than you think. > >You have a point, to a point. It is true that I >usually dismiss Rush Limbaugh, unless he says >something I agree with, which is rare. The only >problem with your statement is that social >conservatives are more doctrinaire, meaning that your >ideas about morality are easier, since they come from >a rigid well spelled out base. That is a two edged >sword, however, in that you are less adaptive to >seeing things differently. There is no book of >liberalism in the U.S., but there definitely is The >Bible, The Pope and The Southern Methodist Church, who >dictate actions. If there ever were presented >scientific proof that evolution did not exist, >liberals would join with conservatives in dismissing >it. The contrary is not true. That is certain, since >ALL scientific evidence points to the fact that Homo >sapiens did evolve from a root species just as the >other four species of great apes, (chimpanzees, >bonobos, organgutans and gorillas)did. Like Ronnie >said, "Why can't it be both?" That is there is a >God(dess) with a Plan and She(he) did it through the >natural process that is consistent with scientific >fact. I think that it is sheer arogance and >anthropocentrism (and misogyny) to feel that He >created Man in His Image. I think, if there is a >creator, he created all sentient beings out of love, >and furthermore this creator is not a self-centered >meddling egotist, but is probably off in some far-off >solar system creating life elsewhere, and letting us >take care of ourselves. It is true that I believe >what I do because I love animals and nature, and you >are probably a conservative Christian because you have >a deep down contempt for animals and nature. In that >sense I agree with you.
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