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Date Posted: 09:23:47 11/16/01 Fri
Author: Jamey Lee West
Subject: Re: Defense of conservatives
In reply to: Tom 's message, "Defense of conservatives" on 12:22:05 11/13/01 Tue

>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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