tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post2689004703326751327..comments2024-01-23T11:05:07.492-06:00Comments on MSU PHILOSOPHY CLUB: Rep. Monique Davis to atheist Rob Sherman: `It’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-83903112846947573102008-05-13T17:59:00.000-05:002008-05-13T17:59:00.000-05:00Rep. Davis is silly to the wise, but she has serve...Rep. Davis is silly to the wise, but she has served her people well and respects their values. Sherman is obviously out of touch with reality and shouldn't be trusted in his opinion because he thinks the public should want or could tolerate a proud atheist to represent them (funny how lincoln's "complex" beliefs have to be dug up and interpreted - he kept them to himself, and few were so concerned). We The People understand why such people who feel the need to tout their faith are dangerous and deranged. We don't want our children to know humans can become such monsters, just as we hide other ugly facts from them (should obama announce his beliefs concerning santa, whether every kid is special, and if human life is meaningless or just a random belch in time as the universe cools? If he is retarded and wants to waste everyone's time and money by speaking truth to the people). So fallacious to not want to try to explain how we can trust an avowed atheist or how Sherman can have any reliable code of morality beyond utility to children who've only read Kant's theological musings. I'm sure philosophers' children can come to grips with being moral in an amoral universe but Rep. Davis' constituents know more of democracy, humanity, and the conditions of tolerance and pluralism than obnoxious "rationalists" like Sherman who can't see that the true basis of their conviction is that they are too boring, dried up, and arrogant for God to speak to and live through them. The People don't want to punish such heretics (we pity him), but we don't need him spouting off in the town square, in public affairs and polluting our community's interpersonal moral consciousness with his proselytizing. Kind of like with any zealot of any faith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-12673799593750190802008-04-09T21:33:00.000-05:002008-04-09T21:33:00.000-05:00This person is a state rep?? Glad that there is so...This person is a state rep?? Glad that there is someone who is so open minded and nonjudgemental governing. (if you can't sense the sarcasm...) I hardly think that prayer in schools is comparable to guns in schools. I also dont think that a philosophy is dangerous. Its the fear of something new or different that makes DANGER. Mrs Davis sounded very unintelligent. What a shame...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-16045866003607208872008-04-09T19:13:00.000-05:002008-04-09T19:13:00.000-05:00I wouldn't say that Davis is a terrible person - j...I wouldn't say that Davis is a terrible person - just misguided in her thinking. I suspect she holds an opinion that many people in America actually hold (rightly or wrongly), but rarely espouse. <BR/><BR/>Connecting it to our previous discussion on leaders only leading when people follow, it will be interesting to see whether the people of Chicago continue to support her.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199133448202637697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-985681560316476272008-04-09T16:25:00.000-05:002008-04-09T16:25:00.000-05:00The fighting guns thing is what I attributed incoh...The fighting guns thing is what I attributed incoherence to. <BR/><BR/>And in case you didn't catch Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night, Davis won the much coveted "World's Worst Person in the World" award. I think we should applaud her effort, she had to beat Bill O'Reilly to get first place.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14168000367891517156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-58142050804403173022008-04-09T10:23:00.000-05:002008-04-09T10:23:00.000-05:00The fighting guns in school is a red herring.The fighting guns in school is a red herring.Hannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050924893865965576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-8542404156524256392008-04-09T09:09:00.000-05:002008-04-09T09:09:00.000-05:00Among the numerous personal attacks, don't forget ...Among the numerous personal attacks, don't forget appeal to popularity:<BR/><BR/>"This is the Land of Lincoln where people believe in God, where people believe in protecting their children.… What you have to spew and spread is extremely dangerous, it’s dangerous-- "<BR/><BR/>I agree with the general incoherence.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199133448202637697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-91418518402368150212008-04-08T20:57:00.000-05:002008-04-08T20:57:00.000-05:00Ok, I'm going to go with the fallacies of ad homin...Ok, I'm going to go with the fallacies of ad hominem, and multiple accounts of hasty generalization. There's one sentence where I absolutely don't know what she's trying to say, so I'm going to make up the fallacy of incoherence.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14168000367891517156noreply@blogger.com