Anyone Read Bill O'Reillys Culture Warrior Yet?

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

I guess I believe more in a God that created the universe and left it alone. More Eastern philosophy than Western, I guess.

I often wonder about this too. If "God" or the creator created this world, why didn't he create people kinder to each other than we are. If he could create this whole universe, it would have been easy to have made us more perfect than we are. I hate to say but he goofed here somehow.

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

Emmy, we all have free will, it started with Adam in the Garden of Eden. He sure messed that up for us.

I guess I am leaning more toward the conservative side nowadays. I must, because I am offended by Democrats who have no answers and constantly criticize.

I want our soldiers out of Iraq as soon as possible, but I understand that we cannot move suddenly or set a date for withdrawal. If Bush sets a date, he would be criticized. If he doesn't set a date to leave Iraq, he is criticized. The poor guy cannot win. What can he do that will please a majority? Criticizing isn't helping.

Almost every senator voted for this war, in case you do not remember. Why does the Republican President have to fix things?

I am a huge fan of Dennis Kucinich, one of the few brave senators who voted against the war. I would have voted for him as President because he is true to the Democratic party beliefs. He would be a great president. He is not tall and handsome, the two main criteria for electing a President nowadays, but he is incredibly intelligent. Kerry could not cut it, he was too wishy-washy. He voted for the war and blamed Bush for going to war. He had no plan, even when asked directly. Do you remember what he said? He said that once he was elected, he would reveal his plan. I would bet that Dennis Kucinich has a plan, if we would just listen to him.

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Me Ok

Originally posted by Steamboat Bill,
Are you having a bad day, bad week, bad month, bad year, bad decade, or a bad life?

Steamboat,

I'm having a good day, week, month, year, decade and life thank you.

It's interesting that you think democrats and people that don't believe in God must have rotten lives.

I can't think of any wars being fought by atheists. Much of the group violence (WAR) and hate that occurs in this world in my view occurs because of people's views on their religious beliefs being superior to another group.

If I offended you a lot with my assertions, I apologize, if I offended you a little, that was my intent. It was to show that people with differing points of view can be hurt such as saying Merry Christmas to some people may be offensive (not me, I realize they mean happy Santa Claus and gift giving, not the actual birth of Jesus)

As to voting for the best democrat, that is I have aligned myself with a certain political dogma (the liberal end of it) and I am not going to vote for a different candidate who looks good on paper if he is running with a different ideology.

I do admit that political arguments do get me riled and I know my opinions are not necessarily in vogue. That being the case when I see other people post things I disagree with, I respond with my somewhat outrageous opinions.
Please know while the opinions are real, they are actually meant in a loving way, much like John the Baptist must have meant them when he spoke while wandering in the wilderness.

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

I understand how conversations can morph into related areas....................

These are parallel & interesting subjects, but off topic ? Can we please veer back to O'Reilly ?

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

My sister is an atheist and I always tell her, "you better hope you are right!"

Back to the subject. I usually do agree with most of what Bill O'Reilly's viewpoints and find myself leaning to the right with him, though he also claims to be somewhere in the middle. He is definitely in denial about his leanings.

[Steamboat Bill Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Steamboat Bill]

I can't think of any wars being fought by atheists. Much of the group violence (WAR) and hate that occurs in this world in my view occurs because of people's views on their religious beliefs being superior to another group.

Your opinion on war is probably a FACT. God (Alah, etc) must be very dissapointed in all the killing in his name.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

No, if we didn't have wars based on religion there would still be other factors for our aggressive tendencies to fight wars over- say for example natural resources, like oil, gold, etc..

[Laurie Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Laurie]

No, if we didn't have wars based on religion there would still be other factors for our aggressive tendencies to fight wars over- say for example natural resources, like oil, gold, etc..

This is true, these are usually the actual (often secret) reasons of the people and institutions in power ... but often the populations who go out to do the actual fighting and dying for the cause have been misled and believe they are doing it for religious righteousness/ reward/ superiority reasons.

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

My sister is an atheist and I always tell her, "you better hope you are right!"

Back to the subject. I usually do agree with most of what Bill O'Reilly's viewpoints and find myself leaning to the right with him, though he also claims to be somewhere in the middle. He is definitely in denial about his leanings.

Bill O'Reilly absolutely leans right. He is a traditionalist with very strong Christian values. His whole philosophy is based on it. He acknowledges this fact and he believes this country was founded on those values and that a significant percentage (if not outright majority) of people he calls "the folks" agree with him. He believes that a very powerful group of "secular-progressives" are trying to change our culture to something other than a country based on strong Christian morals and values.

When he says he is independent, I think what he really means is that he does not accept the dogma of either party without reasoned logic. He will go after any politician either Republican or Democrat that is wrong or inconsistent. This is one of the main reasons I respect him. There are others on the left who are similar. I respect Juan Williams, for example, who is an NPR guy. He is intellectually honest. I also like Bill Maher for the same reason. He is intellectually honest.

O'Reilly doesn't like "cool aid" drinkers and neither do I. As I've said before, you can believe whatever philosophy you think suits you. As long as you understand it and the natural consequences of actions you take due to your beliefs. The main purpose of a political philosophy is to help guide how you vote for politicians who will act on the priorities you care about.

I, for one, really like what Bill O'Reilly has done for legislation related to child rape, molestation and sexual assault. Jessica's Law, which is one of his personal missions, is spreading across the country like wildfire. And, judges who have been extraordinarily lenient on child rapists are being held accountable for their rulings. To me, this is how the media should work. Is O'Reilly crossing the line of good journalism? Probably, but I don't care. Jessica's law is good for this country and the only people who should be against it are child rapists. I firmly believe that those who are against these types of laws have very weak abstract arguments against supporting the legislation. If an adult rapes a child repeatedly, they must pay a price. Several months probation granted by any judge is just plain criminal. Most reasonable people would agree. That's why I believe politicians across the country are adopting it, because the people support it.