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You are a rational human being. Your type is quiet and doesn't make the headlines. The "religious conservatives" who do make the headlines are not like you.

DanielBMarkham 17y ago
Yes. Unfortunately we live in a world on the web where people who are religious, atheists, conservative, liberal, or whatever are put into little boxes and made fun of. This is what passes for wisdom anymore (instead of rational, clear discussion about beliefs and issues)
- didroe 17y ago
  Anymore? When has discussion of beliefs and important issues ever been clear or rational?
  - ars 17y ago
    When you had moderators (AKA editors) who deleted the stupid stuff.
    - billswift 17y ago
      They only deleted the stupid stuff they didn't share.
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jfornear 17y ago
Way to commit the fallacy of composition.
patio11 17y ago
The "religious conservatives" who do make the headlines are not like you. I think you'll find that both the current Pope and the last Pope are, by any conceivable definition, "religious conservatives who make the headlines". You'll find if you read their writings on the topic for five seconds that they're pretty much in the same place as the grandparent. Are you sure you're not seeing confirmation bias? As in, "It would disagree with my worldview greatly if I thought religious conservatives were basically decent people. Accordingly, I only remember the ones who aren't"? (I won't discount the possibility of confirmation bias in the media, granted. Phelps on AIDS makes for a much punchier quote than John Paul II on AIDS.)
- biohacker42 17y ago
  The people isn't exactly like your average or typical Catholic. And if I recall correctly, the last pope moved to the right under the influence of the current pope. The current pope, with his apparent pseudo embrace of the nouveau anti-evolutionists, is significantly further to the right then most of the Vatican establishment, which has considered the creation stories to be an allegory for many, many years now. When we get a new pope who knows what he'll be like.
ensignavenger 17y ago
I think the keywords are "who do make the headlines". It does seem to be the extreme in every segment that makes headlines. Personally, rather than calling them 'religious conservatives' (There isn't very much conservative about them) I prefer calling them religious zealots (fanatic, extremist, whatever).

DanielBMarkham 17y ago

Yes. Unfortunately we live in a world on the web where people who are religious, atheists, conservative, liberal, or whatever are put into little boxes and made fun of. This is what passes for wisdom anymore (instead of rational, clear discussion about beliefs and issues)

didroe 17y ago
Anymore? When has discussion of beliefs and important issues ever been clear or rational?
- ars 17y ago
  When you had moderators (AKA editors) who deleted the stupid stuff.
  - billswift 17y ago
    They only deleted the stupid stuff they didn't share.

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jfornear 17y ago

Way to commit the fallacy of composition.

patio11 17y ago

The "religious conservatives" who do make the headlines are not like you. I think you'll find that both the current Pope and the last Pope are, by any conceivable definition, "religious conservatives who make the headlines". You'll find if you read their writings on the topic for five seconds that they're pretty much in the same place as the grandparent. Are you sure you're not seeing confirmation bias? As in, "It would disagree with my worldview greatly if I thought religious conservatives were basically decent people. Accordingly, I only remember the ones who aren't"? (I won't discount the possibility of confirmation bias in the media, granted. Phelps on AIDS makes for a much punchier quote than John Paul II on AIDS.)

biohacker42 17y ago
The people isn't exactly like your average or typical Catholic. And if I recall correctly, the last pope moved to the right under the influence of the current pope. The current pope, with his apparent pseudo embrace of the nouveau anti-evolutionists, is significantly further to the right then most of the Vatican establishment, which has considered the creation stories to be an allegory for many, many years now. When we get a new pope who knows what he'll be like.

ensignavenger 17y ago

I think the keywords are "who do make the headlines". It does seem to be the extreme in every segment that makes headlines. Personally, rather than calling them 'religious conservatives' (There isn't very much conservative about them) I prefer calling them religious zealots (fanatic, extremist, whatever).