(February 15, 2012 at 1:25 pm)passionatefool Wrote: when people are this stupid I cant take them seriously. You would think by now with the easy access to knowledge,
Most media, in my eyes, are scum. Anything for a story and any chance to push their agenda thinly veiled as reporting the facts. I recently saw some conservative media reporting that Obama had claimed he was the fourth greatest president of the US. I watched the interview and he said no such thing. The only thing I trust is source material, like full unedited videos and failing that full transcripts. It's a fucking insult that they think people will fall for out of context soundbites and quote mines, but the reality is people do. Still, I'm inclined to think that at least some of them are just incompetent and don't even realise they're distorting and bending the truth. I think conservative media is the worst, but I don't just liberal or any other media for that matter.
(February 15, 2012 at 1:25 pm)passionatefool Wrote: that they would realize that Hitler was a catholic and his act was in the name of God.
Seems unlikely Hitler was actually a Catholic later in life given some of his comments regarding Christianity in private. I hear it said he was one a lot but I can't see any reason to believe it. Regardless it's pretty clear he wasn't an atheist, probably a non-denominational Christian or a deist as far as I can tell, although I gladly admit I'm no expert.
(February 15, 2012 at 1:25 pm)passionatefool Wrote: Atheism is based on knowledge and logic, not power.
Not necessarily. A = not / without. Theist = god(s). Atheism is a lack of belief in god. There's no guarantee that an atheist will be knowledgeable or logical. Atheism has no more basis than a lack of anything else. Perhaps a somewhat trivial point, but I thought it was worth making.
