Carson is only there, as was Cain, so the republicans can say, “See, we didn’t hate Obama because he was black.”When many of them do and would never vote for these guys, either.
What everyone is ignoring in the Ben Carson comments above is how heartening it is that Scott Walker, the neo-nazi thug, will not have any chance at becoming president.Crucial reading this referenced and verified account of Walker’s totalitarian personality and politics, titled: “President Walker Primer: 4 things you should know about Scott Walker before it’s too late”.Also, an affirmative answer to the question, “Is Scott Walker a fascist?
Carson’s views on evolution and creationism have been controversial. In a 2006 debate with Richard Dawkins, Francis Collins, and Daniel Dennett, Carson stated: “I don’t believe in evolution…I simply don’t have enough faith to believe that something as complex as our ability to rationalize, think, and plan, and have a moral sense of what’s right and wrong, just appeared.” In 2012, nearly 500 professors, students, and alumni of Emory University wrote a letter expressing concern about his views in advance of his commencement speech. They cited a quote in an interview with the Adventist Review: “By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior.” Carson clarified:“Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God’s word really have no difficulty whatsoever defining where our ethics come from. People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. A lot of evolutionists are very ethical people.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carson#Evolution(see also http://www.proof-of-evolution.com/ben-carson.html)(see also http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/ben-carson-evolution-life-evolve-non-life-incredible-fairy-tales)
Carson’s ok from what I’ve heard, though like Trump, he reportedly has his “out there” moments too. But with how things are shaping up this election, he could very well be the only candidate I could actually stand. I sure as heck do not want Trump in office.
It’s become clear that a large chunk of the GOP has lost faith in politics. They are turning to charismatic “outsider” candidates like Trump & Carson, without really considering how they would govern, let alone the idea that the next President is still going to be working with a divided Congress. Anyone who thinks there’s much comparison between being a CEO with nearly unlimited Executive authority & being a President with hard limits on authority, is either naive or holds frightening ideas about how our government should work.
To the Voters of the Seventh Congressional District.
FELLOW CITIZENS:
A charge having got into circulation in some of the neighborhoods of this District, in substance that I am an open scoffer at Christianity, I have by the advice of some friends concluded to notice the subject in this form. That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular. It is true that in early life I was inclined to believe in what I understand is called the “Doctrine of Necessity”—that is, that the human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control; and I have sometimes (with one, two or three, but never publicly) tried to maintain this opinion in argument. The habit of arguing thus however, I have, entirely left off for more than five years. And I add here, I have always understood this same opinion to be held by several of the Christian denominations. The foregoing, is the whole truth, briefly stated, in relation to myself, upon this subject.
I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion. Leaving the higher matter of eternal consequences, between him and his Maker, I still do not think any man has the right thus to insult the feelings, and injure the morals, of the community in which he may live. If, then, I was guilty of such conduct, I should blame no man who should condemn me for it; but I do blame those, whoever they may be, who falsely put such a charge in circulation against me.
Yes, and Brownback is an ignorant fool. But, (1) he is not running for president, and (2) so far as I know, he is not a fascist, as is his namesake, Brownshirt Walker.
kaffekup almost 9 years ago
Carson is only there, as was Cain, so the republicans can say, “See, we didn’t hate Obama because he was black.”When many of them do and would never vote for these guys, either.
markjoseph125 almost 9 years ago
What everyone is ignoring in the Ben Carson comments above is how heartening it is that Scott Walker, the neo-nazi thug, will not have any chance at becoming president.Crucial reading this referenced and verified account of Walker’s totalitarian personality and politics, titled: “President Walker Primer: 4 things you should know about Scott Walker before it’s too late”.Also, an affirmative answer to the question, “Is Scott Walker a fascist?
lonecat almost 9 years ago
Carson’s views on evolution and creationism have been controversial. In a 2006 debate with Richard Dawkins, Francis Collins, and Daniel Dennett, Carson stated: “I don’t believe in evolution…I simply don’t have enough faith to believe that something as complex as our ability to rationalize, think, and plan, and have a moral sense of what’s right and wrong, just appeared.” In 2012, nearly 500 professors, students, and alumni of Emory University wrote a letter expressing concern about his views in advance of his commencement speech. They cited a quote in an interview with the Adventist Review: “By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior.” Carson clarified:“Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God’s word really have no difficulty whatsoever defining where our ethics come from. People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. A lot of evolutionists are very ethical people.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carson#Evolution(see also http://www.proof-of-evolution.com/ben-carson.html)(see also http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/ben-carson-evolution-life-evolve-non-life-incredible-fairy-tales)
scyphi26 almost 9 years ago
Carson’s ok from what I’ve heard, though like Trump, he reportedly has his “out there” moments too. But with how things are shaping up this election, he could very well be the only candidate I could actually stand. I sure as heck do not want Trump in office.
Uncle Joe Premium Member almost 9 years ago
It’s become clear that a large chunk of the GOP has lost faith in politics. They are turning to charismatic “outsider” candidates like Trump & Carson, without really considering how they would govern, let alone the idea that the next President is still going to be working with a divided Congress. Anyone who thinks there’s much comparison between being a CEO with nearly unlimited Executive authority & being a President with hard limits on authority, is either naive or holds frightening ideas about how our government should work.
lonecat almost 9 years ago
July 31, 1846
To the Voters of the Seventh Congressional District.
FELLOW CITIZENS:
A charge having got into circulation in some of the neighborhoods of this District, in substance that I am an open scoffer at Christianity, I have by the advice of some friends concluded to notice the subject in this form. That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular. It is true that in early life I was inclined to believe in what I understand is called the “Doctrine of Necessity”—that is, that the human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control; and I have sometimes (with one, two or three, but never publicly) tried to maintain this opinion in argument. The habit of arguing thus however, I have, entirely left off for more than five years. And I add here, I have always understood this same opinion to be held by several of the Christian denominations. The foregoing, is the whole truth, briefly stated, in relation to myself, upon this subject.
I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion. Leaving the higher matter of eternal consequences, between him and his Maker, I still do not think any man has the right thus to insult the feelings, and injure the morals, of the community in which he may live. If, then, I was guilty of such conduct, I should blame no man who should condemn me for it; but I do blame those, whoever they may be, who falsely put such a charge in circulation against me.
July 31, 1846. A. LINCOLN.22
markjoseph125 almost 9 years ago
Yes, and Brownback is an ignorant fool. But, (1) he is not running for president, and (2) so far as I know, he is not a fascist, as is his namesake, Brownshirt Walker.