tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881681150508924494.post303021665645961591..comments2023-06-01T03:44:39.299-07:00Comments on The Jaded Hippy: A Return to Traditional Values!whatsernamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731411057968563416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881681150508924494.post-65264666585160016362007-10-27T18:03:00.000-07:002007-10-27T18:03:00.000-07:00No guyperson. Not those values.The ones she talke...No guyperson. Not those values.<BR/><BR/>The ones she talked about in the article. Those values.<BR/><BR/>Also, seeing as I was a very devout Christian for 17 years of my life, you would be wrong on that other count.whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15731411057968563416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881681150508924494.post-48552823442835730842007-10-27T17:32:00.000-07:002007-10-27T17:32:00.000-07:00Oh yes, just like the Greek values that treated hu...Oh yes, just like the Greek values that treated human beings as property, and didn't give women civil rights? That embraced the concept of pedophilia? THOSE Greek values?<BR/><BR/>Certain Greek concepts later led to ideas that were important in the development of our democacy.<BR/><BR/>Having read the article, I can only conclude that the author doesn't know a whole lot about Christianity. And if you agree with her, you probably don't either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881681150508924494.post-445773499304768682007-10-27T16:23:00.000-07:002007-10-27T16:23:00.000-07:00I'm pretty sure that Greek values are in fact foun...I'm pretty sure that Greek values are in fact foundational to our democratic society.<BR/><BR/>Also, if you had read the article, in her conclusion she states about practice such as the Aztec, and reading entrails, animal sacrifice, etc. etc. as outdated, and that it's good we have moved on from them.<BR/><BR/>I think you entirely missed the point.whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15731411057968563416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881681150508924494.post-60846301496528847302007-10-27T15:27:00.000-07:002007-10-27T15:27:00.000-07:00That'd be a giant strawman. The "return to traditi...That'd be a giant strawman. The "return to traditional values" that many religious conservatives so clearly desire isn't a desire to return to values that are OLD. It's a desire to return to values that were important as foundational to our society. By making this argument (Or even just echoing it without completely agreeing with it) you're missing the point entirely.<BR/><BR/>I'd also like to point out that the Aztecs were polytheists. I don't suppose you're going to say that returning to their "let's rip the beating heart out of some poor sap as an offering to Tezcatlipoca" is a concept we should return to. <BR/><BR/>Blaming monotheism as a system for violence perpetrated by certain particular monotheists is as moronic as blaming polytheism for the horrors committed by certain polytheists. Calling monotheism "poison" is hateful and ridiculous, and isn't any better than any Christians who insist that all non-Christians are hate filled demon worshipers. <BR/><BR/>Don't like it when people make absurd statements about your religion? No one does. So why not do unto others as you would have them do unto you?<BR/><BR/>Oh....right. That's a Christian, AKA monotheist concept, and is therefore poisonous. Silly me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com