From: grendel@camelot.bradley.edu (Alyosha Bourgea)
Subject: Re: Here Are The Undeniable Truths of Life
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: usa
Date: 19 Nov 92 01:06:41 GMT

In <1992Nov16.190611.1@woods.ulowell.edu> enor@woods.ulowell.edu writes:

>>In article <Bxtovu.7Ap@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, 
>>tz10956@meibm12.cen.uiuc.edu (Thomas Zych) writes:
>>> sjthomas@cup.portal.com (Stephen J Thomas) writes:
>>>                                                                   
>>>Rush Limbaugh's 35 Truths                                          
>>> 
>>> 8. Peace cannot be achieved by developing an understanding of or  
>>>    with the Russian people.                                       
>> 
>> Myopic and xenophobic.
>> 
>	This is probably dated, reffering to the Soviet States total dominance
>of every aspect of Russian life.

One point that I wish you and Rush would get through your *thick* heads is the
nonequivalence of "Russian" and "Soviet", even when the Soviet Union existed.
It's like equating the United States with North America, and makes about as
much sense.

>>>20. There IS a god.                                                
>> 
>> Whether there is a supreme being or not, and what form(s) that being takes, is
>> purely a matter of personal belief.  Although since he _could_ have said "There
>> IS a God, and it's the Judeo-Christian God", I suppose I should be happy that
>> Rush at least accepts that Islam, Hinduism, and any other god-based religion 
>>is an acceptable belief system.

>    	One minor point.  The God of the Judeo-Christian tradition is also the
>God of the Islamic tradition.  Allah, as Moslems call     God, is one in the
>same with Yawheh, Jesuus Christ, and The Holy Spirit.

The Moslems don't see it that way, nor do most Christians.  There are a lot
of differences between the Q'ran and the Bible.  You could argue that the
concept of single male deity is the same, but the mythology surrounding
Allah and Mohammed is vastly different from that of Yahweh and Jesus Christ.

Besides which, it's still a bigoted statement; I'm a Taoist, a pagan, and an
atheist, and I don't take kindly to the imposition of absolute moral and
religious values upon me by others, whether or not I agree with them.

>>>21. Abortion is wrong.                                             
>> 
>> But forcing women who cannot or do not wish to support children to have them,
>> in effect enslaving them, is perfectly alright.

>	Biology 101, Sex is first and foremost for the procreation of LIFE. 
>The old saying goes  here "If you don't want to get burned, don't play with
>fire."  It was a woman's choice to have sex or not(except cases of rape or
>incest) therefore she already executed her right to choose.  If a human being
>in the womb were just another body part abortion should be legal.(i.e. if you
>want your livver out take it out)  but human life is just that human life.)

Rape and incest are not the only instances in which a woman may be pregnant
without intent.  Birth control is not infallible.

>>>23. Evolution cannot explain creation.                             
>> 
>> And creation cannot explain evolution.


>	Here's one that'll shock ya.  According to my religion teacher in
>Catholic H.S., who also happened to be the Biology Teacher, the Catholic Church
>now teaches that the 7 days of creation were more like periods of time, the
>word DAYS was used figuratively to help make the understanding clearer. 
>Creation does surprisingly follow the chronological events proven by evolution.

This isn't shocking in the least.  Once the creationists realized that everyone
was taking evolution seriously, not just a few heathen weirdos, they changed
their myth to fit the facts.  Creationists still teach that humankind is
10,000 years old, in defiance of every bit of empirical evidence that exists.

>>>30. The United States will again go to war.                        
>> 
>> Certainly.
>> 
>	And the Draft Dodging Bill Clinton will be on the front line so he can
>prove his manhood.

BZZZZT!  Thank you for playing.  Please try again.

>>>33. There will always be poor people.                              
>> 
>> Unfortunately, true.

Only in a society that is capitalistic (i.e., competitive, where there are
winners and losers).

>	But there will be less if we give them a "Hand Up" not a "Hand
>Out"--Jack Kemp Rep National Convention  also plagurized by Clinton in his
>"acceptance speech"

Gee, unemployment rose under Reagan.  Nice rhetoric.  And what's Kemp saying--
government intervention?  (shocked gasp)  Whatever, it's still an empty phrase
that can be twisted to mean whatever you may want it to mean.


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