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Favorite Post Q4

My favorite post from quarter three is my post entitled "Gross
National Happiness."

I think that this post did a successful job of combining succinct descriptions of unknown terms with links to more elaborate descriptions. I also think that I did a good job of mixing my own theories with those of the hosts of "Stuff You Should Know."

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Christians Who Don't understand Christianity

I found a link to this intriguing video with an interesting and thought out debate (note: the aforementioned is sarcasm) about healthcare on the Huffington Post which unfortunately cannot be embedded.


It isn't just that this video is rather funny, but that this simply ignorant connection that she tries to make between Christianity and health care is not at all supported by any evidence anywhere. 

It really bothers me when people make a simple policy debate, about something like health care, and turn it into something not only unrelated but something that is sure to get like-minded people angry.  I was talking to a man on a ski lift over break and he mentioned that Obama was a socialist.  Intrigued, I asked him for his reasoning.  He said that he had a socialist agenda, which is not very substantive.  I pressed on-- I mentioned that many famous capitalists, like Warren Buffet, support Obama.  He had nothing to say to support his argument.  He was merely repeating what other angry Christians had said about Obama.

I guess what really gets to me about the clip is the way that this woman merely spouts buzz-words that are sure to get people riled up.  People hear "genocide" and "killing old people" and "under god" and they get angry.  Fictional genocide doesn't make me  angry, a woman turning her Christmas lights off because of a bill that will drastically cut down government waste by streamlining health care, as well as provide less fortunate Americans with the chance to live makes me angry.  Even more bothersome is that if 'Bunny' would look at the facts of the bill, she would realize it is supported by her religion.  If I recall correctly, Jesus was big on helping the poor and curing the sick.


Check out this nun on The O'reilly Factor who seems to be the only religious person who can see the truth about her religion.  She even laughs at Bill O'reilly!

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