Hitchens was basically saying the Bible was a load of crap and Sharpton didn't argue that point. ... If Sharpton isn't going to defend the Bible, then where does he get his vision of what God is?
Sharpton backed off into a deist position and did not defend the Bible because he knew he couldn't. ...
[T]he next time you use the name "Al Sharpton" make it a link to this blog post [i.e. Norm's post] so that its title: "Al Sharpton admits the Bible is a bunch of crap" shows up on a Google search for Sharpton's name. Or, write your own Sharpton blog with a similar title and I'll link you.
[T]he superstition that the budget must be balanced at all times, once it is debunked, takes away one of the bulwarks that every society must have against expenditure out of control. . . . [O]ne of the functions of old-fashioned religion was to scare people by sometimes what might be regarded as myths into behaving in a way that long-run civilized life requires.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Al Sharpton admits the Bible is a bunch of crap
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the link. Two instances of "Al Sharpton on my blog post now link yours.
Yes, he does.
ReplyDeleteKent Kauffman
Welcome, Kent! You're on the blogroll now.
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