19 November 2008 - Granite Grok

November 19, 2008

Maybe this can help understand what we’re up against?

conservatives tend to have a far stronger and broader moral framework than liberals. Our friend Chan over at Weekend Pundit has one of those studies of "liberal vs conservative"; this time, with a twist: Are Conservative Beliefs Immoral? In a 2007 paper, Jonathan Haidt and Jesse Graham, a couple of social justice researchers, managed to …

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A glimpse of socialism

Creeping socialism – have we become so inoculated in today’s world that it is so hard to see?  The great Dr. Walter Williams gives us a school lesson: Evil acts can be given an aura of moral legitimacy by noble-sounding socialistic expressions such as spreading the wealth, income redistribution or caring for the less fortunate. …

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GOD vs Science

A science professor begins his school year with a lecture to the students, ‘Let me explain the problem science has with religion.’ The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand. ‘You’re a Christian, aren’t you, son?’ ‘Yes sir,’ the student says. ‘So you believe …

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