Howard Baker passes

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

But neither of those articles are criticizing Christianity (the first one was written by an Evangelist, for chrissakes); they're criticizing racism. Are you saying you think racism is a good thing, then? (Reminder: your whole thing was that "progressive sites" were chock full of writers denigrating Christians and Christianity)



No. Global climate change is a big problem in the world right now. Limited resources is a big problem. Overpopulation is a big problem. Terrorism, by comparison, is a small problem. You're more likely in this country to be killed by a football than killed in a terrorist attack.



Our anti-terrorism spending is a huge boondoggle giveaway to people with government connections. http://waronirrationalfear.com/facts



He compared homosexuality to bestiality. How do you interpret that, Rupe? He thinks blacks were happier during Jim Crow. How do you interpret that?

I think the opinions of those authors is very clear. They are accusing christians of being racists. To answer your question, no, I don't think racism is a good thing.

With regards to the discussion about terrorism, if you don't think it's a major problem in the world, I don't know what to tell you. Do you have any idea how many terrorist attacks around the world are thwarted? You may want to research that. There would probably be 100x more attacks if governments weren't so active in counter-terrorism.

The Duck Dynasty guy was asked to give some examples of sin. I wouldn't define his answer as meaning that he is comparing those sins to each other. If you ask me to name some sins and I mention both stealing and murder, that doesn't mean I'm comparing stealing to murder.

With regard to Robertson's comments about blacks being happier during Jim Crow, I don't think it was a very smart thing to say. But that was just his opinion based on what he has seen. That doesn't mean he dislikes blacks. I think I understand what he was saying. Sometimes people are happier when their lives are simpler. How many people have we heard about that hit the lottery and then their lives got worse? They were happier when they had no money and their life was simple. That may be what Robertson was saying. Either way, it was a stupid thing to say.