I heard there was a sale on stones and whips at Walmart.I cant remember which Repub candidate called for the punishment of gays?I will be ready though./sarc off Does NYT give bonus for lies?If so Eduardo Porter has earned one.Another case of the left wing disease of iamoffmymeds so I say the stupidest things.

 "Belief in God too often spawns reasons to punish sinners -- 'adulterers' in Saudi Arabia, gays for some Republican presidential candidates.

Sing along with me, Mr. Porter, that tried and true song from Sesame Street:

One of these things is not like the other(s),
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the other(s)
By the time I finish my song?

Did you guess which thing was not like the other(s)?
Did you guess which thing just doesn't belong?
If you guessed this one is not like the other(s),
Then you're absolutely...right!

I can almost sympathize with this guy as those Christians are a pretty scary bunch, what with their moral values and such. Maybe he should moderate a little and become more like me, an agnostic.

Actually, I am an agnostic, dyslexic insomniac. I lay awake all night wondering if there really is a Dog.

If it turns out that God doesn't exist -- having bought into the notion, it seems to me, would prove a pretty bad wager indeed."

  He's bought into a very unscientific notion.  He's postulating that earthly humans are the highest intelligence in an infinite universe.  That put's our atheist in the same world view as the Medieval Church that insisted the earth was the center of the universe.  Suppose we find out there is 'life' anywhere else.  That opens the possibility to there being something out there smarter than us. (good chance I'd say) If there's one thing smarter why not two? Each one a little smarter than the last.  With an infinite (or at least a whole bunch) of possible 'things' smarter than us what would the ultimate 'smart' thing be?

I don't see a 'death penalty for gays' plank in the GOP.  Sheesh! If you want to argue for the moral superiority of Atheism, at least try to get some of your facts right.

BTW  Atheism has caused at least as much, if not more, oppression, tyranny and genocide as any other religion (or ideology.) 

What atheists forget is that our freedoms in america can't exist without a higher power... the minute, that you bring the assignment of freedoms down from God to Man, one second later, the next man in power will take your freedoms away to ensure "true" equality, that the lazy grasshopper deserves as much in life as the hard working ant.

Basically, God is a central tenet in freedom.... Think about it, our freedoms and will are granted by the highest power in the universe and the government (which it's done a poor job of lately) is poorly representing that divinity.

Frankly, having led men in combat, I can tell you there are no atheists.  Sure, men have told me they don't profess belief in God, but as soon as they realize that they may soon be taking their last breath here on earth, they get it.

Meanwhile, doesn't it tell you volumes that the NYT would have an "atheist" on their editorial staff.  Is this just one more reason that the paper is failing? 

By the way, the NYT's stock used to be $50 a couple of years ago.  Recently, it hit a 52 week low of $16.02.  Its been wacked to a third of its value in as many years.

A copy of the NYT shows up at the office once in a while.  I throw it in the trash without giving it a second glance.  All the news that is fit to be a mullet wrapper! 

Mr. Waters, it is very telling in Mr. Porter a trait which apparently is revealing itself among liberals. For a layman's term, I would state it is "You are just like your mother syndrome", which emotional women always slam men with as a trump card.

The discussion with a liberal can be about anything and it will always be twisted into some bizarre comment going down another path.
Mr. Porter is feminine in that regard like most liberals. In a layman's example, A woman asks the man she with, "Do my slacks look ok?"

The man will answer, "Yes they really fit you nice".

A normal person hears a compliment, but for the liberal woman she hears, "YOUR A** IS HUGE. YOU A FAT FRUMP. YOU CAN BE MISTAKEN FOR A WHALE".

This is why your post is so important Mr. Waters as it exposes the Joy Behar syndrome of hearing "hate rich people and punish them with taxes" while Whoopie used to hear it until she figured out it was her money being stolen in taxes.

Mr. Porter in hearing, "Homosexuality is a condition from environment and abuse in which the homosexual needs help to overcome the psychopathy", does not hear a GOP'er in sympathy and fact but instead hears like Kayne West, "George Bush hates black people".

Mr. Porter hears things from a condition of weakness. His immediate seizure upon the John Adams quote makes him feel isolated and afraid. A normal person simply hears Adams state that people of a Christian mode of belief founded a nation of responsible liberty to be moulded after.

Mr. Porter is a perfect public education in what all liberals are. Emotional creatures who are existing in fear and isolation.

This is why Rosie acts so insane in she "hears things no one else is saying", but hears them from fear. (She also has a self destructive mode like most liberals."

But this is a wonderful post and I hope Newsbusters can use it to explore who all liberals are, because while they all operate from this pyschopathy it is not usually so blatant like Mr. Porter exposing all of his inner workings which he hides from daily.

***** 5 star rating Mr. Waters

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