On Monday, July 14, 2014 6:28:19 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
> And I know what would happen if the USA weren't here.
> People in other countries would have made similar
> improvements to the world.
Yes, i wholeheartedly agree with that statement.
Is the USA the *ONLY* country to have ever liberated the world
from the clutches of evil?...No! Will the USA be the *LAST* to
do so?...OF COURSE NOT! I'm not so blind as you may believe.
But, if the USA *DID NOT* exist during the perilous times of
the world wars, how many generations of people would have
suffered before a powerful enough contender came along to
unclench the grips of evil?
I "SHUDDER" TO THINK!
How many minutes, or hours, or days in a concentration camp
would YOU, Chris Angelico, trade so you could have your
selfish wish to wipe USA's prestige from the history books?
You see Chris, the battle between "good" and "evil" [1] will
always exist, and in fact, if it did not exist, the world
would be a stagnate cess-pool of rot and decay because it is
the very battle that is waged against "evil", which is just
another form of competition, that spins the cogs of
evolution.
Of course the "moral authority" of "doing good" has it's
hormonal payoffs, yes?
SELFISHNESS, MEET GLUTTONY
GLUTTONY, SELFISHNESS!
Ha, however, our "chemically induced" happiness is just a
method of pacification, and protects our delicate emotional
"beings" from the most abysmal of apathetic truths.
Living creatures are lazy by nature, and we will, if not
"challenged", waste away, in order to maintain forward
evolution, the tools of pain, jealously, terror, envy, etc,
etc... are employed to "compel" us to compete with each
other --from the friendliest of banter to the deepest depths
of human depravity-- we are but pawns in a greater game!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
> Social justice? Do you honestly think the USofA is the
> example to hold up and say "Look, we have perfectly solved
> the problems of social injustice"?
Point to my statement that mentioned ANYTHING about
"perfect". I don't believe in perfection, since such an
"idea" is unattainable by both the human hand, or human mind.
> I guess you've eliminated racism since I last heard.
Yup. And next we've decided to solve the middle east crisis!
> Oh, and I agree that all people are created equal. (I'll
> leave aside the argument about whether your statement is
> proof that English is sexist, or that the US founding
> fathers were the sexist ones.) I also believe that our
> Creator sees us as equal. But all through history, we
> flawed human beings have had a problem with seeing people
> differently, for various reasons. The Apostle James wrote
> about a major problem with "wealthist" Christians: And
> there've been plenty of other problems creeping in. God
> treats us all the same way: flawed, fallible people whom
> He loves enough to die for. If you want to believe in true
> equality, you need to follow His example.
I'm confused by your logic. First you admit all humans are
fallible, but somehow, you believe that a collection of
humans should be "infallible". Please explain this enigma.
REFERENCES:
[1] And i use the terms very loosely here. Please, let's not
get into a debate of what "good" and "evil" are with all
the religious nonsense and such.
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