Hallmark and TeH gays!!

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Heraclitus
This is the best example of why moral/religious conservatism and capitalism are fundamentally incompatible in the long run.

You think because they have greeting cards for gays that capitalism and religion are incompatable? That just gives the religionists something to complain about.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Oh true. However, do I need to quote Pope John Paul II, when he says that Capitalism has freed people?

If they were free they wouldn't be interested in religion. Materialism supports religion more than it hurts it.

[Theben]

Originally posted by MrFun
I can hear the borg-like declaration now: "Resistance is futile."

The day will come when all of your furniture is encased in plastic.

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by Kidicious


You think because they have greeting cards for gays that capitalism and religion are incompatable? That just gives the religionists something to complain about.

Capitalism is in its essence an system incompatible with the supposed teachings of that carpenter from Judea. That is why I think religious conservatives who favor capitalism are laughable.

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Did you notice that House, and he's a doctor, uses his cane on the wrong side? I like the show, but that's DUMB.

No, House holds the cane in the wrong hand deliberately to piss off physical therapists.

Or maybe this is the proper explanation;

Biomechanically a cane should be used in the opposite hand when the injury is at the hip joint. If the injury is at the knee or below, it is more efficient and more biomechanically sound to hold the cane on the same side as the problem. In House's case the injury is involving muscles that are primary movers--specifically extensors--of the knee (he seems to be able to move the hip at will). It can be assumed, therefore, that the cane is to compensate for his knee instability; thus he is actually using it properly on the side of the injured leg.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Heraclitus



Capitalism is in its essence an system incompatible with the supposed teachings of that carpenter from Judea. That is why I think religious conservatives who favor capitalism are laughable.

But you're talking about a system not an individual. Individuals don't have to support the system, and the system still functions, unless enough of them stop supporting it. Also, some people are just very confused and can support both a religion that claims to be against what capitalism is, and capitalism itself. I don't claim to know how that works, but I see it all the time.

[Ben Kenobi]

If they were free they wouldn't be interested in religion. Materialism supports religion more than it hurts it.

Ok.

1. Free people are able to practice their religion openly.

2. Religion is diametrically opposed to materialism as it posits the existence of a spiritual world which can influence the material.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Which is why conservatives also tend to be self-made? If you want inherited wealth, look at the democrats.

And on what statistics do you base this conclusion?

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
1. Free people are able to practice their religion openly.

Or not to practice any religion. If they are free to think and do for themselves why would they seek someone to tell them what to do and think?

2. Religion is diametrically opposed to materialism as it posits the existence of a spiritual world which can influence the material.

I don't think they are diametrically opposed. People can be materialistic and religious. They often are. People use both, materialism and religion for comfort.