"Centrist Citizen: This is another "Americanism" of misunderstanding how the rest of the world is in reality. We assume that because our form of government has worked fairly well here, it can . . ." more
"Centrist Citizen: In answer to your question about Islam being advanced over Christianity, I will try to present this as follows: First, Islam came some 600+ years after Jesus. Christians, who are too . . ." more
"Centrist Citizen: I think one thing we Americans can't understand realistically is that Islam is in its "dark ages" now with there being (as in the days of the Inquisition in Spain) two vehemently . . ." more
"Centrist Citizen: Yes. It is a problem of our isolated culture to think that everyone should naturally want to be like us. The problem is that we, at least religiously, are far, far behind the Muslims. . . ." more
"Carla G.: Why are you so defensive? I didn't say that the war was about rescuing Muslim women. I said that many Americans assumed that as soon as we "liberated" Afghanistan the people, freed . . ." more
I don't pray for peace because I think that peace will only come when people in general grow up. Praying for peace keeps us distracted from doing and concentrating on what is needed to bring about peace. It is like taking an aspirin. It makes us feel better but does nothing to cure the problem and only prevents us from "going to the doctor" and getting at the root of the problem. Your country is a great country and your people are very much like Americans. Yet here we are, bitching at each other over things beyond our control.
Thank you so very much, Donald, dear, for your kind and thoughtful comment... it's really hard to convince people who think they already know everything. The information here is sometimes controversial, but I hope for the best.
As you can see from my comments on the issue, I strongly believe as you do. I will continue to put forth reasonable arguments for my position and can only hope that others will be reasonable as well. I am not intimidated by political correctness. As far as the "gay" community is concerned and their attempts to force their life style on the rest of us for acceptance, I quote Shakespeare, "Me thinks the lady doth protest too much." Thanks for you ping and support.
Donald, I just read the comments on the Homosexuality article between you and Carla. You hit the nail on the head several times - and she just doesn't get it. Her judgement was clouded by the fact that her brother is gay. I thank you for standing up to those who purport to being "spiritual" and hiding behind political correctness for the sake of homosexuality. Call a spade a spade and be done with it. I'm tired of the gays and lesbians trying to take over the country and ruin our traditional family values. Yes, there are problems within the heterosexual community, but God intended for marriage to be between one man and one woman. Period.
Donald, although there are things we may not agree on time by time, your intelligent viewpoints and comments are greatly appreciated ;-) Certainly appreciate your support - thanks for the friendship.
You're absolutely right on NASA's political stance and here is the proverbial double-edge sword! If this agency could operate without the political influences and yet maintain funding they would probably be in a much better position to reveal a host of topics to us. Oh, the contradiction of such politics, serves us in one respect and yet cuts the throat in another.
