What is Your Worldview?

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According to Schraf's Paradox, The Bible is the literal word of God, because it says in the Bible that the Bible is the literal word of God.

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Wow, I have a particular paradox named after me now?Right on!It's a good one, too.I should get lots of citations.

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And true believers whether of an islamic, communist, racist, or whatever can do or sanction terrible things BUT that remains an extremist minority.

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Many, many ordinary, non-extremeist, otherwise nice, normal Germans sanctioned terrible things in the 1930's and 1940's.The extermination of 6 million people wouldn't have been possible without the sanction of ordinary people.Large numbers of ordinary, non-extremeist people sanctioned the interrment of US citizens of Japanese ancestry during WW2.Large numbers of normal, non-extremeist people sanctioned racism and slavery in our country for a very long time.

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You should talk to some Marines that have come back from Iraq. They know why they are there and they are glad to be there even though it is dangerous and uncomfortable.

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...those wouldn't be the Marine recruiters you are talking to, would it, ir maybe people the recruiters put you in touch with?There are plenty of soldiers serving in Iraq who don't know why they are there and are not at all glad to be there. Go see Farenheit 9/11.Combine that with the Bush administration cutting combat pay and veterans' benefits and hospitalization, and you can see why a lot of them are bitter.Speaking of movies, have you seen Three Kings? If so, what did you think of it?