tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post5013506841554238317..comments2023-09-24T07:53:50.826-05:00Comments on The Atheist Experience™: Right-wing Fighting Keyboardists and their manly power fantasiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-68326773881542463942007-04-19T13:59:00.000-05:002007-04-19T13:59:00.000-05:00>I've observed that the more highly religious peop...>I've observed that the more highly religious people are the less they tend to think there is such a thing as mental illness<BR/><BR/>While I can't say I know this applies as a general rule. I have certainly seen Xians who think god is the answer to someone suffering from depression. In fact, I've seen depressed people claiming god is all that is keeping them going.<BR/><BR/>It's sad because it only serves to undercut a person getting real help (in cases of real chemical imbalance) or finding any real internal strength or belief in themselves or their own ability (in cases where it might not be due to chemical imbalance).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-44473227009034464562007-04-19T12:53:00.000-05:002007-04-19T12:53:00.000-05:00I for one wouldn't look so much to gun control as ...I for one wouldn't look so much to gun control as the answer to the Va. Tech tragedy as I would to mental health and mental illness recognition and treatment in society. <BR/><BR/>In the past in circumstances such as this, I've wondered why our society doesn't seem to what to address mental illness and I think that, in part, it has a connection to religion. <BR/><BR/>I've observed that the more highly religious people are the less they tend to think there is such a thing as mental illness --- after all, if such violent and immoral behavior is a byproduct of DNA, biochemistry, etc., the less an individual is really a free moral agent. If you believe in an omnipotent, omni benevolent, omni present god, who looks to we humans as being the ones entirely responsible for our moral actions, then you probably are not very inclined to believe in mental illness. Aren't there even passages in the Bible that might suggest to some people so inclined that mental illness is a product of being possessed by demons?<BR/><BR/>So, if my theory has any validity, the more religious our society is, the less likely it is to look to humane treatment of mental illness such as led to this terrible tragedy.<BR/><BR/>What do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-28758622409635493192007-04-19T09:55:00.000-05:002007-04-19T09:55:00.000-05:00Right on Martin!Sure, we would all like to think t...Right on Martin!<BR/><BR/>Sure, we would all like to think that we would have acted differently, but in all honesty almost everyone would act the same way as the victims.<BR/><BR/>Look at the Pat Tillman mess. Pat was shot at by fucking ARMY RANGERS who were freaking out during their first firefight and failed to make positive ID before opening fire.<BR/><BR/>If it can happen to a Ranger, it can happen to anyone. This VT shooter was shooting with both hands from what I understand, and unless a group of five to ten guys got together and bum rushed him, there is nothing anyone could do. And when everyone is running and screaming with gun shots going off, who is honestly think that straight?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-45677262268282702542007-04-19T08:25:00.000-05:002007-04-19T08:25:00.000-05:00http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266860,00.html...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266860,00.html<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure why I'm surprised at Fox for running this but I still find it shocking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-42163021344935748752007-04-18T23:00:00.000-05:002007-04-18T23:00:00.000-05:00I wouldn't underestimate someone's ability to "hit...<I>I wouldn't underestimate someone's ability to "hit squat" as a rule.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, you have to stand in awe of the logic of Derbyshire's argument: "I'm a lousy shot, so handguns aren't dangerous."Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933545393470431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-50788906879937006302007-04-18T17:47:00.000-05:002007-04-18T17:47:00.000-05:00Hey, I've put up a new post about issues surroundi...Hey, I've put up a new post about issues surrounding concealed carry laws <A HREF="http://kazimskorner.blogspot.com/2007/04/guns-and-crime-in-virginia.html" REL="nofollow">on my blog</A>, and I hope you'll find it worth a look.<BR/><BR/>And for Tracie, the National Review is an extremely neoconservative publication. It's like the magazine equivalent of a right wing blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05324968314168283095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-30126531270831122942007-04-18T15:49:00.000-05:002007-04-18T15:49:00.000-05:00I'm unfamiliar with the National Review--and proba...I'm unfamiliar with the National Review--and probably for good reason. But this article is nuts. It, literally, sounds like something an adolescent male would write 15 minutes after finishing a Kung Fu movie marathon. I'm having trouble believing an adult wrote this.<BR/><BR/>Ironically, I have only been to a firing range once in my life--and I hit much more than "squat"; I did pretty well, with only a history of firing pellet and BB guns as a kid. I wouldn't underestimate someone's ability to "hit squat" as a rule. And in the campus situation at VT, I'd probably have been frozen stiff in fear and blind with panic. My admiration to any of those kids who were able to think clearly or act in a way that saved their lives or the lives of anyone else (like the professor who died barring the door for his students). That kind of self-sacrifice needs to be commended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-12212071721027138022007-04-18T15:39:00.000-05:002007-04-18T15:39:00.000-05:00I have certain that we would acheive Glorious Vict...I have certain that we would acheive Glorious Victory in Iraq if only Derbyshire and all his brave warblogging compatriots would just sign up to fight over there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com