[Vision2020] Coulter's Dream - from CNN

Donovan Arnold donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 15 21:31:59 PDT 2007 

Joe,
   
  You are a Professor. You have a PhD. You are a father. You are a teacher. You are a representative of a major University. It is beneath your title to use words like "Jackass" to describe people you disagree with in a public forum. I know you are more articulate than this, and you should hold yourself to a higher standard than to resort to school yard language and responses. 
   
  Best,
   
  Donovan

Joe Campbell <joekc at adelphia.net> wrote:
  I just want to be clear about one thing. You are a jackass. 

It has nothing to do with my disagreement with you since the only person I've 
ever called a 'jackass' is you. It has to do with the fact that you make fun of 
my job and my religious beliefs. It is not the disagreement between us; it is 
your jackass style that makes you a jackass.

Collecting my quotes! At least now the fears expressed in my post to Ted will 
be understood! And check Dale's website later today to find more ridicule.

--
Joe Campbell

---- "g. crabtree" wrote: 

=============
Because someone disagrees with you there must be something wrong with them? Glad to see that your ego hasn't been damaged by all the lack of appreciation. It must be a horrible burden for you to be setting the standard of normalcy for the rest of us, all by your lonesome.

Regarding the resentment you feel over my remark concerning your ambiguous religious disposition, didn't you once proclaim on this forum to Chas UK:

"I lean heavily toward agnosticism, since I question whether or not anyone
can know that God exists (though I haven't ruled this possibility out yet)
and I am pretty close to being a full-fledged agnostic about the nature of
God. I have a variety of beliefs about God's nature but I don't profess to
have any knowledge about it, and in particular I don't profess to know
anything about the connection between God and the moral law"
10/19/05 @ 5:03 PM

Seven months later you post:

"I don't much care about particular religious beliefs, in general, and I don't have any firm opinions about what counts -- or does not count -- as genuine Christianity." 05/18/06 @ 10:59 AM to Tony Simpson

Less than two months later in a post to Danial Foucachon you made mention of the fact that you avoid Dale Courtney's blog in the effort to "remain a good Christian." 07/03/06 @ 8:59 AM

You have told us that you were raised as a Roman Catholic and yet you embrace abortion and homosexual marriage as though they were two of the most sacred of the sacraments.

I don't recall making any comment as to whether I believed your assertion of being a Christian or not and I certainly make no judgment with regard to your level of commitment to whatever it is you do believe but,It certainly seems to me that reasonable people could come to the conclusion that you are disposed toward a certain religious ambiguity.

g






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Campbell" 
To: "Donovan Arnold" 
Cc: 
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Coulter's Dream - from CNN


> There are so many errors here, Donovan, it is hard to get started. This is part of the reason 
> it cracks me up when people like Crabtree make fun of philosophers! That attitude and 
> the inability to distinguish cogent arguments from fallacies go hand and hand. There is 
> lots of work for philosophers to do, it seems to me!
> 
> Whether "Christ is the way to be saved" is essential to Christianity is, as Sue noted, 
> subject to interpretation and debate. But that is really beside the point. It is one thing to 
> have a belief, it is another to think that your belief is a "perfected" form of someone 
> else's. And it is yet a third thing to go to the trouble of saying that your belief is a 
> perfected form of Judaism to a Jew on national TV. You keep missing these points.
> 
> You can believe whatever you want. My objection is to Coulter’s dogmatic, arrogant 
> attitude about the superiority of her beliefs over those of others. This is especially 
> irritating since her beliefs are the product of faith, and it is hard to see how faith could 
> ever support arrogant dogmatism. I’m annoyed too because I’m a Christian and some 
> people – Paul for instance – seem to think that idiotic arrogance typifies Christian belief.
> 
> Lastly, I don't appreciate the suggestion that I'm not a Christian – nor did I appreciate 
> Crabtee's comment about my “ambiguous religious disposition”. Funny that both of you 
> will stand up for a local Pastor’s right to justify slavery and capital punishment for gays 
> yet my own beliefs are not worthy of defense. What the hell is wrong with you two?
> 
> Unlike Ann Coulter, I consider my beliefs to be a matter between me and God and none 
> of your business. And unlike Ann Coulter, I know that faith is not the product of 
> fallacious reasoning, so I'm not trying to win folks over with hateful rhetoric.
> 
> But don't listen to me! I'm just a philosophy professor!
> 
> All the best, Joe
> 
> ---- Donovan Arnold wrote: 
> 
> =============
> Joe,
> 
> She was reiterating the Dogma of Christianity. There is no salvation without the acceptance of Christ as your savior. If you don't understand that fundamental fact, or don't believe it, you obviously are not a Christian. It is core dogma of the religion. 
> 
> A mean vindictive person would wish for Jews to die, or parish. She said she wished the opposite, that they would accept Christ so that they can be saved. That sounds like more of a loving statement than a hateful one to me. 
> 
> She was not singling out Jews, the commentator was because he was Jewish, she believes that all religions outside of Christianity are in error, as do all Christians. I think you will also find that followers of the Jewish and Muslim faiths likewise believe that followers of any religion other than their own faith is also in error. Christians want all people be saved, even if it is considered politically incorrect to do so. 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Donovan
> 
> Joe Campbell wrote:
> Donovan wrote: "Ann Coulter did not say Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Atheists, all 
> other non-Christians were worthless, or inferior for their beliefs.
> 
> She said that Christianity was Judaism "perfected." How does that not entail 
> that Judaism is inferior to Christianity?
> 
> Sorry but I'm catching up on e-mail!
> 
> --
> Joe Campbell
> 
> ---- Donovan Arnold wrote: 
> 
> =============
> Ann Coulter should say, "Religious conflict and war is good, and that some people should not be saved."?
> 
> I think this is rather absurd that people are making a big deal of this. Ann Coulter did not say Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Atheists, all other non-Christians were worthless, or inferior for their beliefs. She didn't say other shouldn't be allowed to practice their religion. What she said was that the world would be better off if the entire world was Christian. Which from an empirical point of view, the world would be better off if it was all one religion. Secondly, of course Christians want all others to be Christians, that is a fundamental belief of Christians that only Christians can be saved. It is also the belief of many religions that their religion is the better, and/or only true religion. I am Catholic, the largest and most diverse church in the world, and our creed specifically states that the Holy Roman Catholic Church is the "One and Only True Church". 
> 
> If she said all Jews and non-Christians should die, and only Christians are deserving of rights, that would be outrageous. But to expect Ann Coulter's statements to say the opposite is true; the world is better off if it has religious conflict and we should want others to suffer eternal damnation, is suppose to be a more of an acceptable statement?
> 
> I think she was kind of set up with that question. It didn't matter which way she answered. 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Donovan
> 
> Ted Moffett wrote:
> 
> All-
> 
> Ann Coulter's books sell big time... She's laughing all the way to the bank. Carl Westberg is right on the money (no pun intended) about Coulter being "pure show business." The more outrageous her comments, the more publicity. It's so obvious she's deliberately aiming to upset people with extreme political incorrectness. 
> 
> What is disturbing is that many people really believe what she advocates. Millions do believe that the US would be better off if we were all Christians. Correct? What is more shocking than Coulter's comments, is that she is supported by a sizable fan base. She definitely speaks to a large percentage of the US public that admires her frank expression of views that they sympathize with. 
> 
> She is merely a symptom of a much broader problem in US society.
> 
> Ted Moffett 
> 
> On 10/12/07, keely emerinemix wrote: This is the same Ann Coulter who dated Joseph Guccione, publisher of that paragon of Christian virtue, Penthouse magazine. Miz Coulter is a nutcase, and I think the orderlies need to find stronger straps.
> 
> keely 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> From: privatejf32 at hotmail.com
> To: joekc at adelphia.net; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:33:59 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Coulter's Dream - from CNN 
> 
> Ann Coulter is totally nuts! "Perfected"? "Fast Track"? What is that!!!!??? Who buys this stuff?
> 
> J :]
> 
> 
>> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:46:38 -0700 
>> From: joekc at adelphia.net
>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Coulter's Dream - from CNN
>> 
>> Conservative commentator and best-selling author Ann Coulter may find herself in the midst of a controversy for comments Monday suggesting America would be better if everyone was Christian. 
>> 
>> Asked by CNBC host Donny Deutsch what the U.S. looks like in her dreams, Coulter said it would look like the Republican National Convention in 2004
>> 
>> "People were happy," she said, according to a transcript provided to CNN by CNBC. "They're Christian. They're tolerant. They defend America." 
>> 
>> When Deutsch responded, "It would be better if we were all Christian?" Coulter said "Yeah."
>> 
>> Deutsch, himself Jewish, continued to press Coulter on her remarks, asking, "We should just throw Judaism away and we should all be Christians then?" 
>> 
>> "Yeah," Coulter responded, adding "Well, it's a lot easier. It's kind of a fast track."
>> 
>> "You can't possibly believe that," Deutsch responded. "You can't possibly. You're too educated." 
>> 
>> "Do you know what Christianity is?" Coulter replied. "See, we believe your religion, but you have to obey. We have the fast track program."
>> 
>> Later in the interview Deutsch asked Coulter if she doesn't want any Jews in the world, Coulter responded, "No, we think — we just want Jews to be perfected, as they say." 
>> 
>> "Wow, you didn't really say that, did you," Deutsch said.
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