tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post187189923944537219..comments2024-03-01T08:19:54.547+00:00Comments on BobFromBrockley: The Atheist lobby on the Zionist conspiracybobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-72774020973771578702007-10-05T12:20:00.000+01:002007-10-05T12:20:00.000+01:00As James Taranto writes: "Embracing anti-Semitic c...As James Taranto <A HREF="http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110010685" REL="nofollow">writes</A>: "Embracing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories does not seem the most effective way for atheists to expand their influence, at least not in America. Besides, to what end exactly does Dawkins seek to expand atheists' influence? Does he want to create a homeland for atheists, à la Israel? But there already was one--it was called the Soviet Union--and we all remember how well that worked out."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-29680148106122771972007-10-04T13:14:00.000+01:002007-10-04T13:14:00.000+01:00"Bizarre religious ends" - nope, he didn't say tha..."Bizarre religious ends" - nope, he didn't <EM>say</EM> that, but by saying that the "Jewish lobby" monopolises American foreign policy and then specifying that he means the <EM>religious</EM> Jews, one has to presume that the ends to which they do this are religious. And I think it is fair to say that Dawkins does think that relgious ideas are bizarre and irrational, even if explicable by evolutionary theory. <BR/><BR/>"Conspiracy theory": in my view, the idea that any one "lobby" can "monopolise" American foreign policy is a conspiracy theory, in a world where the Cuban-American lobby, the Christian population, big business, CAIR, the military-industrial complex, realist foreign policy wonks, and a vast number of other interest groups all exert pressure on it.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-72502477116146530462007-10-03T20:18:00.001+01:002007-10-03T20:18:00.001+01:00And how on earth is referring to a lobby a conspir...And how on earth is referring to a lobby a conspiracy theory?<BR/><BR/>Supposed to be a question mark there. :)StripedPolkaDothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221218888986156363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-54317478315626128632007-10-03T20:18:00.000+01:002007-10-03T20:18:00.000+01:00Did he say "bizarre religious ends"? He didn't, s...Did he say "bizarre religious ends"? He didn't, so far as I can see.<BR/><BR/>And how on earth is referring to a lobby a conspiracy theory.<BR/><BR/>This post is disappointing. It, like the post it links to, relies on the reader most likely having an emotional response and running with it. You have made no logical or intellectual arguments whatsoever.StripedPolkaDothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221218888986156363noreply@blogger.com