Comments on: A Review of “The Assault on Reason” http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2007/05/27/a-review-of-the-assault-on-reason/ Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Mon, 21 May 2012 01:41:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bob N. http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2007/05/27/a-review-of-the-assault-on-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-111147 Bob N. Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:11:37 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1593#comment-111147 Al Gore's book is well written and researched. Gore rightly believes that a democracy must be based on policies that are based on reason. He points out how religion has corrupted nations and argues for a separation of State and Religion. However, Gore points out that he believes in Jesus Christ. Doesn't the believe in Jesus Christ rest not on reason but on faith? How does Gore reconcile that fact? Al Gore’s book is well written and researched. Gore rightly believes that a democracy must be based on policies that are based on reason. He points out how religion has corrupted nations and argues for a separation of State and Religion.

However, Gore points out that he believes in Jesus Christ. Doesn’t the believe in Jesus Christ rest not on reason but on faith? How does Gore reconcile that fact?

]]> By: Fact Checking The Gore Fact Checker - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2007/05/27/a-review-of-the-assault-on-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-72930 Fact Checking The Gore Fact Checker - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:12:08 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1593#comment-72930 [...] A Review of “The Assault on Reason” David Brooks’ Assault on “The Assault on Reason” Written by Ron ChusidLast 5 posts by Ron ChusidCable Finales: The Sopranos and The Tudors - June 10th, 2007Question of the Day From Maureen Doud - June 9th, 2007George Bush's English Isn't Very Good - June 9th, 2007SciFi Friday: Human Nature and The Dark Side - June 8th, 2007Paris is Burning - June 8th, 2007 [...] [...] A Review of “The Assault on Reason” David Brooks’ Assault on “The Assault on Reason” Written by Ron ChusidLast 5 posts by Ron ChusidCable Finales: The Sopranos and The Tudors – June 10th, 2007Question of the Day From Maureen Doud – June 9th, 2007George Bush’s English Isn’t Very Good – June 9th, 2007SciFi Friday: Human Nature and The Dark Side – June 8th, 2007Paris is Burning – June 8th, 2007 [...]

]]> By: SciFi Friday: Terrorism and Science Fiction and The Fates of Shows - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2007/05/27/a-review-of-the-assault-on-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-70078 SciFi Friday: Terrorism and Science Fiction and The Fates of Shows - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:27:57 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1593#comment-70078 [...] Failure of imagination played a major part in the 9/11 attacks. The Bush administration received many warnings about al Qaeda and an impending attack but ignored them. While I cannot be certain what was in the heads of those who ignored these plans, I don’t think there was any type of dark conspiracy. It was more likely the failure to recognize the potential of a non-government organization to cause meaningful harm to the United States. The 9/11 attacks probably could have been prevented if we had competent government leadership, but future attacks may require greater imagination: [...] [...] Failure of imagination played a major part in the 9/11 attacks. The Bush administration received many warnings about al Qaeda and an impending attack but ignored them. While I cannot be certain what was in the heads of those who ignored these plans, I don’t think there was any type of dark conspiracy. It was more likely the failure to recognize the potential of a non-government organization to cause meaningful harm to the United States. The 9/11 attacks probably could have been prevented if we had competent government leadership, but future attacks may require greater imagination: [...]

]]> By: Parallel Universes - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2007/05/27/a-review-of-the-assault-on-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-70003 Parallel Universes - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:54:32 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1593#comment-70003 [...] Liberals and conservatives don’t agree on matters related to Iraq and terrorism as they disagree on the basic facts. Conservatives continue to believe that Saddam had significant WMD and ties to terrorism, while liberals do not. While both liberals and conservatives are concerned about terrorism, the problem is more pressing to conservatives as Republican leader have been playing on fear as opposed to reason. Democrats who have studied the issue remain concerned, but realize our chances for victory are better if we think first as opposed to making dumb moves such as invading Iraq without a plan. Conservatives are blinded by fear when they think of 9/11. Liberals, who are aware of all the warnings prior to the attack, see many ways in which the attack could have been prevented if we only had competent leadership in Washington. [...] [...] Liberals and conservatives don’t agree on matters related to Iraq and terrorism as they disagree on the basic facts. Conservatives continue to believe that Saddam had significant WMD and ties to terrorism, while liberals do not. While both liberals and conservatives are concerned about terrorism, the problem is more pressing to conservatives as Republican leader have been playing on fear as opposed to reason. Democrats who have studied the issue remain concerned, but realize our chances for victory are better if we think first as opposed to making dumb moves such as invading Iraq without a plan. Conservatives are blinded by fear when they think of 9/11. Liberals, who are aware of all the warnings prior to the attack, see many ways in which the attack could have been prevented if we only had competent leadership in Washington. [...]

]]> By: Heading Left » Blog Archive » Republicans Terrified of Al Gore? http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2007/05/27/a-review-of-the-assault-on-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-68725 Heading Left » Blog Archive » Republicans Terrified of Al Gore? Tue, 29 May 2007 23:24:26 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1593#comment-68725 [...] *According to Liberal Values, “David Brooks writes a negative column on Al Gore’s recent book, The Assault on Reason (which I reviewed here) and in the process shows how devoid of reason much of the right wing has become.” [...] [...] *According to Liberal Values, “David Brooks writes a negative column on Al Gore’s recent book, The Assault on Reason (which I reviewed here) and in the process shows how devoid of reason much of the right wing has become.” [...]

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]]> By: janet http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2007/05/27/a-review-of-the-assault-on-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-68134 janet Sun, 27 May 2007 21:56:29 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=1593#comment-68134 Ron, Thank you for the review. I need to read it because Al Gore is someone I have admired for a long long time. Ron, Thank you for the review. I need to read it because Al Gore is someone I have admired for a long long time.

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