Handicapping the 2016 Republican Presidential Candidates

Did I say Barry was a Muslim? His religion is post modern atheism and this week he'll troll the Pope at the White House, but don't criticize him for it or you will be labeled a racist.

 

Trump goes after Fiorina..

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/tru...t-on-fiorina-mocking-her-business-experience/

There is no way that Carly Fiorina can become the Republican Nominee or win against the Dems. Boxer killed her for Senate in California!

-- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2015

Carly Fiorina did such a horrible job at Lucent and HP, virtually destroying both companies, that she never got another CEO job offer! Pres.

-- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2015​

 

You know this how?

 

Dear Candidate,

Approximately how old is the earth?

Sincerely,
Any answer that doesn't include the word "Billions" disqualifies you from the race with immediate effect.

 

By his actions. Why do you ask, does it matter to you?

 

Wasn't the Hillary Clinton campaign the first to suggest or hint at Obama being a Muslim during the 2008 campaign?

 

Yes, but Hillary has her own problems right now, so don't drag her into this non-issue.

 

No, but I'll take your recommendation.

I know what I do because I learned to read on the popular histories of Fletcher Pratt and because my alma mater retained the stamp of his personality still in 1970; one knew things about him by a sort of environmental seepage, along with Ezra Pound, Elihu Root, Alexander Woolcott, and so on...

 

So you just made it up because it fits your world view? Or can you point to specific "post-modern atheist"-y actions which no other cosmology could initiate?

 

Do you think he is a practicing Christian?

If you need an example I'll offer up the fact the Obamas never gave to charity before entering the White House despite having very big salaries.

 

What does it matter what I think? You have made a claim about objective fact which you do not appear to have any support for?

The world is full of practicing Christians who have never given to charity, and practicing atheists who have...

 

Because it seems important to you, which I find odd because I'd have thought being an atheist would have been a plus in your eyes.

And the world is full of practicing Christians who have never given to charity, but there are very few atheists who are generous unless it involves other people's money.

 

You know this how?

 

You think this why? Do you ever do any reality testing?

 

By statistical studies on charitable giving. The poor give more than the wealthy, the right more than the left, and the religious more than non-believers.

Is that a problem for you?

 

Huh?

 

This is pure and utter bullshit. Completely fabricated. 75% of all charitable donations in the USA go to churches, which are tax exempt. That's not charity, it's a racket. It's highly arguable whether most of that money even helps anyone who actually needs it.

 

.. I'm pretty much an atheist (despite my many references to Lutheranism, I only go to church as a holiday/family exercise), and I give regularly, as does my lapsed Catholic-never-to-return wife. There are plenty of libertarians who would describe as atheists who give also - otherwise, things like The Reason Foundation, FIRE, IJ, Altas Foundation, Cato, and many, many others would not exist.