New Posts For Thread: They apparently want their own facts, toohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_tooThere is an old saw that you can have your own opinions but you can't have your own facts. Apparently religious conservatives figure that if they don't like facts, they just want trust them. Sigh. I frankly think this is scary. www.npr.org/blogs/This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518396785#518396785This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneSun, 08 Apr 2012 15:35:46 -0500My, and I assume others, don't take their view of Regressives from what they see here in the false world of the Internet. We get it from multiple sources, the Regressives we meet in public, those we see on TV, the letters to the editor in the local phttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518168467#518168467My, and I assume others, don't take their view of Regressives from what they see here in the false world of the Internet. We get it from multiple sources, the Regressives we meet in public, those we see on TV, the letters to the editor in the local pSun, 01 Apr 2012 15:25:19 -0500Hello,Why in the hell would I be jealous? Most of my friends have higher degrees as I do. I see, this goes allll the way back to our first encounter doesn't it? I said then and I'll say it now, I can care less how many *8x10's you have on your wall.lhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518143129#518143129Hello,Why in the hell would I be jealous? Most of my friends have higher degrees as I do. I see, this goes allll the way back to our first encounter doesn't it? I said then and I'll say it now, I can care less how many *8x10's you have on your wall.lSat, 31 Mar 2012 20:39:20 -0500Jealous of my PhD?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518143047#518143047Jealous of my PhD?Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:34:14 -0500Hello,You must be in your own little world as some here. Maybe the only Conservatives you see are here on Bnet? Typical of Bnet and doesn't represent the Conservatives I know and typical of Liberals here on Bnet. Maybe it's the case at Berkley?lovehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518142709#518142709Hello,You must be in your own little world as some here. Maybe the only Conservatives you see are here on Bnet? Typical of Bnet and doesn't represent the Conservatives I know and typical of Liberals here on Bnet. Maybe it's the case at Berkley?loveSat, 31 Mar 2012 20:16:03 -0500I understand that science is groping itself forward. Science does not believe that it has all the answers. When data changes, theories change. I wonder if those who are "don't trust science" conservatives are the kind of people who have to have blachttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518142533#518142533I understand that science is groping itself forward. Science does not believe that it has all the answers. When data changes, theories change. I wonder if those who are "don't trust science" conservatives are the kind of people who have to have blacSat, 31 Mar 2012 20:05:35 -0500Probably true but it's also the case that intelligent conservatives aren't doing very well at wrenching their party back from the wackadoodles.Also, point of order: When you say "conservative establishment", that implies that there is an alternativehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518140051#518140051Probably true but it's also the case that intelligent conservatives aren't doing very well at wrenching their party back from the wackadoodles.Also, point of order: When you say "conservative establishment", that implies that there is an alternativeSat, 31 Mar 2012 18:11:41 -0500I think the main reason they don't like science is because the Koch brothers and other polluters have run and effective advertising and political campaign to teach them that global warming/climate change is a socialist trick to destroy private businehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518137879#518137879I think the main reason they don't like science is because the Koch brothers and other polluters have run and effective advertising and political campaign to teach them that global warming/climate change is a socialist trick to destroy private busineSat, 31 Mar 2012 16:48:19 -0500a very probable thought.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518136237#518136237a very probable thought.Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:47:39 -0500I am not yet persuaded that intelligent conservatives have given up on science. Rather, I suspect that intelligent people are giving up on the conservative establishment, since it has been so hijacked by the fundangelicals.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/29035487/They_apparently_want_their_own_facts,_too?post_id=518133565#518133565I am not yet persuaded that intelligent conservatives have given up on science. Rather, I suspect that intelligent people are giving up on the conservative establishment, since it has been so hijacked by the fundangelicals.Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:30:43 -0500