George W. Bush already dealt a great blow to international human rights and the idea of American leadership therein. If Trump got elected there would be another severe blow. Unsavoury nationalism is also on the rise in Europe-I write this finding myself unfortunately in the same bistro as Jean Marie le Pen-so all of us who care about human rights need to get ready for a fight.
Isn't it also an important point that Islam and Christianity are really branches of the same religion. Thus Islam-bashing is also Christianity-bashing.
Just want to add that Darwin wrote in his diary, after seeing abuse of slaves in south america, and having been exposed to anti slavery ideas in Cambridge and evolution ideas in Edinburgh, that he now wanted to devote his life to proving that all human beings have a common ancestor. Mr Coles essay has a very similar flavour. This unity of all men is apparently also a key reason why parts of the south have so resisted Darwin's ideas.
The possibility of randomness is sometimes viewed as necessary for the existence of free will, so can be viewed as pro-Christian if one really likes. Look up the free will theorem.
They must be considering using the oil to manufacture plastics and organic chemistry products in general.
One wonders more generally how a Trump presidency would affect NATO. Many Europeans would not want collaboration with his White House.
George W. Bush already dealt a great blow to international human rights and the idea of American leadership therein. If Trump got elected there would be another severe blow. Unsavoury nationalism is also on the rise in Europe-I write this finding myself unfortunately in the same bistro as Jean Marie le Pen-so all of us who care about human rights need to get ready for a fight.
Isn't it also an important point that Islam and Christianity are really branches of the same religion. Thus Islam-bashing is also Christianity-bashing.
Just want to add that Darwin wrote in his diary, after seeing abuse of slaves in south america, and having been exposed to anti slavery ideas in Cambridge and evolution ideas in Edinburgh, that he now wanted to devote his life to proving that all human beings have a common ancestor. Mr Coles essay has a very similar flavour. This unity of all men is apparently also a key reason why parts of the south have so resisted Darwin's ideas.
The possibility of randomness is sometimes viewed as necessary for the existence of free will, so can be viewed as pro-Christian if one really likes. Look up the free will theorem.