Prejudice, God and the 2008 Elections

hac-n-sac:

Chief Two Eagles responded to a question about improvements made by white man in his world:

Before white man came there were no taxes, no debt, air and water clean. There was plenty buffalo and beaver. Women did all the work. Men hunted and fished all day and had sex all night. There's no way to improve on that system.

Sometimes racial prejudice is warranted especially against illegal aliens.

Samuel Rodriguez wrote, "Any religious idea that reinforces racial prejudice stands contrary to the major doctrinal threads of all the major religious ideologies."

I can't get a straight answer to the question -are Jews a race or a religion? Since some claim to be atheists and they were all fathered by Isaac then they must be a race. And, I'm to understand that the Koran promotes the extinction of Jews. If it's not racial it's at least religious. Isn't baptism a "race changer" that makes one a member of the Christian race?

Your problem trying to make sense out of it is that no one actually believes in God not even you. You believe in sacred scriptures. Sacred scriptures are, (must be) interpreted and can be interpreted to make anything one wants to be God's will.

If people truly believe in God then they can divorce yourself from books and people who claim to know what God wants. Otherwise I'm afraid their faith is in books and/or people. That's not bad in and of itself but confusing it with faith in God makes for nonsense like the survey.

The author presumes that all prejudice (dislike) emanates from race. No - a lot of the anger against Hispanics is due to the legal issue of immigration. When the rest of us, who are highly educated, have followed procedures and processes of immigration to the letter, watch illegals expect citizenship on a plate - it creates an animosity and dislike of a certain race.i.e. Mexicans in particular.

It is particularly excerbated by the fact that they breed as soon as they land here so as to establish residency by any means possible.

Citizenship comes with an edict to behave responsibly and treat the adopted country with respect. When we see the illegal population drive around without insurance, licenses (drivers and no plates)and treat property like they would in a slum, it is annoying and disturbing.

And there are NO language options for any other ethnic gp. are there - when you make a call? Why is the hispanic community so special and why CAN'T they learn English (as Prof. Higgins would say in My Fair Lady)?