Comments on: Economic Myths and Irrelevancy – by Walter Williams

By: Huffer

Huffer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:08:51 +0000

We'll see....

Don't know where you got your info, but it sure does not make sense.

Point #1) That is ludicrous. In the study of genetics, there is no crossing
of species. Two entities that have skin, for instance, does not mean they
are the same species. They just have similar protective devises.

Point #2) Truth is just that: 'Truth' also the same as 'Fact'! What can
vary is, the measurement method, and conclusion that the method arrives. A
persons perception of facts is in the amount of information a person has on
the subject. Since all information is incomplete, it is hard to accept
something unless the part of the info you are seeking proves to be fact. A
fact' only means it can not be proven untrue.

Sorry, but your generalizations do not hold up to closer scrutiny.

He was correct in saying "You can't pick what is true and what is not." One
can choose what they have seen to be shown (by every method known to man) to
fit factual guidelines.

I do know that the methods of dating items scientifically is very flawed.
Most of it is reverse engineered to make appear to fit a former hypothesis
some one is looking to prove. Closer examination usually blow holes in these
methods.

Like you say, you can't have it both ways.

I suggest a well written book to help understand some of these flaws:

"Shocked by the Bible" Try Amazon.com

By: etyetydfghfghdfg

etyetydfghfghdfg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:49:45 +0000

AND Bible support HONESTY in all its forms – be good to others, do not steal, do not kill, tell the truth, etc.
Those “teachings” (credos of an honest person) emanate from Bible!

By: etyetydfghfghdfg

etyetydfghfghdfg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:44:36 +0000

There wasn't nothing? Then what was before that? There is our Universe and many others. Where it ends? And what is behind that “end”?
The laws of physics do not apply to God….He always was and is and will be.
To explain this is to explain Judaism (Old Testament) and Christianism (Old and New Testament) from ground zero.
I am not that good.

By: Proxywar

Proxywar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:42:35 +0000

These are not ideas from the bible.

By: Proxywar

Proxywar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:40:50 +0000

So you are deist? You can't just believe God created us you must scentifically or metaphysically prove it. There is no such thing as free will.

By: Proxywar

Proxywar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:38:41 +0000

No he wasn't wrong.

To believe God created Adam and Eve you would have to believe 1.) humans came before dinosaurs and/or dinosaurs don't exist. 2.) that the earth is only 5,000 to 6,000 years old. You can't pick and choose what is true and what is not. That was the main basis for his thesis.

By: Proxywar

Proxywar — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:35:22 +0000

There wasn't nothing. The Universe expanded from an extremely dense and hot state and continues to expand today. A common analogy explains that space itself is expanding, carrying galaxies with it, like raisins in a rising loaf of bread. We live in a flat Universe. Which means gases and particals were floating about before hand. The Chaos theory explains the nature of us.
Things are not always good, logical, nor work smoothly in our Universe.
The Universe is Chaotic. Creating something from nothing is impossible
which explains why God makes no logical sense. Who created the creator?

By: amywombwell

amywombwell — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:53:25 +0000

Desire not envy is what runs capitalism. Envy is not just the desire for something, but also the desire that others not have it. Capitalists desire goods and services for their enjoyment. Socialists desire that others not have more than them, because that wouldn't be “fair”. Christianity says that envy is wrong, as is socialism.

By: ClayBarham

ClayBarham — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:15:31 +0000

What we need back are the 19th century Democrats who are the libertarians who followed Jefferson, Madison to Cleveland, instead of the 20th century Democrats who follow Rousseau and Marx, as cited in THE CHANGING FACE OF DEMOCRATS on Amazon and www.claysamerica.com. Obama has given us the culmination of Democrat idealism, that the interests of community are more important than are the interests of the individual. Individual freedom is what made America prosperous and so different in the world. Why dump it?

By: navigator

navigator — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:15:55 +0000

If the government could plan an economy as well as God planned galaxies and gladiolas, perhaps I would not be a fiscal conservative.

One good reason for a Christian to be a conservative is the teaching of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Bible. In the parable of the talents, the servants who work, invest and earn a profit are commended. In the parable of the vineyard, the vineyard owner pays exactly what he has contracted with his workers, and also asks, "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with that which is mine own?"

Thus, the Bible does not support avarice, but does espouse hard work, investment, profit, contract law, and private ownership of property.

By: answer4everything

answer4everything — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:27:28 +0000

Fundamentalist Christians make the mistake of seperating God and science as if they were mutually exclusive. If God created the universe, and I believe he did, then he had to create all that scientists observe. Including the rate of decay of carbon-14. So if a scientist tells me that something is 10-20 million years old based on carbon dating I believe them. There is no disconnect or dichotomy between God's design and scientific observation because scientists ARE observing God's design.

To put it another way, I am convinced that the Big Bang Theory best matches the scientific observations to date. I'm also convinced that someone or something had to light the fuse. What I'm NOT convinced of is that God gives a rat's patootie about what happens to us measly humans on a day to day basis.

By: thinker1

thinker1 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:16:13 +0000

..because Hayek says so, it does not has to be true…..So there was a big bang which created Universe? Ever seen a big bang (even in the movies) creating anything good, advanced, logical and smoothly working?
And what was there before that “Big Bang”? Nothing?
Creating something from nothing is impossible, as physics teach us….