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Post by Damen on Mar 17, 2009 9:09:34 GMT -5
I have to vote for Antonin Scalia. No other person on that list is in a position to have a chance at actually forcing their world view into the law.
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Post by ouabache on Mar 17, 2009 14:28:15 GMT -5
I picked Ken Ham only because Phillip E. Johnson and Kent Hovind weren't listed. Then again Hovind can't do much destruction from his prison cell, can he?
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Post by Vene on Mar 17, 2009 14:30:15 GMT -5
His website is still up, isn't it? Plus, he has way too many followers claiming persecution. Fundies love to cry persecution.
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Mar 17, 2009 14:33:45 GMT -5
I picked Ken Ham only because Phillip E. Johnson and Kent Hovind weren't listed. Then again Hovind can't do much destruction from his prison cell, can he? That's actually one of the reasons I didn't list Hovind
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Post by ouabache on Mar 17, 2009 14:36:36 GMT -5
His website is still up, isn't it? Plus, he has way too many followers claiming persecution. Fundies love to cry persecution. I've noticed that Hovind followers are usually too stupid to gain much power (i.e. state representative level in the South). I don't think that he had too much influence in the first place. Johnson, on the other hand, is actively out there trying to destroy science education with his non-materialist nonsense
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Post by headache on Mar 17, 2009 16:31:09 GMT -5
The most obvious poll choice is missing "All of the above!"
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Post by BenderBRodriguez on Mar 17, 2009 23:08:13 GMT -5
Robertson has a lot of influence here, and the very thought of that is really scary.
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Mar 17, 2009 23:17:22 GMT -5
His website is still up, isn't it? Plus, he has way too many followers claiming persecution. Fundies love to cry persecution. I've noticed that Hovind followers are usually too stupid to gain much power (i.e. state representative level in the South). I don't think that he had too much influence in the first place. Johnson, on the other hand, is actively out there trying to destroy science education with his non-materialist nonsense He also doesn't believe that HIV causes AIDS....
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Post by perv on Mar 18, 2009 2:59:36 GMT -5
Speaking of AIDS, I'm gonna have to pick Benedict XVI after reading the condom thread.
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Post by wisechild on Mar 18, 2009 11:46:35 GMT -5
I would say that Limbaugh is their secular teacher of other issues. Fundies self-identify as "Conservative", thus they need to be filled in. Of course, he panders and expects them to be understanding when commercial breaks feature designer Erectile Dysfunction medications.
The thing about Warren, as someone mentioned his analogy to hot pizza earlier is that he says some really loopy things. There is a You Tube Video of Bill Maher reading select passages from A Purpose Driven Life. The man is not a really good writer. It featured odd tangents, and funny analogies.
Rick Warren's influence can grow, or it could fall apart. He seems to be thought of as the de facto arbitrator of other issues outside of The Religious Right, topics that Jerry Falwell would totally be obtuse towards. Climate Change, other ecological issues, AIDS and poverty in The Third World, etc. In the Obama Age, Evangelicals need to be filled in on a few, dare I say it, "Liberal" issues, once thought of as secular.
The megachurch pastor, I suppose, is the media friendly religious figure of the Internet Age. Not overexposed on television, self-help author, slick website. Subtle and soft around the edges.
Rick Warren has people skills (Which I think was George W. Bush's only positive quality.) ,but he has some difficulty communicating certain ideas effectively. Success and failure, for him, will be like a two-sided coin.
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Post by The_L on Mar 18, 2009 12:12:19 GMT -5
Oh, if only I could vote for more than one...
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Post by Panthera on Mar 18, 2009 15:47:35 GMT -5
I had to go with "Other," because "The Pope" isn't on the list. Most of the rest of the Fundies listed are simpering little wannabes compared to him.
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Post by ouabache on Mar 18, 2009 16:15:23 GMT -5
I've noticed that Hovind followers are usually too stupid to gain much power (i.e. state representative level in the South). I don't think that he had too much influence in the first place. Johnson, on the other hand, is actively out there trying to destroy science education with his non-materialist nonsense He also doesn't believe that HIV causes AIDS....
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Post by The_L on Mar 18, 2009 16:15:52 GMT -5
I had to go with "Other," because "The Pope" isn't on the list. Most of the rest of the Fundies listed are simpering little wannabes compared to him. Seconded. I finally settled on Anne Coulter, but Pope-atine would definitely displace her at the top if he were on the list.
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Mar 18, 2009 16:46:51 GMT -5
I had to go with "Other," because "The Pope" isn't on the list. Most of the rest of the Fundies listed are simpering little wannabes compared to him. Seconded. I finally settled on Anne Coulter, but Pope-atine would definitely displace her at the top if he were on the list. Well, I was sticking primarily to American fundies, which is the reason he's not on there. If it were global then you would have seen people like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ariel Sharon and Osama bin Laden in addition to the Pope
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