Speaking of conversation about Religion, I recommend checking this video of Dennis Prager and Craig Biddle having a conversation about the title above.
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This is a good conversation
I think Biddle wins every argument, especially in pointing out religion’s flaw in using faith as a means of knowledge, which makes it impossible to argue any issue based on facts.
Where he loses, in my opinion, is in their discussion of abortion. He thinks abortion is a “woman’s right” up till the moment of birth.
That, in light of objective, scientific facts, is very flawed reasoning, and hurts both his credibility and that of Objectivism.
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Yazmin and Everyone - I have established contact with Craig Biddle as a result of watching this video. I agreed with what he said (except, like Liz, his opinion on abortion).
His libertarian pro-Ayn Rand website/organization, The Objective Standard, is now on our website’s Blog Roll.
I told him that though we are conservatives, not libertarians, we share his admiration for Ayn Rand.
And, of course, we have atheism in common.
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That’s great! Most of their articles are really good. I had a subscription there for a year or two but I canceled it when they started posting negative stuff about Trump. But other than that (and their abortion views) they are good.
I can’t remember what their present view on ARI is, if they agree with David Harriman or not.
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Here’s articles of what their current position is on ARI.
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Although they aren’t Pro-Trump, unlike ARI they do find middle ground and congratulate him on the good things that he did.
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Liz - I hadn’t picked up that they were anti-Trump. I should have asked you - members of the Forum - first.
I must re-consider my offer to Biddle of co-operation in the light of that.
Or we could endorse the views we do hold in common, and argue the points we don’t.
What do you think we should do?
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Good question. Since I dont subscribe anymore my access to their articles is limited, but they do have alot of good ones. Maybe it’s just that Trump is no longer in office, but I haven’t seen any anti- Trump ones on a while. And apparently, as Yasmin posted, they have praised some of his accomplishments. So I guess I would still agree that a link to TOS would be a good idea.
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Very interesting - thanks! I didn’t know all of this.
In light of what Harriman says about ARI (how left-leaning they’ve become, which Barney doesn’t mention here), I would say it’s a good thing Biddle isn’t associated with them anymore.
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Thanks, Liz. So I’ll keep the Blog Roll entry.
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Ah! So now they are clearly pro-Israel and (at least in this context) pro-Trump.
Thanks for these links, Yazmin!
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Almost forgot to post this, PragerU did a book club episode of Atlas Shrugged with Eric Daniels.
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Thanks! Look forward to watching this.
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Speaking of, can you add TheSavvyStreet.com on you blog role entry? It’s also a Pro-Ayn Rand website.
And they’ve also wrote posts like this:
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Yes, Yazmin, I will add this site to our Blog Roll.
I haven’t come across the site before, though I have read articles by the author of the second article you link us to.
Thank you!
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Your welcome, and btw, you typoed my name wrong.
Sorry about the typo, Yazmin! Glad you pointed it out. I’ve put it right.
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