I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
BEN STEINScience leads you to killing people.
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Neo-Darwinists ask us to believe in things not seen. We’re not supposed to have an established religion in America, but we do, and it’s called Darwinism .
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Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.
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Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
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Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place. Science leads you to killing people.
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It’s amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
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I’m out and about meeting people all day long. And I’m very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
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If there is no God, then man sometimes thinks he is god, and sometimes tries to live like a god.
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Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.
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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
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When Hollywood sees a good story about a man who sells confidence, they see themselves and they like it.
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Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured… But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.
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Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
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Darwinism doesn’t explain where gravity comes from. It doesn’t explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn’t explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn’t explain where matter comes from.
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I would say, based on the little I know, Darwinism explains microevolution within species quite well. As to its broader consequence and implications, I don’t think it explains individual species evolution at all well.
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Americans are terrified because so many of them have been laid off in recent years and months and they fear that they may be next. Even if they have not been laid off or have not known anyone laid off, they definitely know someone who has lost his home.
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