12/29/05 Responses to Michael Savage Rant
My friend, Jay posted this little rant about Michael Savage on his website. Normally, he doesn't talk about Talk Radio - when he does, I will post his comments here...
Normally, I like Michael Savage, because he's just a bit fed-up and crazy, and his pissed off-ness articulateness is entertaining, especially when people call him up and basically ask to have their hindquarters handed to them. One night last week, they aired one of those "Best of" shows, which usually aren't all that great. I was listening in the ol' van as I did some nighttime chores.One of the segments involved him and a caller (sounded like an nice, old black woman) patting each other on the back for being mutually meanspirited or something. Then he launched into his agnostic / hippie, "every religion is a legitmate path to God" woolly-brained nonsense. That's fine if you're an atheist or a humanist. But, please, be consistent. It's not as hard as it sounds.I wanted to call him up and ask him if atheism or terrorist Islam was a legitimate path to God, and if he didn't think so, what the basis for his reasoning was. Then when he went into a anecdote about San Fransisco or Barbara Boxer being an "empty skirt", I'd ask him if the first six numbers of pi were always 3.14159, or if Lithium's atomic number was always 3, and if so, why not such rigidity could not be applied to the supernatural, and if it cannot, what the basis for his reason was. At this point, he would just start yelling at me for changing the subject and call me "liberal vermin" and wonder why we got rid of the Sedition Act.Then I remembered it was a rerun, so I got a coffee at Wawa and drove home.
Jay (www.xanga.com/jaynumber13)
Some responses posted on www.TalkRadioForums.com
Savage doesn't get into the topic of religion that often, but from what I know, he considers himself to be a Universalist because he rejects the idea that believing in Jesus is the only way to go to heaven and that non-believing good people will go to hell while bad Christians will automatically get a free pass to heaven. He sees religion as a wheel, and that there are five spokes (Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam) which lead to God. I think what he might have meant was every major religion, although that is not what he said. Overall, it seems like his core beliefs come down to salvation for good people, regardless of their religion.
...ask him if atheism or terrorist Islam was a legitimate path to God, and if he didn't think so, what the basis for his reasoning was.
I've heard him talk about atheism before. He was ranting about it and it went something like him asking why in the world anyone would be an atheist because if they're right, they get nothing, and if they're wrong about a religion in particular, their afterlife probably won't be pleasant and something about at least if you're a Christian, you at least have a shot at heaven.I haven't heard him address terrorist Islam (or "Islamofascism" as he calls it) in a religious sense, but it's reasonable to assume that he believes they do not fall into the "good person" category because of all the killings.
He was ranting about it and it went something like him asking why in the world anyone would be an atheist because if they're right, they get nothing, and if they're wrong about a religion in particular, their afterlife probably won't be pleasant and something about at least if you're a Christian, you at least have a shot at heaven.
You have got to be kidding me. I don't want to go too far off-topic, but that is the first time I've ever heard somebody use probability as an argument in a religious debate.
Here's something that I posted to www.TalkRadioForums.com today:
Well, maybe this isn't obscure knowledge but... I have heard a lot of criticisms of Rush's fans - they don't understand the term "Ditto Head" - this does not mean that they just repeat or believe whatever he says. The term "Ditto Head" came about because callers, as soon as they got on the air used to spend a minute or two telling Rush how much they loved him and his show - then some callers got away from this by just saying "dittos" - meaning - "I feel the same about your show as the last caller!" People who criticize Rush's fan by interpreting the phrase "Ditto Head" as meaning mindless followers have not really listened to Rush's show so they are not qualified to comment on it or his fans...
Normally, I like Michael Savage, because he's just a bit fed-up and crazy, and his pissed off-ness articulateness is entertaining, especially when people call him up and basically ask to have their hindquarters handed to them. One night last week, they aired one of those "Best of" shows, which usually aren't all that great. I was listening in the ol' van as I did some nighttime chores.One of the segments involved him and a caller (sounded like an nice, old black woman) patting each other on the back for being mutually meanspirited or something. Then he launched into his agnostic / hippie, "every religion is a legitmate path to God" woolly-brained nonsense. That's fine if you're an atheist or a humanist. But, please, be consistent. It's not as hard as it sounds.I wanted to call him up and ask him if atheism or terrorist Islam was a legitimate path to God, and if he didn't think so, what the basis for his reasoning was. Then when he went into a anecdote about San Fransisco or Barbara Boxer being an "empty skirt", I'd ask him if the first six numbers of pi were always 3.14159, or if Lithium's atomic number was always 3, and if so, why not such rigidity could not be applied to the supernatural, and if it cannot, what the basis for his reason was. At this point, he would just start yelling at me for changing the subject and call me "liberal vermin" and wonder why we got rid of the Sedition Act.Then I remembered it was a rerun, so I got a coffee at Wawa and drove home.
Jay (www.xanga.com/jaynumber13)
Some responses posted on www.TalkRadioForums.com
Savage doesn't get into the topic of religion that often, but from what I know, he considers himself to be a Universalist because he rejects the idea that believing in Jesus is the only way to go to heaven and that non-believing good people will go to hell while bad Christians will automatically get a free pass to heaven. He sees religion as a wheel, and that there are five spokes (Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam) which lead to God. I think what he might have meant was every major religion, although that is not what he said. Overall, it seems like his core beliefs come down to salvation for good people, regardless of their religion.
...ask him if atheism or terrorist Islam was a legitimate path to God, and if he didn't think so, what the basis for his reasoning was.
I've heard him talk about atheism before. He was ranting about it and it went something like him asking why in the world anyone would be an atheist because if they're right, they get nothing, and if they're wrong about a religion in particular, their afterlife probably won't be pleasant and something about at least if you're a Christian, you at least have a shot at heaven.I haven't heard him address terrorist Islam (or "Islamofascism" as he calls it) in a religious sense, but it's reasonable to assume that he believes they do not fall into the "good person" category because of all the killings.
He was ranting about it and it went something like him asking why in the world anyone would be an atheist because if they're right, they get nothing, and if they're wrong about a religion in particular, their afterlife probably won't be pleasant and something about at least if you're a Christian, you at least have a shot at heaven.
You have got to be kidding me. I don't want to go too far off-topic, but that is the first time I've ever heard somebody use probability as an argument in a religious debate.
Here's something that I posted to www.TalkRadioForums.com today:
Well, maybe this isn't obscure knowledge but... I have heard a lot of criticisms of Rush's fans - they don't understand the term "Ditto Head" - this does not mean that they just repeat or believe whatever he says. The term "Ditto Head" came about because callers, as soon as they got on the air used to spend a minute or two telling Rush how much they loved him and his show - then some callers got away from this by just saying "dittos" - meaning - "I feel the same about your show as the last caller!" People who criticize Rush's fan by interpreting the phrase "Ditto Head" as meaning mindless followers have not really listened to Rush's show so they are not qualified to comment on it or his fans...
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