tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post6555966860470887083..comments2024-03-23T07:33:30.972+00:00Comments on Quodlibeta: Professor Watson in TroubleJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-89879474869907764692007-10-25T13:31:00.000+01:002007-10-25T13:31:00.000+01:00I think part of the problem is that people equate ...I think part of the problem is that people equate intelligence with worth or value. So to say that some people are less intelligent than others is to say they're not as valuable. The Christian answer to this, that our worth is based on God's unconditional love for each individual, is particularly relevant here.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the <I>other</I> part of the problem is that he insulted an entire ethnicity, and used bogus science to back it up.Jim Slaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679239888549335004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-85966388750325720512007-10-23T21:12:00.000+01:002007-10-23T21:12:00.000+01:00Well done picking up Chesterton's work on the subj...Well done picking up Chesterton's work on the subject. The man really was a prophet. Thanks for the link to the Norwegian humanists too!<BR/><BR/>Best wishes<BR/><BR/>JamesJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-36959802855821747472007-10-23T09:57:00.000+01:002007-10-23T09:57:00.000+01:00Others have also been inspired by you this time, J...Others have also been inspired by you this time, James, ref. http://dentvilsommehumanist.blogspot.com/2007/10/tpelig-watson.html<BR/><BR/>As you by some whim of fate don't read Noregian, I will mention that you here get support from the editor of the Norwegian Secular Humanist magazine, "Humanist". Among the things he says, is that christians in the particular area of eugenics have reason to be more proud than humanists.Bjørn Arehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01491085976273836365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-17162162677974985352007-10-22T12:33:00.000+01:002007-10-22T12:33:00.000+01:00Good article as usual!I have made some comments of...Good article as usual!<BR/><BR/>I have made some comments of my own here: http://b-a-d-blog.blogspot.com/2007/10/eugenics-and-other-evils.htmlBjørn Arehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01491085976273836365noreply@blogger.com