Sunday, March 16, 2008

Pride Accelerateth a Fall?

Let's see, in addition to 'uncaring, reckless and ill-informed,' there's arrogant, stupid, prideful, egotistical, flippant, pretentious, negligent, delusional, blind, insensitive, narcissistic, biased, manipulative … well, you get the idea.

"Forty-six influential members of the Southern Baptist Convention, including three of its past four presidents, criticized their denomination in a statement Monday for being 'too timid' in confronting global warming.

Our cautious response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless and ill-informed," the statement says. 'We can do better.'"
… March 10, 2008 CNN

It's heartening to entertain thoughts of a shift in holy hide-bound consciousness, even one instituted for the sake of appearances.

I'll be looking to see what becomes of this 'my-bad' posturing because "… MAY BE SEEN …" certainly sounds like a platform for future manipulation and an onslaught of related propaganda.

My deepest hope is that hubris hasn't done us in already.

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