June 23, 2010
Because of Barak Obama and Nancy Pelosi, the word ‘agnostic’ has now entered the national political discourse, and I’m sure I don’t like what I think they’re saying.
Back in February of this year, the president in response tax increases for those with household incomes of less $250,000, he said:
… he is “agnostic†about raising taxes on households making less than $250,000 as part of a broad effort to rein in the budget deficit.
Other than scratching their heads did anyone, anywhere in the Media, even try to divine what he meant? How is anyone ‘agnostic’ about a subject like taxes?
Now, Pelosi, off another of her religious benders, this one on energy and the environment, said “She was “agnostic,†she said, about how to go about reducing dependence on foreign oil and fossil fuel use, but was intent on achieving those ends.â€
Again, the use of the word ‘agnostic’ and the context is odd, if not plain weird.
But what do they really mean?
In the 1800’s, a fellow by the name of Thomas H. Huxley, an English biologist, is credited with coining and defining ‘agnosticism’ which:
… is not a creed but a method, the essence of which lies in the vigorous application of a single principle... Positively the principle may be expressed as in matters of intellect, do not pretend conclusions are certain that are not demonstrated or demonstrable.
If you read what Huxley wrote and apply it to what Obama and Pelosi said, well, you can see how we’re in big trouble, mainly because we’re dealing with the Democrat Left. Their actions, having to do with anything, from social welfare to national defense, never work out. All that matters is the ‘act.’ Think of LBJ’s Great Society and nothing more should have to be stated.
If Democrats, or anyone, actually considered any action from an ‘agnostic’ point, Obamacare never would’ve passed. Why? Because the intended result is not ‘demonstrable.’
So, the next time you hear Obama or Pelosi or anyone from the Left using the word ‘agnostic,’ you know they really don’t mean it.
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