On his radio show today, Dennis Prager said: “I want you to think about people you know who went from right to left or left to right [politically] and is there any tendency in their daily kindness and niceness? Is there any relationship? It’s like a religious conversion.
“Someone who becomes a Christian or a religious Jew or a Muslim, do they become kinder after conversion? If you don’t get better with your conversion, there’s something wrong.”
I’ve found that nothing has made me nicer and easier to get along with than Alexander Technique. It’s helped me more than religion in this department.
I wonder if converting to Judaism made me a kinder person? If not, what’s the point? Nobody has ever accused me of being kind. Did your conversions (politically or religiously) make you a finer person? I fear I am largely unchanged.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Radio Show
H1: How Important Is Blood?
Prager H1: How important is blood? Not very. Here’s a good example. Michael Reagan, the adopted child of Ronald Reagan, honors and promotes his father’s values and memory; Ron Reagan, the biological son, dishonors his father’s values and memory… European Union Student Calendar (whatever that is) listed many religious holidays, but forgot one – Christian holidays… New research suggests that during first two years of college students spend more time partying and sleeping than studying…
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Radio Show
H2: Fatwa
Prager H2: In Egypt a fatwa was issued and approved by a major Islamic theologian endorsing the idea that Muslims can attack anyone anywhere who opposes Islam… Dennis talks to Roy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology and head of the social psychology graduate program at Florida State University. His new book is Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men… Chris Matthews makes some very foolish comments about blacks and Conservatives to former RNC Chairman, Michael Steele. They say a lot about how liberals, even bright liberals like Matthews, think.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Radio Show
H3: Ultimate Issues Hour: The Fifth Commandment
Prager H3: The fifth of the Ten Commandments states that you have to honor your father and mother. Why does it say “honor” not “love”? And what does it mean to honor your parents.
Is There Anything Good about Men?
Dennis talks to Roy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology and head of the social psychology graduate program at Florida State University. His new book is Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men. 