Yaron Brook at the Republican Party of Virginia 2009 State Convention (HD) (Part 1 of 2)

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Yaron Brook delivers the keynote address at the Republican Party of Virginia 2009 State Convention.
Recorded in Richmond, VA on May 30, 2009.

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[pookiehohn]

I find it ironic that the Christian right is the backbone of the republican party(vote). If it wasn't for the religious mysticism, the republican party would be able to get back on it's feet.

[charlessmyth]

With that performance he could run for the Senate. A Congressman, maybe :-)

[timbosforporn]

@pookiehohn There is nothing like celebrating 'diversity' than insulting someone else's beliefs by describing it as mysticism. I wonder if you save the same description for Islam or some other religion? Probably not because you are nothing more than someone who hates a particular religion.

[Sivels]

@pookiehohn They hijacked it years ago

[MrChirpsky]

And yet he moves and speaks (intentionally I think) in the manner of a preacher offering eternal salvation. Objectivism has such a religious veneer (being based on American and Randian mythologizing). This is the movement's fatal flaw: if it's religion someone wants, it's too easy to find the real thing. Similarly, if it's philosophy someone wants.

[stater68]

This is one of the best statements on freedom and America.

[mattsissel]

@pllpls These things can be institutionalized and taught....in private schools. Public schools should not exist.

[mccronej]

I'm glad he gave it to them straight

[billyboy647]

If a theory posits a creator is is not anti-science; it is the work of metaphysics completing the work empirical observation is incompetent to do. Your thinking seems to set physics and metaphysics at odds--mine does not; they compliment one another and one completes the other.

[billyboy647]

I don't know what Creationism is except another theory among the changing theories of man; just another man-made metaphysic. But I do know nihilo ex nihilo. Since things exist there must have always been something and that thing, of its very nature, cannot be limited or bound by the constraints things are bound by which are extended in time/space.

[billyboy647]

If you want to pray in school you can, but it cannot be institutionalized or advocated.

Agreed, time set aside for it is fine, forcing it is absurd since if prayer is not voluntary it is not prayer--forced acts from free creatures are invalid acts.

[pllpls]

If you want to pray in school you can, but it cannot be institutionalized or advocated.

Creationism is not science. Science requires evidence to support what you say and it must withstand the scrutiny and rigorous examination by means of peer review. Creationism does neither.

Not teaching creationism in schools is not a violation of individual freedom, because in science your opinion must be backed up by evidence. But of course creationists are free to say what they believe.