The Ben Carson Explanation of the Day
Do you want to know why men walked on the moon?
Because … Jesus.
“This nation has had a profound effect on the world. Before the United States of America came on the scene, for 100 years, 200 years, a 1,000 years, 3,000 years, people did things the same way… within 200 years of the advent of this nation, which believed in God, men were walking on the moon. Completely revolutionized and changed the world because a nation was willing to acknowledge God.”
I wonder what would be Dr. Carson’s explanation of the Russians being the first in space?
Mental Ben is descending further down that rabbit hole daily. Some have described his demeanor as the result of Quaalude. I doubt that explanation. Ergot in an Iowa corn-dog, maybe. More likely we are witnessing the mental disintegration of a once brilliant pediatric neurosurgeon. Minus the “fire and brimstone” he sounds very similar to Jim Jones and other rapture lunatics. For his sake, hope his wife takes him for a long vacation where he can seek treatment.
1Hmmm, I guess History was not his strong suit, cuz I’m pretty sure Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire believed in God too. And Vatican City proses on about God all day long inbetween taking on lovers and laundering money and stabbing each other in the back to advance their own interests. And the Taliban is pretty sure God is behind them too. In fact, leaving God to His own devices left us more time for engineering achievements and such. Not to mention the fact that not arguing and fracussing about religion all day long meant we could even promote the general welfare of our communities and accomplish something together.
2Not to mention that whole Industrial Revolution thingy that started in Europe.
3Why Ruskies in space first in space, must be that commie liberal history. Thankfully the God fearing members of the Texas school book committee will probably take a stand and prevent these American disparaging facts from entering our textbooks.
4Rooshians being first in space isn’t in his Bible. Clearly it never happened.
5“This nation which believed in god”
Because you know, before ‘Murica, there weren’t any nations that believed in god. Not a single one. All those Muslim nations? Nope they didn’t believe in god. European nations? Nope they didn’t believe in god either. Only the USofA believes in GOD, because GOD is obviously — and always has been — and American!
6I don’t know what there is to discuss:
Jesus walked on water.
7His followers in a Christian Nation walked on the moon.
Michael “‘God keeps talking to me'” Jackson does the Moonwalk.
End of story.
Science flies you to the moon.
8Religion flies you into the side of skyscrapers.
There certainly wouldn’t have been an Inquisition or mass extinction of Native Americans without “Jesus”. Maybe Ben is onto something. If he had lived 200 years ago maybe he would have been fortunate enough to have a benevolent Christian owner.
9I’m stealing that Rhea.
10Rhea definitely hit it out of the comment section with that!!
11Rhea nailed it in 2 brief sentences. I wonder if that’s too much for Mental Ben to understand?
12Rhea wins the innertubes today!
13Ben’s not too worried about the Presidential race as he knows ‘Jesus saves”! Dropping the Jesus bomb guarantees overflowing campaign coffers. It’s God’s Will if some of the $$$ donations mysteriously end up in his personal bank account.
14Once a grifter, always a grifter …
Lex: Turns out that almost 65% of the money Mr. Carson raises goes into raising more money. It gets spent on companies that do direct marketing. Companies that Ben and his friends own. His entire presidential campaign is one big grift.
But hey, yeah, happy to have repubs spend their money on a grifter instead of actually putting it toward a real candidate where it might do some damage.
15You simply can’t be stupid and be a doctor. Do you suppose Carson is suffering from dementia?
16I was on a long automobile trip when the Russians launched Sputnik. I remember seeing the newspaper in the vending machine before breakfast, and thinking, “Oh, good. Now we’re going to start emphasizing science in school.”
17Kate, I think it is possible to be very skilled at a trade, which doctoring is, and willfully ignorant on other subjects. Carson probably kept up with developments in his field when he was practicing medicine, and at the same time read and believed wackadoodle right-wing political stuff.
The John Birch society had plenty of MD members who were scared to death that “socialized medicine” would end their profits.
18Actually, it is possible to be pretty damn stupid and still be a doctor. The process that selects medical students has many flaws, and once a student is in the pipeline much effort is expended to make sure he or she stays there. I hope Ben is opening people’s eyes about the fallibility and limitations of physicians.
19But you know Kate?- he COULD have dementia too! He is certainly suffering from delusions!
20Arrogant much? Wow! Hope this doesn’t make the international press. It’s tough enough. Don’t think he has dementia honestly. Just a legend in his own mind.
21Rhea for the win, for sure.
But I have a question: didn’t he skip some even that was supposed to have occurred something like 2,000 years ago? I seem to be missing a link here…
22But the US rebelled and broke away from England, which has a state religion. And our own founding document, the Constitution, specifically PROHIBITS the establishment of a state religion.
Dang, that God is a sneaky booger – even with Ben explaining it, I still can’t figure it out.
23C’mon Rhea, fess up. It’s a great line ( and thank you for sharing) but it’s been around for a while.
24I thank you for the praise for my #8 comment, but it wasn’t original. I can’t find who said it first, but you can get it on at least one T-shirt:
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Religion-Buildings-Atheist-T-shirt/dp/B00FXKGGY6
Carson reminds me that centuries ago doctors were respected for healing (maybe) and surgeons were often the local barber because all they needed to know how to do was use a sharp blade, usually to cut something off or cut an arrowhead out. Idiot savant surgeons aren’t any better.
25Goes to show that just because you’re a brain surgeon doesn’t mean you’re a rocket scientist.
26I want to know more about the direct marketing companies owned by Carson and his cronies. I think running for office should neither bankrupt a person, nor provide an impressive boost to his or her net worth, but then I am old and ethical. Carson is neither.
Mark J, can you offer details to your comment above? Many thanks.
27o, fer pete’s sake . . . I’m just gonna hold my nose over those God thingies he remarks about and just go for it . . . space? what space? emptiness doesn’t rate no matter what. Moon does. All that cheese,ya know.
28This guy has been brainwashed… nothing left but the 7th day fantasies.
29hee hee 7th-Day-Fantacists, I like it, I like it!
30First it was Trump.
Now it’s Carson on top.
Can’t wait to see who’s next.
This is the wackiest TV show evah!
31Great post, Rhea! I stole it myself, but did credit TWMDBS
32Latest on Mental Ben, while he never applied, claims to have been offered a full scholarship to West Point. That’s a lie, Ben. Guess he has never so much as had a conversation with a ring knocker.
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/ben-carson-caught-big-lie-about-west-point
33I have come to the conclusion that Ben Carson has a rich fantesy life, better than most, however sharing is not his strong suit.
34Rhea: you consistently have cogent, clever comments on every thread, but this was one for the ages!
PKM: too stupid to be Commander in Chief. West Point is FREE. You can be encouraged to apply, but there’s no “scholarship.”
He’s either too dumb to know better, or too dishonest to care.
Well I guess he could be both.
35@daChipster
@PKM
Mental Ben has ascended the slippery slope to “stolen honor” by implying he was a hairbreadth away from WP and therefore, a regular Army commission and membership in the WPPA. I have every reason to believe and do believe there was never any danger that he would be appointed to WP. Or any other service academy for that matter.
36Rhea, the appropriate attribution for your quote would be
37Victor Stenger (particle physicist, polymath…). He left a rich
body of published books and essays throughout his life.
Having read several of his books, I highly recommend him.
daChipster, Mental Ben is a twofer, dumb and dishonest. Imagine any number of ring knockers (academy grads) would enjoy giving Ben a tune-up. Or, maybe they did, which would explain his persistent vegetative state.
West Point and the other military academies are “free,” if one considers the 6 year hitch to be a small price. The six years is also a misnomer; resigning one’s commission is at the ‘pleasure’ of the military.
38Micr, “stolen honor” and a prime candidate for the first section 8 discharge ever given to a non-service civilian.
Quick. Enlist him today, and he would probably be committed by Monday.
39Carson is living proof that booksmart people can be crazy,too.
40Crone, there’s ample evidence to support your claim. Here’s a fun quiz of “who said what” – Mental Ben or the Unabomber.
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/who-said-it-ben-carson-or-unabomber-ted
41Thanks Mark J. And then his friends business donate that money into his campaign and somehow his new car gets paid for. Funny business this grifter business.
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