Doesn't matter, does it.
Further, I agree that the bigmouths are a problem, and I don't consider them to even BE Christians.
It was only when he descended to the slander of the whole set of Christians that I spoke up. As usually do. I don't like to see posters, intellects I respect, falling into categorical error. It personally annoys me because I feel I am being included here, when I believe the following concerning religion and society:
- Church and State should be separate, it minimizes corruption and the effects of corruption in both.
- People should be free to choose their own religion or lack of it. You can't force anyone to come to God, the idea itself iis ridiculous.
- Subverting science for religious priorities is stupid, and the act of those profoundly lacking in faith. When this becomes a religio-political priority, disaster will follow.
Categorical errors (often resulting in 'group x is evil, group y is superior/inferior, etc, etc') are the key to demagogery, and are the error that has caused untold human misery throughout human history. I know you didn't like it when I pointed out some of the ridiculous categories that the neocons have managed to label the set of Liberals with. I don't like people I respect inferring that a) I support the evil bastards that infest US politics now, b) that I don't open my mouth about the bastards. I also don't like it when people suggest my POV is rare; among the Christians I know, I can only think of one that supports the nonsensical bile being spewed from Neocon (Religicans?) Fundies, and he was always a kneejerk Republican.
"they are a component of the machine, and whether by inadvertence or design they may come one day to form the nucleus of our own home-grown brownshirts."
Here we agree, and it scares the hell out of me. (not the agreement, the statement *grin*)
