dlmCommentary
Another place for talk about culture, religion and politics.September 11, 2004
The Grand Beginning of a Proud Publishing Tradition
Will a voice that is not left-leaning be allowed by the powers that be on blogger.com? Since the word "liberal" means - first and foremost - the freedom to exchange conflicting ideas, I assume so.
Not that I would label myself a conservative. I have gotten in trouble with lefties for being too conservative, and with righties for being too liberal. What scares me the most is the way some people's politics takes the place of religion for them - a matter of life and death and culture and eternity and good and evil and blood and thunder.
It never fails. We make fun of religion, and then make something else *into* a religion. We ridicule the biblical doctrine of a literal devil, and then act as if Rush Limbaugh is the devil, or Hillary Clinton, or the Bushes, or the Kennedys. We reject the the biblical doctrines of Heaven and Hell, and then treat the next presidential election as if our choice of a president will mean Heaven or Hell on Earth.
Well, that's my first volley. More to come, if more can get through.
Copyright © 2004 Donald L. McIntyre All Rights Reserved
Not that I would label myself a conservative. I have gotten in trouble with lefties for being too conservative, and with righties for being too liberal. What scares me the most is the way some people's politics takes the place of religion for them - a matter of life and death and culture and eternity and good and evil and blood and thunder.
It never fails. We make fun of religion, and then make something else *into* a religion. We ridicule the biblical doctrine of a literal devil, and then act as if Rush Limbaugh is the devil, or Hillary Clinton, or the Bushes, or the Kennedys. We reject the the biblical doctrines of Heaven and Hell, and then treat the next presidential election as if our choice of a president will mean Heaven or Hell on Earth.
Well, that's my first volley. More to come, if more can get through.
Copyright © 2004 Donald L. McIntyre All Rights Reserved
posted by dlm # 10:39 AM 
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