-Caveat Lector- >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Worth quoting from the Washington Spectator -- Alan Wolfe, author of >"One Nation After All," on the growing disenchantment within religious >right ranks of working through the political process. Recall that >following the acquittal of President Clinton on a battery of >impeachment charges, Paul Weyrich excoriated the nation saying that it >has lost its sense of moral probity. Similar sentiments are voiced by >other religious right gurus, including William Bennett in his latest >written panegyric, "The Death of Outrage." Assessing Weyrich's call >for Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals to abandon the >political process in favor of home schooling, building more churches >and withdrawing from secular culture, Wolfe opines, "the right-wing >moralists are saying that 'Americans are too sinful to be trusted with >liberty.'" > >It's a sentiment that a growing cohort of the religious seem to agree >on. Pope John Paul II, with the fall of "godless communism," has now >found a new target in the form of globalization, consumerism and >materialist culture. Church prelates in Poland, for instance, have >supported laws cracking down on free expression, abortion rights, and >even the right of business to remain open on Sunday. The "materialism >of the West" has replaced Mao, Lenin and Stalin as the bogeymen. >Ultimately, for religion anything that smacks of secularism and the >notion of individual self-determination must be subordinated to the >authority of the church. Wolfe is right; for the clerics, Americans >are too "sinful" to enjoy too much liberty. Hey, everybody: Are Murkans really "too sinful to be trusted with liberty" ?? Should fundy jeezoids withdraw from secular society? Would the anti-commie, anti-capitalist Pope be happier with a system like the old days, when Princes Of The Church ran sacred AND secular affairs? Do your belief- system leaders, your Game Masters, have the moral authority to trash democracy and establish a Religious Republic? Do you like theocracy? Are fundy conspiracies more vibrant than the old Vatican conspiracy? * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sonic.net/~ric * ICQ# 19633976 * * *** SkeptiChat: sliding down the razor-blade of life *** now featuring SkeptiNews: All The News That's Fit To Question email INFO or SUBSCRIBE SKEPTICHAT to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
