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Gary,
In much of the south the dynamic is the opposite to what you describe occurring
in Poland, no? Pentecostal varieties of Christianity, not to mention Islamism,
seem
to have thus far done pretty well in the total absence of alternatives to
capitalism
in these parts.
Lajany Otum
Gary writes:
> What has taken religion out has been the growth of capitalist modernity. The
> irony is that the Churches faced with the possibility of a communist world
> threw their lot in with the capitalists and the results are there for all to
> see. I am especially delighted to see the rise of atheism and secularism in
> places like Poland, when that old counter revolutionary Carol voytijila
> tried so hard to bring Poland into the Western fold.
>
> He got his wish and the power of the Catholic church has waned ever since.
>
> comradely
>
> Gary
>
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