Hi Ron, On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:17 AM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote:
> DmB, > I think the distinction needs to be made between > theism and fascism. Or maybe thats your point, > there isn't much of a distinction in regard to the > particular kind of theism you are discussing. > Steve: I think you are right that a distinction needs to be made. It is one thing to say that theism can be practiced as a form of fascism and another to equate the two. If we point out convincingly that a certain group of people is practing Christianity in the way that Hitler practices Nazism, many liberal theists will find common cause to criticize fundamentalism with us. But if we say all religion is evil, we are helping create a coalition between liberal theists and fascists. Liberal and moderate theists will then defend the rights of Fundamentalists to belief crazy shit and make everyone else's lives miserable. This seems to be the state of affairs right now in response to the New Atheist's assault. Best, Steve Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
