Lefty despair

[Dennis Perrin]

> But seriously, Christianity (or any religion) is not inherently anti-left,
> as social gospel movements have shown continually.  As a non-believer, I
can
> argue intellectually against God and stuff, but as a leftist I don't feel
> any particular opposition to most religious folks, or see them inherently
in
> opposition to left goals.  Jesus was a frigging communist, even if Paul
led
> the whole thing to respectability.  But lots of lefty tendencies there--
> people who want to be conservative can find the passages they need to
> justify themselves, as can the lefties.
>
> -- Nathan Newman

Some of the best and most committed people I've ever met were those
Christians involved in the sanctuary movement in the early 80s -- much, much
better and more humane than many in the CISPES crowd.

DP