[lbo-talk] Atheism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Dec 22 12:09:21 PST 2003


Carrol Cox wrote:


>Yes. Jim explains my point precisely. And no, religion is _not_ a mass
>_movement_; neither is watching television or wearing clothing -- though
>huge masses of people do both. Every so often Doug says something which
>makes me wonder if he has ever read a page of political history.

Nope, not even a paragraph.

Why isn't religion a mass movement? It involves large groups of ideologically and organizationally affiliated people with common goals who affect social life profoundly. Is it just that you don't like it?

Doug



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