[lbo-talk] 77% of Americans support cretinous judge

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> The issue isn't so much Belief and Dogmatism than it is the use of the
Cross
> as cover for secular power grabs. Bush himself may truly believe
everything
> he says about religion, but the werewolves around him don't, not for a
> moment of silence.
> 
> DP

Good point.  American religiosity is, for the most part, not about
spirituality, but about nationalism.  In a country that is a melting pot
of peoples from all around the world, the old fashioned nationalism
appealing to common ethnic ancestry (Aryan or otherwise) would have
rather limited appeal.  A "Christian" identity (complete with a
"Christian" flag which is a historical nonsense), otoh, crosses the
ethnic lines, but at the same time excludes all "undesirables" such as
liberals, Jews, homosexuals, feminists, and a great deal of people of
color.  It is thus a perfect nationalist ideology in a multi-ethnic
state.

And, indeed, it is a true "god's country" outside college campuses and
major urban centers.  Heil Jesus!

Wojtek