>I'm amazed that I even have to say this: to the extent that the
>left is associated with Christianity or any other religion it isn't
>a left at all -- it's magic thinking.
Yeah, I'm tempted to say that the dependence of the U.S. left on alliances with the religious is a symptom of our weakness. And if we can't criticize the various superstitions, we're really limiting ourselves.
Doug