[lbo-talk] Time to Get Religion

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 3 13:44:49 PST 2006


Unfortunately, yes.

Catholic Worker. _Autobiography of a Catholic Anarchist_ by Ammon Hennacy, a Catholic, well, anarchist.

In the anthology _Patterns of Anarchy_ there's an essay by Hennacy: "Can a Christian Be an Anarchist?" and his answer is "yes," but he discusses the frustration he had getting other anoks to agree.

Lots of folks say Tolstoy was a Christian anarchist, but Albert Meltzer, for one, says Tolstoy never claimed anywhere to be an anarchist himself; it's just something some followers attribute to him or infer from his writings.

Of course, I have met Buddhists who say they are "anarchists," and people who believe in bizarre pagan stuff who say they're "anarchists," too. But I'm with Chuck0 on this one: "No gods, no masters," as the old saying goes.

-B.

Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Dec 3, 2006, at 4:18 PM, Chuck wrote:
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>> And where in this conversation about religion have
I cited anarchism? I've expressed my personal hostility towards religion here. Angelus is attacking my anarchism instead of dealing with my personal opinions on religion and left pandering to people who believe in fairy tales.
>
> Are there religious anarchists, with a
non-authoritarian G/god?
>
> Doug



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