[lbo-talk] Marxism and Religion

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Tue Feb 27 21:50:05 PST 2007


joanna wrote:
>>I
>>think what most religious Americans get from their own
>>participation in religion, apart from the usual vague
>>comfort of the feeling that someone is watching over
>>them in a benign sort of way, is a sense of community,
>>maybe even a real community, that is hard to find
>>elsewhere.
>>
>>
>
> Absolutely, I think Woj has spoken of this most convincingly.

Then why don't Americans build community based on reality instead of misguided beliefs in Santa Claus?

I'm flabbergasted at the circle jerk for religion going on here. I have to wonder what you all would say if I started defending religious belief in creationism as something that helps comfort people.

Chuck0



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