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>Christianity has been a religion of left, right, center,
> > and the apolitical.
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>Yes, just as Marxism has been a religion of left, right, center, and
>the apolitical.
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> > religious leftists here
> > are way too likely to presume the good intentions of their enemies,
> > and believe that appeals to their conscience will work.
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>That depends on levels of political knowledge and experience, not
>being a line between religion and irreligion.
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>Many faiths have their just war doctrines and martyrs, some of them
>who died together with godless Marxists for the same cause. The
>religious, including religious leftists, are not necessarily
>pacifists, nor are atheists necessarily non-pacifists.
>--
>Yoshie
>
Your way of answering specifics with generalizations shares something with the way of preachers I've encountered.