[lbo-talk] 15% of the Population, 2 Hours per Weekend (was Development of Political Underdevelopment)

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Lenin's Tomb" <leninstombblog at googlemail.com>
>
>On 3/24/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> > So all we have to do is promise the faithful eternal happiness in
> > Heaven, with the threat of endless torment in hell!
>
>I don't think this is Yoshie's point, but there is another way to go
>about it, which is to terminate this ressentiment toward religion, and
>try to engage with the religious rather than writing them off.

Nifty idea if not for the inherently (often murderously) quarrelsome nature 
of religion itself, with different factions of the faithful constantly 
writing each other off.  E.g., consider how the worldwide Anglican Communion 
is tearing itself apart in an insane argument over homosexuality.  The 
Episcopal Church USA is on the verge of being purged from the global 
organization because the US Episcopalians elected a gay bishop, an anathema 
to Anglican bishops in Africa, Asia and other recently colonial areas.  I 
believe African and Asian bishops also disagree with the prominence of women 
in the US church and, as I recall, with the US church's stance against 
capital punishment.  Whenever secular progressives strike alliances with 
publicly professed people of faith they risk getting dragged into some 
pretty screwy quarrels.

BTW, congrats on your blog, consistently one of the most interesting on the 
web.

Carl

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