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

[Lenin's Tomb]

On 3/24/07, Carl Remick <carlremick at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: "Lenin's Tomb" <leninstombblog at googlemail.com>
> >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.

Sure, but the fact that there is disagreement among the religious over
practically every big social question actually reinforces the
possibility of collaboration with significant numbers of them over
questions we agree on.  I mean, my assumption is that this happens
anyway over such issues as war and the death penalty, as it used to
happen over civil rights - no?


> Whenever secular progressives strike alliances with
> publicly professed people of faith they risk getting dragged into some
> pretty screwy quarrels.

In the same way that if you ride a bicycle, you risk falling off.  But
independent, fossil-free transport is still a good idea.


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

*beam* Thank you.  Moist courtesies on all four of your cheeks for that.