On Mar 25, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Lenin's Tomb wrote:
> That is a non-sequitur. Religion doesn't lead you to socialism, but
> this doesn't follow that the two can in no way be coextensive. Given
> the political polyvalence of most religious beliefs, and given that
> huge numbers of socialists have had religious beliefs, there is no
> reason to assume that one can't engage with religious people simply
> because their faith doesn't automatically incline them in that way.
That is a straw man. I can't imagine anyone advocating not engaging with politically sympathetic religious people. Who did?
Doug