Low church attendance comes from where?
And in fact it is pretty low in the U.S. as well.
And a centyury ago many (most?) evangelical Christians were politically to the left.
Carrol
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] evangelical antipathy to taxes / governemtn
>
> ?
>
> People are often religiously affiliated for the exact same reason they are
> politically affiliated: they grew up that way. Thus, my son, who expresses
> pretty liberal views also thinks he's a republican.
>
> "I'm a republican right mom? That's because daddy and my brothers are."
> The
> last time that happened, I stood there and said, "You just got done
> bitching about the way corporations rip everyone off and screw people
over.
> You're a republican? What?" He grinned. Mind, I refused to shove my
> politics down my son's throat when he grew up. I figured he had enough to
> deal with in this world, he didn't need that albatross. *shrug*
>
> He can listen to me all day long and agree with me, but he thinks he's
> supposed to be a republican because the men in his family are a certain
> way. And once in that milieu he falls for the bullshit hook, line, and
> sinker. Not entirely, of course, because he comes to me to get a reality
> check on some stuff. But the fact is, he lives in a certain milieu, the
> conservatives have a loud voice, and it influences him, how he thinks, and
> how he acts in the world.
>
> At 12:42 PM 2/20/2013, Carrol Cox wrote:
> >I still think politics drives religious affiliation. The members of
> >evangelical groups were first of all anti-social services and became
> >evangelicals to express that perspective.
> >
> >It makes no sense to see pure ideas as causal.
> >
> >Those involved in changing the world become concerned with interpreting
> the
> >world.
> >
> >Those involved with interpreting the world go on interpreting the world.
> >
> >Action is always prior to the understanding that motivates it.
> >
> >Carrol
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-
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> > > On Behalf Of shag carpet bomb
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:22 AM
> > > To: Lame Brained Onanists
> > > Subject: [lbo-talk] evangelical antipathy to taxes / governemtn
> > >
> > > awhile back, we discussed some research analyzing evangelical
literature
> > > (e.g., xtian mags like Awake! and the like) which showed that there
was a
> > > concerted effort to stir up antipathy to government and taxes.
Reasoning
> > > was that, by reducing the tax burden, churches could expect to fill
their
> > > coffers with the monies that might otherwise have been paid to taxes.
> > >
> > > Ring a bell with anyone? It was, granted, a brief discussion.
> > >
> > > shag
> > >
> > >
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