Boy, the philological arm of the Left did good work when they narrowed the definition of "religion" to only Christianity and similar things. Atheism? Not a religion. Liberalism? Not a religion, it's a political philosophy. Right? Well, as QandO points out, the left is as willing to ignore evidence because of "faith" in a value system as any "fundamentalist" on the Right. Hell, anyone who is still a socialist in this day and age must of NECESSITY ignore mountains of history and evidence. The thing is, it seems to me, even Christians have more solid evidence to back up their faith than liberals. The way Christianity has changed lives for the better, the influence on culture and politics, Christians have something they can look to when people challenge their faith (not to mention the personal spiritual experiences they may have). What can liberals point to? Books? Newspaper editorials that tell them, "yes, we've no success so far in history but THIS time, I swear, socialism will work instead of resulting in the death and starvation of millions. What a joke.
Monday, July 18, 2005
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Philological arm of the left? Try rudimentary scholarship on religion.
You're right, I should have checked with about.com to see what the standard and orthodox definition of "religion" was. How could I have been so blind?
What, oh what did all those poor suckers do before the Internet? I mean, they didn't even know what "religion" was!
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