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Old 12-24-2011, 01:20 PM   #31
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Who is the anti-Christian right? National Socialists? I can hardly think of any rightists who weren't or aren't at least willing to get along with Christianity.
All anti-Christians are Rightists. To be anti-Christian is to be Rightist.
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Who is the anti-Christian right? National Socialists? I can hardly think of any rightists who weren't or aren't at least willing to get along with Christianity.
All anti-Christians are Rightists. To be anti-Christian is to be Rightist.
I'll let Marx and Mao Tse-Tung know that.
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I'll let Marx and Mao Tse-Tung know that.
Certainly, Marx opposed Christian religion, but so would Christ. Marx did not deny the historicity of Christ, which is the sine qua non of anti-Christianism. Lenin and the Bolseheviks did deny the historicity of Christ, and this puts them squarely in the reactionary camp.
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I'll let Marx and Mao Tse-Tung know that.
Certainly, Marx opposed Christian religion, but so would Christ. Marx did not deny the historicity of Christ, which is the sine qua non of anti-Christianism. Lenin and the Bolseheviks did deny the historicity of Christ, and this puts them squarely in the reactionary camp.
Looney tunes, man. Looney tunes.
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Old 12-24-2011, 01:38 PM   #35
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Looney tunes, man. Looney tunes.
But then, that's what a reactionary prick would say, isn't it?
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Looney tunes, man. Looney tunes.
But then, that's what a reactionary prick would say, isn't it?
No, a reactionary prick would include an unnecessary attack on the Jews as well.
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No, a reactionary prick would include an unnecessary attack on the Jews as well.
To be anti-Christian is to be anti-Jewish, for what is Christianity but Judaism for Gentiles?
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No, a reactionary prick would include an unnecessary attack on the Jews as well.
To be anti-Christian is to be anti-Jewish, for what is Christianity but Judaism for Gentiles?
So what would that make militantly anti-Christian Jews in Hasidic communities?

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So what would that make militantly anti-Christian Jews in Hasidic communities?
That's right, they're anti-Jewish, just like the Christian Right is anti-Christian. All extremists are ultimately the opposite of what the espouse.

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We pay attention to the Bible because it still has a cultural hold on our society, and we need to unwind its grip.
Why is that necessary?
Because every now and then people do take parts of it seriously, without thinking, just because the Bible has such prestige. And then they oppose evolution, gay rights, cotton polyester blends, eating shellfish, or other parts of modern society.
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