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ksagnostic · 08-29-2002, 03:31 AM

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Originally posted by Gregg:
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Do you know why the Kristian Konservatives come out in force for elections? Because they go to church, where they are told which issues and candidates to support and worked into a lather against the queers, evilutionists and other enemies. The problem is that in moderate and liberal churches, talking about politics is practically taboo, and of course most freethinkers, agnostics, and athiests don't gather with like-minded people once or twice a week. I don't have any research to cite, but I would hazard a guess that many freethinkers et. al. are not big joiners. Fear of "groupthink" and all that.

My feeling is, this is going to have to change if we're going to be successful against the KK's. We need to be just as doggedly devoted to our ideals and principles as the KK's are to theirs, and we're going to have to be willing to get together with other like-minded folks at least once a week to offer moral support, discuss issues, and encourage political and social action... especially voting. Otherwise the KKs are going to keep advancing their agenda, step by step.

Gregg</strong>

Well said. No, make that very well said.

I think your point regarding churches is particularly germaine to the "mega-churches" here in Wichita, the fundamentalist congregations that are so damn big their sanctuaries are more like arenas (at least one even has a big screen so that the people in the back can see the minister better, or they can flash big multimedia hymn singalongs). Even though these mega-churches can not endorse a candidate, the two biggest ones here routinely have Khristian Right political figures come to speak. Not to mention the "origins seminars" they host. I personally suspect a lot of the organizing of the extreme right wing of the Republican party occurs in these places. That sort of thing is really impossible to police.

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