tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post8051688867597644076..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: The soft Republican underbelly: caught between Rand and the RaptureDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-86265029537958334432007-12-27T18:38:00.000+01:002007-12-27T18:38:00.000+01:00I love the victim-hood mindset of the Christian ri...I love the victim-hood mindset of the Christian right. The persecution complex is so telling. Offense is taken so easily. The depths of faith can be pretty shallow.<BR/><BR/>Being a victim takes no effort at all. You just have to believe that someone else is getting away with something they don't deserve. Then you can get holier than thou. Every fanatic’s calling card. [Just look and the Romney/Huckabee dual]. <BR/><BR/>And when finally, the fanatics take over, no one is holey enough. <BR/><BR/>Burning at the stake, anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-24154454920707693912007-12-26T11:09:00.000+01:002007-12-26T11:09:00.000+01:00Ah, now I've read this post and I'll applaud loude...Ah, now I've read this post and I'll applaud louder. The point that you make about the incompatibility of Christianity (or Judaism for that matter - but, as I've mentioned, Jews [on the whole] don't have this dissonance problem) and Social Darwinism is awesomely true and amazingly muted in all public discussion. The wealthy few have managed to bamboozle half the country into voting for them simply by saying the word "Jesus" on the stump every once in a while. <BR/><BR/>I attended a Christmas service in a Pentecostal church yesterday and I almost cried in frustration at how these morons can speak of Jesus/God deciding to come into the world as a poor person, in a manger - and how the Democrats are godless so we should all vote for the tax-cutting Republicans.<BR/><BR/>I've also blogged on the subject a couple of times including here: <A HREF="http://mnuez.blogspot.com/2007/10/ayn-rand-was-ugly-whore.html" REL="nofollow">Ayn Rand Was An Ugly Whore</A><BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>mnuezmnuezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328856077944673860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-34589899008999393202007-12-26T10:54:00.000+01:002007-12-26T10:54:00.000+01:00Hey, I just read your recent comment on WeissWorld...Hey, I just read your recent comment on WeissWorld and I liked it so I came over here to tell you that. I'd commented a few comments earlier regarding Weiss being wrong on the Jews but I'm sick of that subject so I won't burden you with it here. Suffice it to say that your understanding of the evils of rampant Capitalism are good. Would that there were more of us writing for American audiences. <BR/><BR/>mnuez<BR/><A HREF="http://www.mnuez.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">www.mnuez.blogspot.com</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>And now I'm off to read your blog - including this very post upon which I'm Totally OT commenting. And I bow in apology for doing so :-)mnuezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328856077944673860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-42668864087779583252007-12-26T09:34:00.000+01:002007-12-26T09:34:00.000+01:00The Gallup poll shows that 80% of Americans consid...The Gallup poll shows that 80% of Americans consider themselves Christians... So how are you going to start any "mass" movement in America that ignores Christians?David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-14749632362636745352007-12-26T00:26:00.000+01:002007-12-26T00:26:00.000+01:00Thank you for this post. One of the things that ke...Thank you for this post. One of the things that keeps me from identifying myself as a leftist is the hostility towards religion harboured by many people within that movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com