RE: Damned Republicunts
June 27, 2014 at 9:40 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2014 at 10:05 pm by Minimalist.)
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 (June 27, 2014 at 9:18 pm)blackout94 Wrote: Can I ask, as an european, why does religion have such a great impact on the american society?Something I've wondered myself. Our constitution establishes separation of Church and State and specifies "no religious test shall be required to hold office". So how did we become such an anomaly among developed nations? One theory I have is that state churches in Europe, with government support, became fat and lazy and lacked any drive to boost their popular appeal. In America, a church must appeal to the general public or die. Thus, the boring churches died off while the ones with lots of flair and entertainment flourished. Go to a mega-church sometime and you'll hear rock music, see pageantry and witness marketing genius. This kind of popular appeal quickly translates into money and political influence. So in Europe, you may resent having any of your tax money going to support a church that you don't believe in but just think of it as an inoculation against religious insanity. Or perhaps it's a fee to keep the beast drugged and kept in its gilded cage.
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 (June 29, 2014 at 10:27 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Now here, with Episode #47 is Fucknut Superstar Rick Santorum. I have no doubt he truly believes this. What his kind call "the good old days." Our founders were people of the time, however much we may deify them. Democracy evolves as our judgment of social justice issues improves. They were escaping royalty, aristocracy and sectarian oppression and doing well to set the stage for the future as they did. Our founders could be excused for not being so ahead of their time as to fully comprehend our modern understanding of democracy, equality and fairness. Rick Santorum has no such excuse. I've posted before that I believe The American Revolution is an ongoing struggle. Abolition, suffrage and desegregation were all battles in this larger war. The so-called "Tea Party" is ironically a bit more like the reactionary Tories (or, more aptly, Confederates) clinging to older, outdated and unjust ways.
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June 30, 2014 at 12:47 am
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2014 at 12:48 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Perhaps you see why I put secular in airquotes in our other thread Blackout. lol. We are a secular nation, but we have alot of dominionist politicians who enjoy a wide support base. They write their fairies into our policies from -within- the "secular" state.
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(June 29, 2014 at 11:20 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Rick Santorum has no such excuse. OK, that I'll grant. He's excused on the grounds of idiocy.
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