Theocracy waiting in the wings?

[BlueStreak]

Check it out.

http://blog.au.org/2010/11/16/white-...ll-over-again/

Dave

[merrylander]

Just what we need - not.

[Devil's+voc8]

If money is god, we have always been a theocracy, and there is no foreseeable change.

[piece-itpete]

We'll eat your baby Blue.

If you have any left after Bush! Lolol.

The founders make one reference to religion in the Constitution, while the entire thing is a blatant check on government power.

Our government will be subverted by - the government.

Pete

[finnbow]

These type of people make my skins crawl. The Tea Party amuses me. The Religious Right disgusts me.

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by finnbow

The Tea Party amuses me. The Religious Right disgusts me.

Huh. How do you make a distinction? Sarah Palin- speaking in tongues at her "church". Is she a Tea Party favorite, or a leader in the Religious Right?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

Huh. How do you make a distinction? Sarah Palin- speaking in tongues at her "church". Is she a Tea Party favorite, or a leader in the Religious Right?

She's a skank of both stripes. When I spoke of disgust for the Religious Right, I mostly meant the Robertson, Falwell, Bob Jones, Ralph Reed, Tony Perkins, Michael Farris, and Ted Haggard types.

[electronjohn]

Wonder what their version of the burqa looks like?

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by finnbow

...and Ted Haggard types.

Ted is a local story here, so I heard a very good deal about him. I have to honestly say I feel very sorry for him. People end up in those cult like churches, more often than not, due to decisions made for them when they were children. (I don't know that to be the case with Mr. Haggard, but would be shocked to learn otherwise.) So, through no fault of his own, he finds himself in a world with very specific rules. And he excels in this world to become a leader. Then, also through no fault of his own, he discovers that he is, well, a little different than many of the other folks in this word. He is *still* living though the very definition of "cognitive dissonance".

It’s hard to imagine what life must be like for him. Still clinging to a marriage that is obviously a sham. Still denying who he is even though it has been demonstrated to all the world. He is the only one who doesn’t see it. It has to be incredibly difficult. Not only that, but he lost his job and as I understand it is having a difficult time making ends meet. Plus, being a “true believer” he has to be worried that he has somehow jeopardized the one thing he has set as the most important element in his life. In the tally book of St. Peter, Ted has a pretty bad red mark. I hope he didn’t masturbate as a teen or there may be no saving him!

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

Huh. How do you make a distinction? Sarah Palin- speaking in tongues at her "church". Is she a Tea Party favorite, or a leader in the Religious Right?

Yes, on both counts.

Dave