tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post115436450474010011..comments2023-10-09T10:54:03.005-05:00Comments on Whitehall: Religious Left organizes for Political InfluenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1154617940727566322006-08-03T10:12:00.000-05:002006-08-03T10:12:00.000-05:00The religious right tends to fracture along rather...The religious right tends to fracture along rather picayune lines of doctrine, but is generally capable of coming together on the big "mere christianity" issues. Though most commonly associated with US Republicanism, they are also capable of reading the riot act to both political parties.<BR/><BR/>I will be surprised if the "religious left" (so-called quotes, not scare quotes)can ever fashion a coherent political movement. The underlying philosophy of the religious left is that reality is what one chooses it to be. Such a worldview has no foundational basis for unity, since it has no shared belief beyond "whatever." Groups of people can come together and make pronouncements, but they constitute nothing more than secular liberals (in the USA, the Left Wing of the Democratic Party) with their collars on backwards.Mike the Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969156953744390312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1154446114908127932006-08-01T10:28:00.000-05:002006-08-01T10:28:00.000-05:00and fear, in my experience, is a major motivator o...<I>and fear, in my experience, is a major motivator of leftists both in America and in TEC.</I><BR/><BR/>It's funny that you say that, because this has consistently been my experience of the far right in both the Church and in the secular political world.<BR/><BR/><I>If we could all realize that today's religio-political situation is just a blip on the radar screen of history, that will pass, will change, will ultimately be wiped away in the glorious reign of Christ, perhaps our fear would be undercut, and we could love each other better.</I><BR/><BR/>Amen to that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com