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Robert Reich’s Religion Problem
National Review Online ^
| July 6, 2004
| Ramesh Ponnuru
Posted on 07/06/2004 5:18:34 PM PDT by buckeyesrule
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Well Robert Reuch is so far to the left he could not even come close to getting the democratic nomination for governor in Massachusetts. Reich demonstrates one thing about democrats that is very telling. Even if (for the sake of argument) we were to say that we conservatives are "clinton-haters" our so called "hatred" was for him and just him. But the liberals hatred of Bush is not just for Bush but it extends to the people that vote for and support Bush. They truly hate conservative christians (as well as other religious conservatives whose lives have been transformed for the positive through faith in God). They've lived their entire lives in a moral abyss and they can not stand it when a christian like Bush whose live has clearly been transformed not through a government program but through his faith in Christ.
To: buckeyesrule
Reich is easy to understand. SWhen he wasa growing up, he prayed to God to make him tall. He isn't, therefore, God doesn't exist....and now li'l Robbie's getting even.
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posted on
07/06/2004 5:21:18 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(We've looked for WMD in Iraq for LESS time than Hillary looked for the Rose Law firm billing records)
To: buckeyesrule
*****The true battle will be between modern civilization and anti-modernists; between those who believe in the primacy of the individual and those who believe that human beings owe their allegiance and identity to a higher authority; between those who give priority to life in this world and those who believe that human life is mere preparation for an existence beyond life; between those who believe in science, reason, and logic and those who believe that truth is revealed through Scripture and religious dogma.******
Thats laughable. The secularist are all about conformity for the...what was the word Mrs Clinton used....oh yes...."the common good"....yep lots of individualism there! Whereas the christian faith that Reich's criticizing is about transforming individual lives more then they could ever do themselves.
To: buckeyesrule
You bet the Buckeyes Rule!!!!!
As for Mr. Reich....his name is very very close to the Third Reich and I dont know...hmmmm....name association?
:) Go Bucks!!!
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posted on
07/06/2004 5:22:53 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Kerry renames the US The People's Republic of America)
To: ken5050
****Reich is easy to understand. When he wasa growing up, he prayed to God to make him tall. He isn't, therefore, God doesn't exist....and now li'l Robbie's getting even****
LOL!
To: buckeyesrule
Well Robert Reuch is so far to the left he could not even come close to getting the democratic nomination for governor in Massachusetts. But his thinking is right in line with John & John. We use to think this was ratical, now it is mainstream Democratic thinking. The really sad thing is the rank and file Democrats don't seem to realize this.
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posted on
07/06/2004 5:27:20 PM PDT
by
gilliam
To: buckeyesrule
But the liberals hatred of Bush is not just for Bush but it extends to the people that vote for and support Bush. That is the ultimate understatement.
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posted on
07/06/2004 5:28:36 PM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: buckeyesrule
Apparently Mr. Reich is also religiously-challenged
To: buckeyesrule
Everytime I see this man's name I always think of the breed of dog pictured on FR that this man favors. Tickles me.
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posted on
07/06/2004 5:40:56 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: ken5050
And this kid slouched to try and lessen the difference...
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posted on
07/06/2004 5:50:19 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...proud to be a Brown Shirted digital First Responder)
To: True Capitalist
In way, Robert "Reisha" may be closer to being correct than Ponnuru. We MAY need to fight the Godless socialists first, in order to defeat the Mohammedans. If so, may the Roundheads win! Again.
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posted on
07/06/2004 5:56:24 PM PDT
by
Cincinnatus.45-70
(Accuracy counts, but caliber is important, too.)
To: buckeyesrule
"Some liberals go further, saying that they are religious progressives who advocate a bigger welfare state as an outgrowth of their religious values"
Well if you look at Christianity from a political perspective it is predominantly socialist. It certainly does not have a capitalist bent to it.
And let's not forget it was the Christians who started introducing socialism into this country in the late 1800's
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posted on
07/06/2004 6:00:29 PM PDT
by
Kerberos
(Convictions are more dangerous enemies of the truth than lies)
To: Kerberos
Well if you look at Christianity from a political perspective it is predominantly socialist. It certainly does not have a capitalist bent to it.
And let's not forget it was the Christians who started introducing socialism into this country in the late 1800's
12 Kerberos
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Well said bump..
[Don't forget they introduced both socialism AND prohibitionism into this countries politics in the late 1800's.]
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posted on
07/06/2004 6:17:19 PM PDT
by
tpaine
(The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being" -- Solzhenitsyn.)
To: ken5050
Reich is easy to understand. SWhen he wasa growing up, he prayed to God to make him tall. He isn't, therefore, God doesn't exist....and now li'l Robbie's getting even.Yup. He's like Rutger Hauer's android character Roy in Blade Runner. Roy seeks and finds his creator, Tyrell, to ask for more life, but when Tyrell says "We made you the best we could", Roy doesn't like the answer, so he kills his creator.
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posted on
07/06/2004 6:34:06 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(Kerry-Edwards: For men and women who vote under the influence of their own estrogen)
To: Kerberos
I doubt Christ ever ran into the arms of the government, squealing for protection.
As for Christians being socialist, good luck brandishing that super-wide brush your using. Make sure you don't miss any spots, now, you hear?
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posted on
07/06/2004 6:38:28 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(Kerry-Edwards: For men and women who vote under the influence of their own estrogen)
To: tpaine
"...the liberals hatred of Bush is not just for Bush but it extends to the people that vote for and support Bush. They truly hate conservative christians..." (program but through his faith in Christ
Exactly. President Bush is a symbol for them. It is you and I and our beliefs they hate. At its very root this Bush bashing is not political it is anti-Christian bigotry.
To: buckeyesrule
primacy of the individual Otherwise known as "I am my own god." Gee, what was that commandment again, Robert? What's that? Don't remember, do you? We're not surprised.
To: combat_boots
Let me also add that the notion of the West's characterization as the primacy of the individual is simplistic at best, as well as at worst. Western Civilization has a long history colored by the tension of the individual's thought and actions in relations to a higher authority, along with a varied and colorful Christian ethic toward family and work. At least that's my 2 cents on that part.
To: Kerberos
Let's not forget it was the Christians who started introducing socialism into this country in the late 1800'sYes, the worldwide socialist movement grew out of Christian impulse to "immanentize the eschaton." See Dostoevsky, though, for sociological evidence that it was those who rejected Christianity (yet still acted on the Christian impulse) who were the worst perpetrators of that.
Anyway, what is the point relative to this article? I am guessing you have an Ayn Randian take on atheism, and you accept Reich's primacy of the individual.
To: ErnBatavia
Why, he's no bigger than a good-sized turd!
(was that... uhhh... over the top? I can't tell anymore.)
(steely)
(with apologies to Jim Carrey)
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