Here's an interesting take on the effects of politics on religion and vice versa in America.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006074 One of the points he touched on is one that I've been thinking about recently. The atheists who have been demanding that we strip all references to "Christmas" from the "Holiday Season" may be doing Christianity a favor. For some time there has been concern about how much Christmas has been secularized and commercialized to the point that its true meaning is easily lost. But now come the militant atheists working to strip away every symbol associated with Christmas (no green and red plates at the school potluck, for crying out loud). In so doing, they are pushing ALL that symbology firmly back into the hands of Christians--where it can be associated with the ideas with which Christians want it associated, instead of watered down by other influences. As Bastiat would say, there are effects seen and those unseen. Lowell C. Savage It's the freedom, stupid! Gun control: tyrants' tool, fools' folly. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
