Re: Spiritual Covenant

At 08:52 PM 5/21/2006, Pim van Meurs wrote:

Janice Matchett wrote:

>@@ "..If you haven't heard of Herbert Marcuse, I'm sure you'll
>recognize his teachings -- and may even know some of the activists
>and scholars (scroll to bottom) who have fallen for .. I mean...
>have embraced his ideas and are doing everything they can to see
>that they are imposed on the rest of us. Here ya go!
>*Intellectual Morons : How Ideology Makes Smart People Fall for
>Stupid Ideas * by Daniel J. Flynn

>Pim: "....As far as doing everything they can to see that they are
>imposed upon us, is that not what the religious right is trying to do? ..."

@@@ Unlike their counterparts in the radical left, there are only a
few fringe zealots (the Dominionist / Reconstructionist movement)
who also dream of circumventing our Constitution so as to be able to
impose their religious beliefs on the rest of us --- for our own
good, of course. As a "non-living document", the Constitution
stands in their way, too.

The extreme left and the extreme right are succinctly described by C.
S. Lewis here:

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under
live robber barons than under omnipotent moral busibodies. The robber
baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point
be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good, will torment
us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

Here's the latest example of the radical left attempting to use the
arm of the state to impose their personal "moral values" on others:

Sexual Orientation Regulations 2006 [UK -- here it comes]
  5/21/2006 | Anglican Mainstream, UK
'A bigger threat to Christian liberty than the Religious Hatred Bill?'
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1636077/posts

>Pim: "...The Soujorners' magazine and the Spiritual Progressives
>seem to be excellent resources and as a Christian I see many good
>things in what they have to offer. Certainly hope, peace, prosperity
>for all, healthcare should appeal to any and all citizen, especially
>Christians.

@@@ Here are some more things you might consider to be "good", too:

"...Under the sway of leftist evangelical movements like
<http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13586>liberation
theology, Wallis invited the Committee in Solidarity with the People
of El Salvador (CISPES) - the public relations arm of the El
Salvadoran terrorist group the FMLN - to take part in a number of
initiatives with Sojourners.
..." `More:
http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1833

>Pim: ".But perhaps I am a bit naive here."

@@@ A bit??? If I were a gambler, I'd bet the farm that you'd have
swallowed this hook line and sinker:

Gauthier: The poverty Bush can't grasp
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/972106/posts?page=3#3

~ Janice :)
Received on Sun May 21 23:55:45 2006