Re: [asa] Dawkins, religion, and children

*In short, they created a theocracy that would be mediated not from the top
down -- which is never a real theocracy, but manarchy -- through thousands
and now millions of godlings, or "divine centers." *

Ah, but the extreme individualism of some libertarians is often just the
other side of the same coin. The founders didn't create a "manarchy," they
created the space for individuals, *associations* of individuals, and
families to exercise appropriate sovereignty, with certain necessary powers
and restraints granted to the sphere of government, in order to promote a *
community* of virtue.

*

*

On 4/30/07, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> At 12:29 PM 4/30/2007, David Opderbeck wrote:
>
> "... The kinds of things Dawkins suggests in this regard strike at the
> heart of open democratic culture and should be despised by anyone who really
> cares about justice and freedom.
>
>
> *@ Again:
>
> *".. if truth doesn't exist -- as believed by the nihilistic left -- than
> we are back to power. Therefore, any atheist piggyfesto, no matter how well
> groomed, represents the exercise of raw power over its dominion of *
> nothing*. Behind the intelligence of such a person is simply *the fist.
> .."
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1824729/posts?page=49#49
>
> ~ Janice ... "...*In point of fact, the crazies of the l*ft are half
> correct, in that we are ultimately faced with the choice between democracy
> and theocracy. *The American founders*, in their infinite wisdom, chose
> theocracy, in the sense that *the only legitimate purpose of democracy
> could be to preserve and protect the spiritual freedom of the theocentric
> individual.* In short, they created a theocracy that would be mediated*not from the top down
> * -- which is never a real theocracy, but manarchy -- through thousands
> and now millions of godlings, or "divine centers." *But a democracy
> mediated by mere animal-men will sooner or later lead to the Reign of the
> Beast.* " Wednesday, March 28, 2007
> Beware the Fascist Atheocracy of the Left **
> http://onecosmos.blogspot.com/2007/03/beware-fascist-atheocracy-of-left.html
>
>
>

To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@calvin.edu with
"unsubscribe asa" (no quotes) as the body of the message.
Received on Mon Apr 30 12:56:13 2007