Religion warm and cuddly. That's a good one. I guess I'm a rigid leftist then. > [Original Message] > From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2/10/2006 7:31:00 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Does the left need a spiritual dimension? > > A typical rigid leftist view of religion?ignoring a wealth of possibilities that includes all sorts of things, some rigid and dogmatic, some mystical, some warm and cuddly as well. On 2/11/06, Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A problem I see with this is that religion has a way of destroying > spirituality. Religion is about indoctrinating belief systems. It's much > more about politics than spirit. > > John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd. 55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-0006, JAPAN N?!jxÊ?«.+Hu欱ëm?x,²æìr¸?{û§²æïiÆ??è?ú}Ø zËh?ú~ø¬?Ü0Á©Ýæ¬r?¿}ª¥?Ø?y«!¶ ic ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html