[lit-ideas] Re: Religious Fascism
- From: "Simon Ward" <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:36:21 +0100
Interesting, especially coming from Phil.
Let's try another interesting article. This from Katherine Yurica on how the
Dominionists succeeded in winning power. Note that the role of religion,
including the fundamentalists, is secondary to those in control, but
essential in terms of maintaining political power.
Note the four 'immoral' principles of the Dominionist movement:
1) Falsehoods are not only acceptable, they are a necessity. The
corollary is: The masses will accept any lie if it is spoken with vigor,
energy and dedication.
2) It is necessary to be cast under the cloak of "goodness" whereas all
opponents and their ideas must be cast as "evil."
3) Complete destruction of every opponent must be accomplished through
unrelenting personal attacks.
4) The creation of the appearance of overwhelming power and brutality
is necessary in order to destroy the will of opponents to launch opposition
of any kind.
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheSwiftAdvanceOfaPlannedCoup.htm
I realise that this is dated but it still seems relevent and I think it's
about time the political agenda was regained for the left.
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 4:50 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Religious Fascism
A remarkable article in that it manages to get wrong Christian
fundamentalism, its relationship to the state, and the nature of fascism.
As far as I can tell, the only thing the article gets right is the name of
the author. Articles like these are meant for the choir, not the people
in
the pews, and, in this sense, share in the rabid dogmatism of Falwell,
Dobson, et al.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
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