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Tag(s): African Americans; American Facism; Black Churches; Corporations Religious; Corruption; Culture Of Corruption; First Amendment Religion; Genocide; God; History and Religion; Indigenous Peoples; Injustice; Native Americans; Politicians; Religion; Religion As Govt Policy; Religion-Politics; Religious Hypocrisy
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March 29, 2008 at 09:39:36

Headlined on 3/29/08:
Mixing Religion and Government: the making of a dangerous two way corruption

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Being well-read and well-educated, the nation’s founders knew full well that religion is a powerful tool, which, in the hands of ambitious politicians and demagogues, is also a dangerous tool. From the god-king Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, to the Rulers of Heaven in ancient China, to the corruption of the pre-Reformation Catholic Church, and the slave churches of the American South, history tells us that the most unholy government on earth is when church and state become one.

Monica Davis is a broadcast journalist/columnist/author/public speaker, specializing in food security, education and public policy issues. She is available for interviews and public speaking engagements. Her author website is: http://www.lulu.com/davis4000_2000

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John HanksHater of Nazis above all. Hobbies include activism, military model building, military history, exciting and vital conversation with retired crooks. Retired

Government co-opts religion every time.

The religious fanatics may think they are in the saddle, but the government has the staying power and the ruthlessness to kick them out when it wants. Religion has always been a sort of psychological secret police for the state. When it reduces every political question to a matter of personal morality and salvation, it has done its work.

by John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 975 comments) on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 11:09:06 AM

Wanna be member of the anti-word police, author, columnist, activist and muckraker extraordinaire. Author of:Land, Legacy and Lynching: Building the Future for Black AmericaUrban Asylum: Politics, Lunatics and the Refrigerator Woman Contributing editor: (works in progress)Red, Black, Brown & Green: Ethnic People and the Move to Economic Self-Suficiency Screaming Doors (novel) Screaming Doors
M. DavisWanna be member of the anti-word police, author, columnist, activist and muckraker extraordinaire. Author of:Land, Legacy and Lynching: Building the Future for Black AmericaUrban Asylum: Politics, Lunatics and the Refrigerator Woman Contributing editor: (works in progress)Red, Black, Brown & Green: Ethnic People and the Move to Economic Self-Suficiency Screaming Doors (novel) Screaming Doors

Government has always manipulated religion as an opiate

Damn him if you will, but Marx was dead right when he described religion as an opiate used to control individuals---when you let the state into your religion, the state co-opts the process and uses religion to enhance the power of the state. Now, we have a deadly two headed beast full of power and poison, ready to squash dissent with the power of the pulpit and the executive.

Those who slept through American History class failed to learn a powerful lesson: the seperation of church and state ain't for the protection of the state--it is for the protection of the church. MD

by M. Davis (38 articles, 2 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 132 comments) on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 11:26:42 AM

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The need for religious freedom, equality and pluralism

All those who understand the value of religious freedom, pluralism and equality will appreciate an article I discovered.

It explains how the founding fathers of this nation were very much in favor of religious freedom, equality and pluralism, and very much against religious bigotry and hypocrisy. And it points out other important pieces of American history that are very relevant today in other ways as well. I encourage you to read it.

http://reformationcomingsoon.bravehost.com/AmericanHistory.html

by Sarah Morgan (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 175 comments) on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 1:00:44 PM

Cherry Trees Bible thumping Declaration signers: more tales

The revisionists would have Jefferson, et al,standing in the amen choir, shouting "Amen" when the fundies call for merging church and state. Not so, as any serious Declaration researcher well notes. However, some who need to be led around the hand by biblical, authoritarian daddies in government can't resist the temptation to bring their bad habits to government. md

by M. Davis (38 articles, 2 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 132 comments) on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 5:30:56 PM

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