Religion, Secularism and Homosexuality

[Eric the Green]

(06-13-2016, 12:36 PM)radind Wrote:

(06-13-2016, 01:50 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: The fact is that we read those 14 points during the Bush-Cheney administration, and many of us thought then that we were on the verge of fascism because so many of them applied to the USA. And especially the last point, which put Bush in office.

Beware of preparing to fight the last war. In my opinion the majority worldview in the US is now some form of secularism and Christianity is now  a minority religion.  I don't see fascism in the USA, but I am am concerned about a tyranny of the majority ( the secularist majority).

And I am more concerned about the Christian majority. It is they and not secularists who threaten freedom of religion.

Again, I just seem to have a keen grasp of the obvious. It is my only virtue, perhaps. And it's also obvious (as demonstrated here) how many people cannot grasp the obvious.

8.Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

As in Karl Rove's famous strategy: just get the religious right's support, and that will get us elected. Worked in 2004.