James Kirchik notes hypocrisy from those who pillory the so-called Religious Right but stay mum or openly support the Religious Left.
I do agree that to whatever extent there is such a bogeyman as the “Religious Right” it is often exaggerated, and those who do the most raging about it and the supposed danger it represents to secularism are also the most likely to shut up when one of their own is a religious figure.
There is, of course, an anti-American religious right, just like there’s an anti-American religious left. What I find odd is how seldome we talk about the religious left, as if they are meaningless or utterly lack power or clout.
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There’s nothing odd about it. What we do here, on this blog, is mostly react to what the mass media is reporting. We’re often talking about how they get something wrong, misrepresent something, or utterly ignore a glaring fact. Well, there’s no need for the media to bring up the religious left because the religious left is on their side. They’re push the same "progressive" worldview that the rest of the far left is. The religious left isn’t a threat. The religious right is.
It’s that simple.
I don’t pillory anybody over religion much anymore. Maybe some wise-ass comments now and then. I wouldn’t truly be Arnold Harris without that. But at this stage of my life, I figure everybody is entitled to his, her or their own cosmology. Just so they don’t get too much into my face with their own beliefs or lack of them.
And inasmuch as I reject belief-based systems in general, I can’t think of a more honest way of handling this stuff.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
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