Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc: I covered news events from the early 70's until the mid 90's and I'd like to think my rationale is based on objective observations. I agree with your statement about many left-wing Christians but the activism with that group seems to be on a different level. I've seen the right-wing variety of Christians spit, throw stones and yell obscenities at others who didn't share their world view. In the late 80's and early 90's there were rocket launches at KSC with vehicles containing nuclear power devices. Naturally, the "left-wing" hordes of environmentalists, peaceniks, quasi-anarchists, and hippies were out in force. On the distaff side we had the "right-wing" toadies consisting of super patriots, bible-toting soldiers of God, self-proclaimed heavenly missionaries and others of that ilk. All in all, it became a fairly good representation of Reagan's America Once you see a Baptist preacher waving a bible and stating "God wants us to have nukes in space" it becomes hard to forget. I'm sure there is a vast difference between your ( and Buckley's) right-wing view of the world and what exists here in the bible-belt. Unfortunately, rationality is not preached in Sunday schools and that is a bit unnerving. Wrap a towel around Jerry Falwell's head and his views become almost mulla-esque. BTW, Covered Falwell at a press conference once and was impressed with his straight forward approach and apparent honesty. Still, he is one of those who feel it is their right to make everyone toe God's mark and that is unacceptable. In all honesty, I've never,ever,ever ...seen a right-wing political activist who didn't have a bible somewhere handy. What is even more bizarre might be the number of "God-fearin Christians" with a bible in one pocket and a 9mm in the other. Peace Walt p.s. I disavow any political affiliations, right or left. Politics and religion are much akin to medieval plagues. >>>the reactions of our own (edited out in my original post) Christian >>>Right salivating over a "commie disaster" is hard to deny. Holier than >>>thou always strikes me as the unholiest of all. >>> >>> >>Walt >> >>I am not certain why you insist on conflating Christian and Right-Wing -- >>many Christians are rather Left-Wing politically, and many Right-Wingers >>are agnostic, if that matters a bit. And I do not recall any of the sort >>of polemics of the sort you describe when the Chernobyl disaster occurred - >>and at that time, I was rather active in what you would probably describe >>as "Right-Wing" politics. I do recall a lot of comments from engineers >>about the various warnings the West had sent the USSR over the decade or >>more prior to the disaster about the dangers they were running. though. >> >> >