lin, I spent the 90's in Ireland. One thing I observed was that the labels "Catholic" and "Protestant" were coopted by the politics and became largely cultural code names and short hand for discrimination. I think something similar of the term "Christianity" in our U.S. society. Our founders were Deists, perhaps "godly" men, but for pu…
lin, I spent the 90's in Ireland. One thing I observed was that the labels "Catholic" and "Protestant" were coopted by the politics and became largely cultural code names and short hand for discrimination. I think something similar of the term "Christianity" in our U.S. society. Our founders were Deists, perhaps "godly" men, but for purposes of the Constitution, in a mostly civil religion sense. Your point about "freedom from" and "freedom of" religion being at risk is important, I think. The Opus Dei, Federalist crew live in a pocket of extremism they have veneered with the label "Christian" but which actually has precious little to do with it. The term has been coopted and used to discriminate against others deemed unsuitable. Thank you!
lin, I spent the 90's in Ireland. One thing I observed was that the labels "Catholic" and "Protestant" were coopted by the politics and became largely cultural code names and short hand for discrimination. I think something similar of the term "Christianity" in our U.S. society. Our founders were Deists, perhaps "godly" men, but for purposes of the Constitution, in a mostly civil religion sense. Your point about "freedom from" and "freedom of" religion being at risk is important, I think. The Opus Dei, Federalist crew live in a pocket of extremism they have veneered with the label "Christian" but which actually has precious little to do with it. The term has been coopted and used to discriminate against others deemed unsuitable. Thank you!