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The 'soul of Europe' feeds on poor children | 19 comments (19 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The 'soul of Europe' feeds on poor children (4.00 / 3)

You miss a bit about the religious right: they're the sort of people that believe material wealth is a sign of how highly God thinks of you. If you have money you are blessed. Unless you're not, for being Jewish or black or something, in which case you came by it illegitimately.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Apr 2nd, 2007 at 09:25:07 AM EST

Re: The 'soul of Europe' feeds on poor children (none / 1)

Calvinist racaille.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Apr 2nd, 2007 at 04:49:41 PM EST
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Re: The 'soul of Europe' feeds on poor children (none / 1)

Perhaps Babylonian as well.

by das monde on Mon Apr 2nd, 2007 at 09:08:48 PM EST
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Re: The 'soul of Europe' feeds on poor children (none / 1)

Some certainly do. My experience was the opposite - I got a large dose of "it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven." Even within the Lutheran church I saw a lot of both extremes.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Apr 3rd, 2007 at 01:17:30 AM EST
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Re: The 'soul of Europe' feeds on poor children (none / 1)

Step over to the diary on The Authoritarians with this discussion. The religious right-wing authoritarian followers tend to be rather egalitarian (as demanded by the Gospel's teachings you refer to) within their in-group while the religious right-wing authoritarian social-dominator leaders tend to subscribe to a more elitist view as long as they are the elite.

But also, Christian Fundamentalists believe in salvation through grace, not deeds, and it is very easy to attribute wealth to grace (at least within the in-group).

Finally, Fundamentalists are able to hold contradictory opinions without their heads exploding.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Apr 3rd, 2007 at 04:22:43 AM EST
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