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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Sep 21, 2006, at 12:13 PM, Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> On 9/21/06, Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org> wrote:
> > My impression is that the Bush Administration's main supporters are
> > religious conservatives, who are more interested in supporting one of
> > their own, and thus don't notice that the administration's policies
> > aren't actually conservative.
>
> They aren't actually Christian (which is what they mean when they
> say "religious right") either.  All that "love your neighbor as
> yourself" stuff goes right over their heads.

I'm sure the professional students of religion on this list know more  
about it, but as an outside observer of religion there are two models  
of Christianity, the nurturing, "left wing" model, and the  
conservative "angry god" model.  There are parallels between a  
person's attitude towards various authority figures, including God,  
the government, and their own parents.

I've really got to learn to keep my mouth shut on this stuff.  At a  
recent dinner party at a fancy restaurant I ordered the shrimp  
appetizer, and noticed that no one else was eating it.  I tried  
offering some to the person next to me, and he refused.  I asked if  
he'd seen the website http://godhatesshrimp.com, and he replied "I  
know very well what God hates, I'm a Rabbi!".

And for more fun there's also http://godhatesfigs.com :-)

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Michael Czeiszperger
Chapel Hill, NC
michael AT czeiszperger.org