To: Borges
I suppose a nihilist would think so..
115 posted on
10/24/2006 3:02:09 PM PDT by
Conservative Coulter Fan
(I am defiantly proud of being part of the Religious Right in America.)
To: Conservative Coulter Fan; wideawake
Don't sugarcoat it! Anyway from what I've read about Calvin's Geneva it sure sounds dictatorial. Not to smear all the good Calvinists today and since then but Calvin the man left a lot to be desired. Ever heard of Michael Servetus?
139 posted on
10/24/2006 4:42:55 PM PDT by
Borges
To: Conservative Coulter Fan; Borges
While Calvin's Geneva was certainly run like a totalitarian state, it was tiny and you were allowed to leave.
Not so in Cromwell's Britain.
171 posted on
10/25/2006 4:00:40 AM PDT by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Conservative Coulter Fan; Borges
I would also point out that the revolutionary theorist Rousseau was a Genevan who, although he rejected Calvin's theology, idolized the strict totalitarianism and regimentation of Calvin's administrative policies.
His model for a total state, which was implemented by the Committee Of Public Safety during The Reign Of Terror of 1793/1794, was derived from his admiring reflection on Calvin's Geneva.
Calvin was the tutor of Rousseau, who was the tutor of Robespierre, who was the tutor of Blanqui who was the tutor of Lenin.
The conservative historian Paul Johnson discusses some of the aspects of this heritage in his book Intellectuals.
172 posted on
10/25/2006 4:10:43 AM PDT by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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