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To: magslinger
Religion: "belief in a divine or superhuman power to be obeyed and worshipped."

Hmm...maybe you are right.
Well, I really don't agree, though I can't argue that there are some common characteristics between Marxism and religion.

BTW, your homepage kind of resonates with me...are your watercolors online anywhere?
11 posted on 02/06/2004 7:12:34 PM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Sam Cree
If it looks and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck.:)

None of my watercolors are on-line as yet, but that Corsair II on my page was my canvas a bunch of years ago. We weren't given a lot of creative control, though.

12 posted on 02/06/2004 7:39:38 PM PST by magslinger ("...shall not be infringed" means shall not be infringed.)
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To: Sam Cree; magslinger
Well, I really don't agree, though I can't argue that there are some common characteristics between Marxism and religion.

From the Unabomber Manifesto:

218. Various thinkers have pointed out that leftism is a kind of religion. Leftism is not a religion in the strict sense because leftist doctrine does not postulate the existence of any supernatural being. But, for the leftist, leftism plays a psychological role much like that which religion plays for some people. The leftist NEEDS to believe in leftism; it plays a vital role in his psychological economy. His beliefs are not easily modified by logic or facts. He has a deep conviction that leftism is morally Right with a capital R, and that he has not only a right but a duty to impose leftist morality on everyone. (However, many of the people we are referring to as "leftists" do not think of themselves as leftists and would not describe their system of beliefs as leftism. We use the term "leftism" because we don't know of any better words to designate the spectrum of related creeds that includes the feminist, gay rights, political correctness, etc., movements, and because these movements have a strong affinity with the old left. See paragraphs 227-230.)

16 posted on 02/07/2004 11:36:28 AM PST by MegaSilver
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