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If you instill fear in people of a "theocracy" being imposed on them by leaders who are faithful to their religious values, you can control the way they think and vote.

This is why some, seemingly intelligent, people fear George W. Bush. They were just SURE he was going to create a Theocracy! These kinds of folks are suspicious of anyone who mentions religion in public. Stephen Carter from Harvard wrote a book about that; folks just get nervous when other start talking about religion outside of Church. They distrust folks they consider overly religious, cause they think they're being proselytized.

A friend of our #1 son said once that he was worried about President Bush pushing his own religion on the country, thus forming a Theocracy. I asked him where he was getting this idea; what kinds of publications did he read? He mentioned "The Guardian", and I told him he needed to broaden his mind and read other publications that might present a different point of view. Heck even I read the New York Times and the Washington Post from time to time!

I told him he needed to broaden his mind and read other publications that might present a different point of view. Heck even I read the New York Times and the Washington Post from time to time!

Or ... you can cancel all subscriptions and get your news right here ;-)

About a year ago, my wife and I were eating at a local Chinese buffet place. There was a man there ranting and raving about how the “Christers” were going to try to take over the country and “someone needs to do something about it.”

That shocked me, but I have heard it more and more. Later I had a co worker tell me that he feared me voting and being active in politics since I was a Christian. He was (and might still be) convinced that I was going try to launch a theocratic coup.

This is classic propaganda. First you plant the seed, then you dehumanize your opponent, and then can move against them.

Guess what point we are in.