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To: Wallace T.
Sam Francis and Revilo Oliver, intellectual leaders in this camp, were atheists.

Yep, atheist/scientific skull-measurers, both of them, but they have their pseudo-theocratic defenders. Many "palaeos" are mere traditionalist utilitarians rather than actual believers.

There is an inherent contradiction between believing that "the earth is not my home" and turning the local Southern Baptist, Nazarene, Bible, PCA, or Assemblies of God church into a center of political activism.

Not if your goal is not so much a heaven of disembodied spirits as a restored Eden or Kingdom of G-d on earth, which Fundamentalism had largely become for a while. However, the more political Fundamentalists have become the less important the "millenium" has become and the more similar to the Constantinian Catholic Church they have become.

Of course I'm a Noachide myself, so I'm waiting for Mashiach to transform the world into a Halakhic Theocracy, so the problems and internal contradictions of various chr*stian groups don't apply to me.

332 posted on 01/19/2006 10:39:44 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Shallach 'et `ammi veya`avduni!)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
Of course I'm a Noachide myself, so I'm waiting for Mashiach to transform the world into a Halakhic Theocracy, so the problems and internal contradictions of various chr*stian groups don't apply to me.

Cool.

This might come as a surprise to others, as it did to me:

The U.S. Congress officially recognized the Noahide Laws in legislation which was passed by both houses. Congress and the President of the United States, George Bush, indicated in Public Law 102-14, 102nd Congress, that the United States of America was founded upon the Seven Universal Laws of Noah, and that these Laws have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization. They also acknowledged that the Seven Laws of Noah are the foundation upon which civilization stands and that recent weakening of these principles threaten the fabric of civilized society, and that justified preoccupation in educating the Citizens of the United States of America and future generations is needed. For this purpose, this Public Law designated March 26, 1991 as Education Day, U.S.A.

Comments Concerning the Noachide Law, the Mosaic Law, Judaism and Christianity

And indeed, Congress did:

Whereas Congress recognizes the historical tradition of ethical values and principles which are the basis of civilized society and upon which our great Nation was founded;

Whereas these ethical values and principles have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization, when they were known as the Seven Noahide Laws . . .

Public Law 102-14

So much to learn (or remember).  So little time.

344 posted on 01/19/2006 11:53:16 AM PST by Racehorse (Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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