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  • Modern Progressivism, The Making Of A New Inquisition

    07/01/2017 8:39:47 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 12 replies
    English edition • WORLDCRUNCH ^ | 29 Jun, 2017 | João Pereira Coutinho FOLHA DE S. PAULO
    Can you be a Christian and a politician? I'm not talking about a fundamentalist who would seek to apply Biblical precepts across all of society. I'm talking about a "moderate" Christian, one who knows how to distinguish between the moral principles that rule his life and the secular values that rule the life of the wider community....... Machiavelli's response to this question was brutal: No, there isn't. And to cite Isaiah Berlin's interpretation of Machiavelli: Christianity is an estimable religion, admirable even. But works only for private matters........ We're all sinners. Or rather, I do not. Because the initial question...