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...at best 99% anthropomorphizing fable, and often consciously designed to enslave you. Ironically, in the modern West the relationship between church and stat
by bokonist 18y ago
...at best 99% anthropomorphizing fable, and often consciously designed to enslave you.
Ironically, in the modern West the relationship between church and state has been almost entirely severed. Christianity is now mostly harmless. The truly dangerous religions are the civic/nationalistic religions. Instead of pledging to God, we pledge to the flag. Instead of wearing crosses we wear lapel pins. We even get to elect a high priest every four years ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY&feature=relat... ). And unlike Christianity, nationalism has conscription and nuclear bombs. The history of the 20th century shows that dropping the "God" label did not get rid of religion, it made religion far more insidious and dangerous.
- asdflkj 18y agoYou're mainly talking about the modern USA, not the modern West. And USA happens to be the most Christian of Western nations. In other Western countries, too, the state religion is roughly proportional to Christianity. UK, for example, is midway between USA and Sweden in both respects. Unless state religion causes Christianity (unlikely, IMO), that leaves us with two possibilities: either Christianity causes state religion, or they are both just different faces of the same mentality. In either case, your assertion that "Christianity is now mostly harmless" is wrong.