BuzzFlash interview: Rabbi James Rudin
Working for Change - USA
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=20366
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BuzzFlash interview: Rabbi James Rudin
The 'Christocrats' are here
The Christian right's political influence in America today has puzzled many
of us. How did gay marriage become the biggest debate of the 2004 election
season? And Terri Schiavo, where did that shameful episode come from? Not
to mention, why has the Air Force Academy been pushing a narrow religious
view on its cadets? Now someone has written a truly illuminating book to
help Americans better understand these phenomena. Rabbi James Rudin, a
former Air Force chaplain and participant in high level international
forums on religion, has spent the bulk of his career building bridges of
understanding between diverse religious groups. His new book, The Baptizing
of America: The Religious Right's Plans for the Rest of Us, shows just when
and how a very narrow segment of the population began telling government,
and all Americans, what our "values" and behavior should be. He looks at
church and state, and at historical and contemporary facts, and brings us
clarity.
.... BuzzFlash: What separates a "Christocrat" from someone who is a true
believer in Christianity but also respects the separation of church and
state? ...
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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