Comments on: There Is A Limit! http://www.article6blog.com/2008/04/12/there-is-a-limit/ Religion in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: Commentary by an Evangelical Christian and a Mormon Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:38:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: TVHall http://www.article6blog.com/2008/04/12/there-is-a-limit/#comment-12525 TVHall Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:47:39 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/04/12/there-is-a-limit/#comment-12525 This is where the separation of religion and politics gets tricky. Marx's statement about religion being the opiate of the masses wasn't directed towards eliminating religion. His intent was merely to get them hooked on a different opiate, his opiate. As the ideologic heir to this point of view, modern liberalism (or progressivism, or whatever other euphemism is used) seeks the same goal. This is when the left's belief system moves from mere ideology to full-fledged theology, with the State (and those who run it) as its core. It is a mindset that is older than the earth itself. Give them power and they will see to it that all are "saved." It's not easy fighting that notion while keeping religion and politics separate. This is where the separation of religion and politics gets tricky. Marx’s statement about religion being the opiate of the masses wasn’t directed towards eliminating religion. His intent was merely to get them hooked on a different opiate, his opiate.

As the ideologic heir to this point of view, modern liberalism (or progressivism, or whatever other euphemism is used) seeks the same goal. This is when the left’s belief system moves from mere ideology to full-fledged theology, with the State (and those who run it) as its core.

It is a mindset that is older than the earth itself. Give them power and they will see to it that all are “saved.” It’s not easy fighting that notion while keeping religion and politics separate.

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