Comments on: There Is Improperly Mixing Politics and Religion, And Then There Is The… http://www.article6blog.com/2008/10/13/there-is-improperly-mixing-politics-and-religion-and-then-there-is-the/ "Religion, Politics, the Presidency: Commentary by a Mormon, an Evangelical, and an Orthodox Christian" Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: BigMG http://www.article6blog.com/2008/10/13/there-is-improperly-mixing-politics-and-religion-and-then-there-is-the/comment-page-1/#comment-12792 BigMG Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:29:36 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/10/13/there-is-improperly-mixing-politics-and-religion-and-then-there-is-the/#comment-12792 When describing his candidate as "my jesus" he has identified the object of his blind obedience. Oddly, the real Jesus would never ask such a thing, only an <em>anti-jesus</em>. You don't hear that kind of ranting among Conservatives because, for the most part, they say things like, "I think that so-n-so is the best choice". Prosaic, but usually accurate. Those true believers have surrendered thought for feelings. Groupthink: "He's my homeboy." That's about as notional as one can go. <blockquote>92. The total surrender of a distinct self is a prerequisite for the attainment of both unity and self-sacrifice; and there is probably no more direct way of realizing this surrender than by inculcation and extolling the habit of blind obedience.</blockquote> - Eric Hoffer, <em>The True Believer</em> When describing his candidate as “my jesus” he has identified the object of his blind obedience. Oddly, the real Jesus would never ask such a thing, only an anti-jesus.

You don’t hear that kind of ranting among Conservatives because, for the most part, they say things like, “I think that so-n-so is the best choice”. Prosaic, but usually accurate.

Those true believers have surrendered thought for feelings. Groupthink: “He’s my homeboy.” That’s about as notional as one can go.

92. The total surrender of a distinct self is a prerequisite for the attainment of both unity and self-sacrifice; and there is probably no more direct way of realizing this surrender than by inculcation and extolling the habit of blind obedience.

– Eric Hoffer, The True Believer

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