Re: Harvard’s intellectual culture discourages identification with Christianity

On 4/17/06, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> *Then there's this little item I posted this morning -- See if you can
> find the "take home quote" within the article:
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> Barone:* Will Democrats Win Control of the House in November?
> Creator's Syndicate ^ | April 17, 2006 *| Michael Barone
> *Posted on 04/17/2006 6:44:17 AM EDT by RWR8189
> 68 posted on 04/17/2006 9:21:10 AM EDT by Matchett-PI
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616342/posts?page=68#68
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> ~ Janice
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I take it that you like Ike. :-)

To quote Michael Barone:

We have a highly polarized politics that divides us along cultural lines.
> Those cultural divisions tend to be more important to voters than their
> ratings of presidents' and parties' performance. The polarization is
> exacerbated by the fact that Bill Clinton and George W. Bush both happen to
> have personal characteristics -- I don't have to spell them out, do I? --
> that people on the other side of the cultural divide absolutely loathe.
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According to Eisenhower freedom is not entrusted to the timid. But, does
history entrust freedom to the obnoxious? Did Jesus teach us to hate our
enemy? Or to quote another former President and Jesus again:

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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What is truly disturbing is that at least during the Eisenhower
Administration there was a watered down common ground sometimes called
ceremonial deism which Eisenhower used to combat "godless communism". Even
if most Americans were not explicitly Christian at least we spoke something
close to the same language.

The Harvard study is not at all actionable by the Democrats. The political
divide mentioned by Barone above makes religious rapprochement with voters
like myself impossible. The bitter secularists won't allow it to happen.
Unfortunately, the divide works in the other direction also. That is, many
Democrats view the Gospel as merely a recasting of the virtues of
Republicanism and thus reject it. Barone is a much better political
scientist than Morris so oh goody we will win the next election. I guess I
just gave away my political affiliation. :-) Nevertheless, it is small
comfort to me when my neighbors are perishing.
Received on Mon Apr 17 16:22:42 2006