Re: Harvard's intellectual culture discourages identification with Christians...

On 4/21/06, RFaussette@aol.com <RFaussette@aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 4/21/2006 5:01:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> rich.blinne@gmail.com writes:
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> As you should see, if the authors merely criticized Israel of its many
> obvious faults and didn't fall into conspiracy theories I would be on their
> side.
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> *They don't fall into "conspiracy theories." That's precisely the
> epithet people are charged with when they examine Israel or Judaism
> objectively and it's wrong. You can see that these two men are scholars, so
> why would they risk their reputations and their livelihood to spin
> "conspiracy theories?"*
>

Because it is anti-war. Going after the Israel lobby is merely a means
towards that end. The problem was that it was so over-the-top even other
people who also opposed the war couldn't stomach it. They opposed it not
because of some uber-lobby but because it made their cause look bad. What
the opponents of this on the left are doing is similar to what we do when
the YEC come up with outrageous claims. We distance ourselves not because of
a scientific cabal but because it makes Christians look stupid. From the
essay you referenced:

> It must be emphasized that the two authors do not say anything that has
> not been noted before by non-Establishment writers. As antiwar commentator
> Justin Raimondo observed: "I am glad to see the Kennedy School is finally
> catching up to the level of analysis long available here at Antiwar.com<http://antiwar.com/>:
> it's a good sign, albeit long overdue."

What does this have to do with religion and science? They're smearing
MacDonald's work because it scientifically identifies the processes of the
anti-Semitic cycle and the true nature of the old covenant (I would think
this would be of vital interest to this group) and explains how it is that
Christianity is on the defensive in the West.

 You totally lost me here. This is such a non sequiter my hair hurts. What
does this have to do with religion and science? If you push an agenda into
the ground, it is neither good religion nor good science.

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Received on Fri Apr 21 19:56:26 2006