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From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: state and religion
Message-ID: <30@unc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 16:30:51 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  9 16:30:51 1985
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> 	There was a recent newspaper article about a government 
> official who wrote favorably about state religion to a group of
> church schools. This did not disturb the Reagan administration.
> It should disturb everyone who is a Christian; after all, Jesus
> was put to death by the cooperation of the official political 
> and religious powers of that time.
> 	Doesn't anyone remember the Holy Roman Empire, or the 
> persecution of Quakers and other sects at the time of the English
> Revolution? Why do you think the First Amendment guarantees freedom
> of religion, of assembly, and of speech, in one declaration? 

What makes you think the Fundamentalists in the Reagan administration
and their supporters in the religious right care about the First
Amendment? America is a pluralistic society, and these people would
like nothing better than to see pluralism abolished and a right-wing
'Christian' state established (but their brand of Christianity, of
course). There's a book available in paperback called 'Holy Terror';
it describes in detail the Fundamentalist right's agenda for America.
My impression of the book is that the authors' extreme paranoia is not
entirely justified given the facts they report, but any freedom-loving
American should be aware that fanatics are close to the seats of power
and are getting closer every day.

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"Oh, yes, he's a Christian."			W. F. Ingogly
"But is he a REAL Christian??"			Univ. of North Carolina