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Jan
18
2012

Illuminating article on how the phrase "one nation under God" snuck its way back onto dollars...

Atheism looks better every day... I mean, "Christian Libertarianism"? The implied concept of submission reminds me of *other* religious fundamentalisms, none of which are any good.
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Christianity, in Mr. Fifield’s interpretation, closely resembled capitalism, as both were systems in which individuals rose or fell on their own. The welfare state, meanwhile, violated most of the Ten Commandments. It made a “false idol” of the federal government, encouraged Americans to covet their neighbors’ possessions, stole from the wealthy and, ultimately, bore false witness by promising what it could never deliver.

Throughout the 1930s and ’40s, Mr. Fifield and his allies advanced a new blend of conservative religion, economics and politics that one observer aptly anointed “Christian libertarianism.”
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Nov
28
2008

David Weinberger has a nice post on Thanksgiving, and I left a comment. File under atheism/ agnosticism and religion.

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