The religious philosophy which sparks the hatred we see today, that of fundamentalist Christianity, formats itself in a special way. It is represented by "Those Who Cannot Let Go" politicians, pundits, preachers, deciders and losers. It has no real leadership anymore, it is a vocal minority.
They are like children, wanting to have it their way, forever feeding off of tradition and moral values. When a society uses morals values of the society in general, it can be strong. But it is the Moral of society, and not traditional morals based on stagnation, which make it stronger.
Our society is strong because the growth of social norms and acceptance of a variety of different norms as compatible. We have become the Maxist society dreamed about, but quite unfulfillable because our social norms dictate that we must find acceptable social morals and incorperate them into our own.
For generations out world has been dominated by the Moral Majority. These are people whom consult 3000 year old documents to guide our national social moral behavior. Most of them have not diviated from this path of debilitating struture because it is profitable. For the most part this cadre of conservatives called "The Good Old Boys".
Think of them as a gang, and we are in a gang war with the "GOB". Little things that add up are important to them, like bridges and good jobs, including military training. Remember it was a liberal who stopped the draft.
Our healing and growing society is merging globally. No more with a Vocal Minority take absolute control. Haven't we've seen what in the end must happen, the Ba'aath party of Iraq was a vocal conservative minority. Crumbling are the day of the conservative movement in China, communism only works when the people are free to cooperate with society and government.
Government is there is make sure bad things don't happen to anybody.
Our laws are drafted accounting to a set of what the government's moral code is in dealing with the citzens of it's nation. It's role is to develope laws which do not strain the populace with beurocricy, but at the same time fulfill its need to grow and develop itself. Government is a different society from Human society. Though made up of humans, the are the pariah we must avaiod losing succor with.
In order to function our society needs government to maintain a distance from us, but be ever present should mediation is needed in personal disputes. Government must not impose the moralistic values of its membership on it citizens, it must impose a moralistic value upon itself, which must stand aside from Social morality.
The ever increasing problem is not the minority who feels left out, it is the minority that is not left out. This one controls by tell us what to think, what type of people we are to have, what we are allowed to do, and what type of people we want to become. Small government means more government trying to keep us behind, whereas large government means less government control.
Fundamentalist Christianity need to get out of our schools, out of our homes and out of our lives. It needs to cease being a busybody and start acting like a member of our society or it just needs to die out, fade into nothing.
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wow I Have got to stop writing stoned, this makes less sense than I normally do
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