Taking No Pleasure in Being Correct

Back in December 2004 I titled a post The Next Wave of Socialists Will Arise from Churches, after reading an article titled Pushing Poverty into ‘moral values’ debate Some religious leaders trying to broaden discussion beyond abortion and marriage, which can be read at the link.  Almost five years later, I posted a November 2009 redux, after reading a piece informing individuals about Obama’s religious mentor, Jeremiah Wright, which can be read at that November 2009 link.  This is what I said in December 2004.

I have a deep respect for individuals’ personal religious beliefs, as long as they keep them personal, and individual.  I think, though, that organized religions, which form advocacy groups, with names like National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, or Christian Churches Together in the USA, have the potential to bring forth the next wave of socialist purges, and kumbyaism, in the name of God of course

I take no pleasure in being correct in regards to where the next wave of socialists will arise from, especially after reading a Charles Blow op-ed in The New York Times titled Rise of the Religious Left, wherein the following can be read.

People often ask whether the Republican Party will have to move to the left to remain viable. However, the question rarely asked is whether the growing religiosity on the left will push the Democrats toward the right.

At the moment, that answer is both yes and no. On the one hand, unlike John Kerry before him, Barack Obama made a strong play for the religious vote on his march to the White House. It worked so well that it’s likely to continue, if not intensify, among Democratic candidates. On the other hand, the religious left is not the religious right. The left isn’t as organized or assertive. For the most part, it seems to have made its peace with the mishmash of morality under the Democratic umbrella, rallying instead around some core Democratic tenets: protection of, and equality for, the disenfranchised and providing greater opportunity and assistance for the poor.

Both the religious left and right present a danger to all Americans when they attempt to misapply the Word of God to political means, rather than to personal and individual faith.

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