Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Socialists Co-opt God

As an individual of faith, it continually amazes me what political ideologies, right, left, socialist, what have you, look to in order to enforce their view points on others.  There is not one organized political machine, or religion, that even considers the fact that we are all sovereign individuals.  In fact, organized political parties and religions are, for the most part, terrified of individuals who can think for themselves and who willingly accept personal responsibility for their actions.  In the U.S., Republicans, today, seem to claim that God is on their side. Democrats also desire the fear of God in their camp, and have, in past, claimed God’s seal of approval for their machinations.  Though we must not forget that today, Dean is claiming God is in his camp, so maybe God is switching sides.

Not wanting to feel left out of the God camp, the socialists, in a reversal of Marxist ideology, are now hoping to tap into the power of God to club back to life their failed attempts to control individuals.  I guess the more clubs you have in your tool bag, the easier it is to enforce your rules.

I mention this because In These Times has published a review of a book by Slavoj Zizek entited "The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity." The review, written by Eugene McCarraher, delves into some of Zizek’s postulations, and, as the following lilttle snippet shows, makes for interesting reading.

”...seeking to unite the existential and political import of Christian faith—extracted from its “religious” trappings—with a revitalized revolutionary Marxism."

I wonder if they sprinkled holy water on the book?

Anyway, the review is entitled “A Merry Marxy Christmas."

What does God think of all this?  Well I’m not certain, but I’d put my money on the guess that He is laughing his ass off at these petty thinkers, mind controllers and pretenders to power. Or, that He’s pissed and waiting for individuals to kick these charlatans to the curb with the rest of the rubbish that has accumulated as “wisdom” since so called thinkers decided to use force to control inidividuals.

Via Arts & Letters Daily.

Posted by John Venlet on 12/30 at 08:38 AM
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