Puritanism of the rich

[Otto]

> >
> >On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 10:32, Otto wrote:
> > > Puritanism of the rich
> > >
> > > Bush's ideology has its roots in 17th century preaching that the world
> > > exists to be conquered
> >
> >Not sure the Republicans NEED any ideology in the year 2004 except
> >ANYTHING GOES. Today the real business of politics is getting and/or
> >staying rich. Having God on one's side has became just a SIDEshow.
>

This has always been the case.

>
> real belief is for the morons, the cannon fodder.  today's theocrapalism
is,
> conversely, real ideology: the  profession of faith as an openly secret
> signal that you don't believe at all.  just like you have to say, 'hi, how
> are you?' to satisfy people that you don't give a shit, who would be
> offended if you didn't ask.
>
> well, it's not as if christianity wasn't always about cheap magic tricks,
> anyway.
>

And I'm quite sure that already the pre-Christian Roman rulers who'd called
themselves "gods" were in fact atheists.

Otto