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» pink101 - Good Article

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Another good article, Bryan. Thanks for your good work.
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As an ex-evangelical Christian of long standing who has finally been able to free himself from the subjective experience of what it means to be a Christian, I think I see things most others cannot--Christian or not.
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If you look at an x-y line graph and see the long line over time coming to a 'knee' at the end of a long and slightly up-sloping line, you can imagine there was an impact of some explosive force that caused the sharp upturn we call the knee. (The x representing time and the y representing action. 2,000 years?)
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I think the 'explosive force' is the humongous increase in communication. We have come to a place where it is increasingly more difficult to disguise purposes and to present false information to the public in Western Civilization. That is in spite of the efforts of leaders to operate covertly. Common people easily see through the propagandistic efforts of their leaders. Whereas the German people during the rise of the socialist republic of Nazi Germany were unable to see through the propaganda of their leaders, we--in the twenty-first century--can see through the blather being laid down by our leaders. And, I'm not connoting our present political leadership. My focus is on the subject of your article.
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We know that what the Israeli government's administration is doing with the expansion of its borders is illegal and immoral. And, a large percentage (a majority?) of Americans know that it is condoned by Christianist evangelical organizations. So, without going into any more detail about the situation, I am suggesting that the 'knee' off the line on the graph that measures reaction is just beginning to form. And, I'm wondering what part it will play in our national politics over the next several years as they unfold.
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The honeymoon seems to be coming to an end when a Christmas tree cannot be displayed in public without it being seen as an anti-semitic act that needs some rabbi to sue the facility for damages.
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-- posted by pink101