Religious Divide Across The Atlantic.

Irrational secular hatred is brought up in
this excellent article from across the pond.
Here in the States we still have a stronger
belief in religion and God. When compared
to Europe, we are blessed beyond measure
but the same irrational secular hatred is easily
found and quite popular in our current society.
Obama and his agenda, his no Christmas for his
family, the fact that there was almost not a
Creche' displayed inside the White House this
past Christmas supports this irrational secular
hatred. I believe it is an intentional move on
Obama's part. This fits perfectly with the far
left wanting to strip any mention of any
religion(especially if it has anything to do
with being Christian or Jewish) from our
schools and government.


Obama and the demosocialistacrats want
to push America into a model of Europe.
That is reason enough for us not to let this
current administration push over the edge
into accepting irrational secular hatred as
the 'normal' for this country and our society.


Religious Divide Across The Atlantic


From the Brussel Journel

From the desk of Marc Huybrechts

Numerous past European travelers to America have commented on the apparent importance of religion to (most) Americans. Some did so in a positive way, while others appeared to be more prejudicial. Among the former, Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” from the 1820’s remains a classic work of reference, but this article will be more concerned with the opinions of a contemporary commentator, Josef Joffe, the editor/publisher of the German newspaper Die Zeit in Hamburg, Germany(*).
Among the negative critics, some deserve special mention, two from the past and one from the present. While escaping to Philadelphia from the great terror of the French Revolution, Talleyrand is reported to have half-joked “Thirty-two religions and only one dish to eat” (**). It is not clear whether the irony of the situation was apparent to Talleyrand, or not, but Joffe has called this “an archetype of the European Kulturkritik of America”. And the great German philosopher Hegel complained about too many American “sects which rise to the extreme of insanity, many of which conduct services in the grip of ecstasy and even the most sensual silliness” (***). Obviously, Hegel could not foresee the “insanity” of nazi rituals that were to follow much later in Germany, nor the Obamamania among Berlin’s youth today. Already then, rapture, physicality, and anarchy, did not jive well with the old European protestant mind, and one shudders to think what Hegel would have thought of contemporary televangelists. But, a recent incident or anecdote, as reported by Joffe, is even more interesting and telling:


Continue reading here:

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4251