FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: The role(s) of religions(s)

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: November 9, 2009 9:38:40 AM CST
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
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> As we try to comprehend the health bill that squeaked through the  
> House, we once again need to look for the complex roles that faiths  
> play in US life (pace Harris and Hitchens). Do liberal forms of  
> religions embody the possible future for all of us OR do they simply  
> front for the atavistic majorities of old forms?
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> Peter Laarman is a major spokesman for <progressive> Christianity.  
> His reflections thus come with some authority.
> Key quote
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> > 	 I see two powerful but (to my mind) quite errant forms of  
> > Christianity, both running with their heads down against  
> > progressive health reform from different directions and both  
> > leaving big nasty bruises in the body of what remains.
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> His whole article deserves a close read, along with the articles  
> linked in the Tikkun Daily below.
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> http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/rdpulpit/2012/bad_religion_leaves_big_bruises%3A_when_christians_threaten_health_care_reform
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> Bob
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> > From: "Dave Belden" <replies.tikkun [at] gmail.com>
> > Date: November 9, 2009 3:11:16 AM CST
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> > Subject: Posts from Tikkun Daily for 11/09/2009
> > Reply-To: "Dave Belden" <replies.tikkun [at] gmail.com>
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> > Right-wing Christians Celebrate Anti-Abortion Add-on to Health Bill
> > Nov 08, 2009 04:42 pm | Alana Yu-lan Price
> > The Religious Right is cheering last night’s passage of the Stupak  
> > amendment, which threatens women’s reproductive rights by severely  
> > limiting insurance companies’ ability to cover the cost of  
> > abortions. “This is a huge pro-life victory for women, their unborn  
> > children, and families,” announced the Family Research Council, a  
> > conservative Christian public policy group that lobbied hard ...
> >
> > comments | read more
> >
> > Kucinich Denounces Health Care Sell-Out by Pelosi and the House Dems
> > Nov 08, 2009 12:29 pm | Rabbi Michael Lerner
> > Under the misleading title of “Health Care Reform” the Obama  
> > Administration and Congressional Democrats have given the insurance  
> > companies the biggest boost in history, and screwed ordinary  
> > Americans. Congressman Dennis Kucinich has the courage to explain  
> > why. Here, in full, are Kucinich’s explanation from his official  
> > website and below it an article from The Raw ...
> >
> > comments | read more
> >
> > Reactions to the House Victory
> > Nov 08, 2009 11:46 am | Dave Belden
> > I am finding I go first these days to Open Left. In a post by Adam  
> > Green: Tonight was the opposite of a “bold progressive” night. With  
> > a huge majority in the House, a vote with only 219 Dems should have  
> > been because progressives pushed this bill to the limit. Instead,  
> > it was watered-down, watered-down, watered-down. ...
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> > comments | read more
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