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[madbaker]

"The 20th century was marked by two totalitarian ideologies: political fanaticism in Moscow and racist fanaticism in Berlin. Now we face a third fanaticism, religious fanaticism, which dominated the Middle Ages but is back and growing."
--Elie Wiesel

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Yup.

[gaudete1066.livejournal.com]

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

--Ecclesiastes 1:9

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

My immediate reaction to the "third fanaticism" bit is ... "And what's that happening here in America? Seems like some relgious fanaticism here as well ..."

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

I was waiting to see who would say that.
So far, the only "state religion" I've seen is the anti-Bush feeling in California.

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

First, I never said there was a state religion, but I have seen those at the top, particularly in the Bush administration and supporters of said administration really pushing their religious agendas to the point that goes well beyond the concept of separation of church and state ...

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

It was a play on words.
"Lighten up, Francis." -Sgt. Hulka