Supreme Decision: The VFW gets its Mojave acre

[sophia-sadek.livejournal.com]

Here is a Greenwire article about the recent Supreme Court decision to side with the Dept. of Interior on its transfer of an acre of land to the VFW in order to preserve a religious icon. This is a pretty mundane issue, but some purists may agree with the minority that this is a support of a specific cult. It may seem strange that the VFW chose the symbolic tree of state killing to commemorate WW-I deaths. At least they don't set it on fire like the guys in that white supremacist organization.

I feel sorry for all of those families of war dead who are not members of the cult in question. I don't have any immediate family who participated in that conflict. If I did, I would not feel that the VFW represented those members.

I'm perfectly comfortable with the VFW monument in the national park, especially since they will own the land under the monument. What are your esteamed opinions on the matter?

Comments

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

A religion ceases to be a cult around the time it burns its first heretic.....

Good point.

[sophia-sadek.livejournal.com]

At that moment, it is not longer simply a cult but has become a criminal enterprise. Thuggee comes to mind.

Re: Good point.

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

Pffttt.....at that point it ceases to be an entity in its own right and becomes one with the rising and falling fortunes of the world power. Just ask the Buddhists.....

Hmmm

[geezer-also.livejournal.com]

That is actually an interesting thought, I shall have to ponder it.

Re: Hmmm

[underlankers.livejournal.com]

The opinion of an educated, worldly Roman of the Julio-Claudian era about the early church would have been about the same as that of people today as regards schisms in Neopaganism, as 21st Century Neopaganism and 1st Century Christianity have equal influence on the geopolitics of the societies they were present in......

Re: Hmmm

[geezer-also.livejournal.com]

After thinking about the 1st comment, I'm almost positive I understand what you meant. The second comment I just had to read 3 times to make sure I parsed it correctly, and that was fairly easy. The problem is, now I have to figure out just exactly how they fit together.....Oh well it's Thurs, and I have quiet.