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talkpoliticsSome people make the vain assertion that Communism (of the Marxist-Leninist variety) is not a religion. As a student of religion, I couldn't fail to see the religious zealotry in the reaction of an accusation of blasphemy upon referring to Marx as "Uncle Karl." Where can we find acts of blasphemy in the American religion? Is flag burning an act of blasphemy?
During the catastrophe of the past decade, the people at an Internet site sold bumper stickers with an inverted flag. To gung-ho Bush worshipers, such an act of political expression may have seemed blasphemous. Did the Tea Partiers who now fly their flags inverted do so back in the day? Are they true believers in the American faith, or are they just in it for the money?
An American soldier recounted her experience in Iraq observing a woman and her infant lying dead by the side of the road. Such an atrocity cannot be seen as anything but the unfortunate consequences of Saddam Hussein's policy of deceiving people into thinking he still had an arsenal of weapons similar to the ones American soldiers employed during the previous century. If the fault of the dead baby were placed on the shoulders of American cowardice and delusion, that would be an act of blasphemy.
Do you have any experience of being accused of blasphemy, whether by a faithful American, a worshipful Marxist, or a zealous Bushite? If not, what are you doing wrong?
During the catastrophe of the past decade, the people at an Internet site sold bumper stickers with an inverted flag. To gung-ho Bush worshipers, such an act of political expression may have seemed blasphemous. Did the Tea Partiers who now fly their flags inverted do so back in the day? Are they true believers in the American faith, or are they just in it for the money?
An American soldier recounted her experience in Iraq observing a woman and her infant lying dead by the side of the road. Such an atrocity cannot be seen as anything but the unfortunate consequences of Saddam Hussein's policy of deceiving people into thinking he still had an arsenal of weapons similar to the ones American soldiers employed during the previous century. If the fault of the dead baby were placed on the shoulders of American cowardice and delusion, that would be an act of blasphemy.
Do you have any experience of being accused of blasphemy, whether by a faithful American, a worshipful Marxist, or a zealous Bushite? If not, what are you doing wrong?
