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The Marxist Left, being a creation of and largely a movement of the West, is hostile to Western religion [read: Christianity and Judaism]. This Left is also obsessed with (Western) colonialism as Original Sin and pulls its punches to the point of refusing to criticize or even objectively scrutinize anything categorized as Not Of The West (Other), in a sort of inverted Orientalism. The result is strident criticism of Christianity, which has largely been neutered as a political and cultural influence in the West. Contrast this with a refusal to criticize religions of the Other, which have not been similarly castrated in civic life, and play a far greater role in retarding progress in their respective societies. It's a creepy form of fetishization, and dehumanizing of those deemed to be Other.
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zh1 posted:Christianity is uniquely vile but you are correct that there is a definite hesitance to call attention to the worst aspects of all world religions, each of which are uniquely abhorrent to anyone with a conscience. The problem is our recent history of invading largely Muslim nations, leading those soupy idiots on the American left to lionize the also-idiotic and harmful religion of those we subjugated. Just another example of American leftists not really being leftists at all. How is Christianity 'uniquely vile'? The best thing about Christianity is that its theology was able to accommodate secularism. In today's world, the world in which we live, Christianity is a spent force, especially in a political sense. The one Christian theocracy in the world today has a population of 451. Europe, which is the traditional Christendom, is largely nonobservant. [I'm not a Christian - let me knock down that strawman before anyone erects it.]
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