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christianity is a complicated phenomenon. lots of sides to it. the gospels have a pretty radical social message which various people have tried to turn down (see dunedan's post above for an example, one that pushes them away from social problems/class conflict etc. an makes everything all touchy-feely individualism) where others have done the opposite (most recently liberation theology, but that's really a new packaging on an old possibility)...christianity's been in bed with dominant political powers throughout it's history and at the same time it's provided alot of people the basis for mobilizing to change significantly (if not altogether) the nature and holders of political power.
so there's nothing to the bizarre-o claim from the us mainly evangelical protestant right that they and they alone are "real christians"...
and if you want to think about the relation of judeo-christian theology on "left" thinking, the notion of Revolution isn't really that different from any number of messianic ideas.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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