Date Posted:08:27:02 11/15/04 Mon Author: SHane Subject: Re: German politics and culture part 2 In reply to:
Tony Lang
's message, "Re: German politics and culture part 2" on 06:32:51 11/15/04 Mon
Tony,
Take your time, no rush. I have a computer at my desk(at work) and probably spend too much time surfing the net and posting on this website.LOL!
Here is my email address: scain7@aol.com
Just a few points I wanted to clarify from my previous post.
1.Churches have a 503c non profit status. They can remain non profit as long as they remain non-partisan. The pastor of my church urged people to vote but was careful not to name one canadate. Of course, the Republican platform is closer to what Christian believe on the moral issues. So most Christians support the Republicans.
2. There are many reasonable left wing thinkers like Tom Wolfe, who have really criticized the left for being anti-religion and somewhat snobbish towards middle America. There are also many Americans who voted for Bush who sympathize with the economic goals of the Democrats but cannot embrace the more extreme anti-religion and anti-America rhetoric. I think the point of Tom Wolfe and others on the left is that the Democrats will be a minority part for a long time unless they learn to respect some of the religious beliefs and traditions of middle America.
>Shane.
>Thankyou for your challenging reply, this will need
>some thought to formulate a worthy reply, at this
>moment in time I am in the middle of preparations to
>return to Saudi Arabia. I suggest you send me your
>e-mail address over the web-site so we can take this
>further, this way we need not bore other readers with
>our differences. Tony
