9/11 And The Sport of God

I love Bill Moyers. I'm an atheist, but his interviews of Joseph Campbell on PBS really give me a solid appreciation for most religions. . .that is when they are not causing people to be violent and intolerant. Thanks to Tula at the Crab Casa for sending this article:

9/11 And The Sport of God: "What are the stakes? In his last book, the late Marvin Harris, a prominent anthropologist of the time, wrote that 'the attack against reason and objectivity is fast reaching the proportions of a crusade.' To save the American Dream, 'we desperately need to reaffirm the principle that it is possible to carry out an analysis of social life which rational human beings will recognize as being true, regardless of whether they happen to be women or men, whites or black, straights or gays, employers or employees, Jews or born-again Christians. The alternative is to stand by helplessly as special interest groups tear the United States apart in the name of their 'separate realities' or to wait until one of them grows strong enough to force its irrational and subjective brand of reality on all the rest.'

That was written 25 years ago, just as the radical Christian right was setting out on their long march to political supremacy. The forces he warned against have gained strength ever since and now control much of the United States government and are on the verge of having it all."