tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post115610404603143249..comments2023-07-04T10:10:25.205-04:00Comments on Apologia: Sunday exercise: religious rhetoricWilliam Lusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1156577862420644612006-08-26T03:37:00.000-04:002006-08-26T03:37:00.000-04:00Hey, it's old Bernhardt.I think you're exactly rig...Hey, it's old Bernhardt.<BR/><BR/>I think you're exactly right, though even if she had made that more reasonable point, I wouldn't have had any use for it. Conservatism without God at its center would empty its substance, for me anyway. And even if she'd stayed away from the "religion at large" argument and tried only to make her case for morality without God, she'd have gotten into the same debate from a different angle, but perhaps, as you say, less "sophomoric" sounding.William Lusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928946919078483848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712012.post-1156549996280900962006-08-25T19:53:00.000-04:002006-08-25T19:53:00.000-04:00I read this piece previously and have to say I was...I read this piece previously and have to say I wasn't impressed -- MacDonald's thinking on religion seems quite sophomoric. And politically, it's not really clear what she wants. Is it PC gagging of religious conservatives? Just more respect? What? <BR/><BR/>I think the fuzziness results from her repeatedly drifting into complaints about religion at large rather than simply focusing on the prominence of religious conservatives in the Republican Party. This way she's taken what might have been a reasonable, pragmatic point about reaching out to a larger audience and turned it into a hot-button pressing exercise.Bernhardt Vareniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835838987705352142noreply@blogger.com