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Originally posted by Cube Inmate@Sep 20 2004, 04:53 PM
He's wrong to begin with...If economics and politics could be discussed logically, we wouldn't have our current political landscape -- we'd have the planet Vulcan.
Interesting contrast between politics and religion though.... Generally, political leaders tend to be the ones who act moderately, with groups or individuals espousing more radical sentiments. On the other hand, religious leaders tend to be more fundamentalist and push for whatever agenda they divine from their religious texts, with individuals taking a more moderate position.
That's arguable, considering the nut-jobs who blow themselves up in the name of their religion, but they're clearly influenced by their religious leadership.
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Agreed that economics and politics are not exactly unified spheres when compared w/ religion. Many of the world's problems are spawned by economics and politics, and the actions carried out in protest are justified through religion.
Might disagree a bit about how political leaders are more rational or whatever than religious. I don't think Hitler was devoutly religious, I know Saddam Hussein wasn't, nor was Milosevic thinking about taking up the priesthood. I'd say political leaders have probably done a lot worse things this century, mostly due to the fact that they control the world's organizational and state resources.