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Bill Moyers hates freedom:

...Moyers said the trend among many politicians to rely on ideologies - such as religious fundamentalism - would keep governments disconnected from their constituents, and is a threat to American democracy.

“The danger in America today is the coupling of theology and ideology,” Moyers said. “Theology asserts propositions that do not have to do with the improvement of truth. Ideology embraces a worldview that cannot be changed. Governments have married ideology and theology and have become immune to local discourse.”

Religious ideology can also be a barrier to communications between different nations, Moyers said. There is still an element of separation among certain peoples of the world, despite the growth of economic globalization.

“We are seeing a rise in the resurgence of tribalism that is manifested in religious fundamentalism,” Moyers said. “[The world doesn’t] have, at this point, a large spiritual or political or cultural leader who is speaking beyond the polarities of tribalists and globalization to try to peel through that universal human intuition.”

Posted: Wed - March 2, 2005 at 08:08 PM          

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