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To: aladin who wrote (44437)	9/16/2002 3:32:41 PM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

John, I was not simply viewing the South through northern eyes. First off, I don't view the South as a monolith. I was principally speaking of two states, and would only extend the boundaries of the heaviest influences of that church (or churches) into a few rural counties of neighboring states. Though it may be a series of local churches, in the two states of Alabama and Mississippi, those churches wield enormous influence on state politics. I've only seen one other state where a religious influence on politics is as strong: Utah. As to whether there's harm in that, I suppose that depends, in no small degree, on an individual's perspective. And mine is this: in any region that's got a long history of economic and educational weakness, in which a religious faith is very strong, there's strong odds that the church is contributing to the problem. That's not bias against the South or Baptists. It's simply an observation made on the capacity of religious leaders to exploit the poor.