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To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (3376)	7/7/2004 10:54:52 PM
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I thought of you when I read it. FWIW, feel free call me Tim or w2. :-)

To: Andrew N. Cothran who wrote (3376)	7/8/2004 12:20:08 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

FAITH UNDER FIRE Robert Reich: God worse than terrorism Ex-Clinton labor secretary has problem with those who believe in higher authority -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: July 7, 2004 4:45 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com <font size=4> Robert Reich, the former U.S. labor secretary under President Bill Clinton, believes people who follow God pose a more significant threat to the modern world than terrorists do. <font color=blue> "Terrorism itself is not the greatest danger we face,"<font color=black> writes Reich in a column titled <font color=blue>"Bush's God"<font color=black> published in the American Prospect. Reich begins his column criticizing the Bush administration as he pushes for a liberal understanding of America's separation of church and state. He uses the term <font color=blue>"religious zealots"<font color=black> and says their problem is that <font color=blue>"they confuse politics with private morality." <font color=black> Reich concludes his column by taking aim at those who believe in God: <font color=blue><font size=3> The great conflict of the 21st century will not be between the West and terrorism. Terrorism is a tactic, not a belief. The true battle will be between modern civilization and anti-modernists; between those who believe in the primacy of the individual and those who believe that human beings owe their allegiance and identity to a higher authority; between those who give priority to life in this world and those who believe that human life is mere preparation for an existence beyond life; between those who believe in science, reason, and logic and those who believe that truth is revealed through Scripture and religious dogma. Terrorism will disrupt and destroy lives. But terrorism itself is not the greatest danger we face. <font size=4> "This makes me sick,"<font color=black> says WorldNetDaily reader Sandra Binder. <font color=blue>"Never has anyone who has gone this high in our government made such sinister comments." <font color=black> Reich's remarks did not go unnoticed by Ramesh Ponnuru, a senior editor for National Review who responded in his own column titled <font color=blue>"Robert Reich's Religion Problem." "This goes well beyond the common denunciation of 'fundamentalism' where that term is meant to describe an ideology that seeks the imposition of religious views on non-believers," writes Ponnuru. "It is a denunciation – as a graver threat than terrorists – of people who believe that the world to come is more important than this world, or that all human beings owe their allegiance to God." <font color=black> But Ponnuru doesn't think most people will jump on Reich's bandwagon. <font color=blue> "Many millions of Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other religious believers will reject Reich's witless rhetorical oppositions," he says. "One can believe in the political 'primacy of the individual,' the obligation of all people to answer to God, and the wrongness of any governmental attempt to make them answer to Him, all at the same time. But if our choice is between the primacy of individuals and the primacy of God — if, that is, we are to choose between individual human beings and God — then the vast majority of traditional religious believers would have to choose God. I certainly would." <font color=black><font size=3> Reich is currently promoting his latest book, <font color=blue>"Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America." <font color=black> worldnetdaily.com