Re: [Marxism] Bobby Jindal's Secret Past

[Bob Hopson <bobhpsn@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Most of those criticisms were just amusing but a man
> claiming he is 
> exorcising demons from his girlfriend is first rate
> nuttery.
> That point cannot be repeated often enough.
> It is one level of nutty to profess belief in an omnipotent
> being it is 
> several levels of nuttery higher to claim to personally
> wrestle with 
> this beings opponents!

I have an older sister who was educated in a elite East-coast women's college, 
is fluent in four languages, has lived abroad in Europe and traveled widely, is 
a published novelist and is a life-long liberal democrat who volunteered for 
the Obama campaign.  She also became a born-again Christian in her 20s.

A few years ago my mother had a stroke and I started taking care of her.  My 
sister was staying for a while when my mother started experiencing nighttime 
anxiety attacks.  I wanted to give her some meds, but my sister started praying 
over her and exorcising an evil spirit, which calmed her down (my mother is 
also born again).  She "explained" to me that some ailments are physical but 
some are demonic in origin.

My point is that my sister is a very well-educated, stable, accomplished woman 
and mother, about as level-headed a person that I've met, and she believes this 
stuff, as do many millions of others.  If we on the left treat everyone who 
believes in angels and demons as nut cases, then we will spend most of the time 
talking to ourselves -- which in fact seems to be an occupational hazard for 
lefties.


      

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