In the sixties/seventies the slogan of socialists in the Netherlands was for everybody to have a car, and a refrigerator.
Sounds a lot like Herbert Hoover saying that we should have a chicken in every pot, and a car in every garage. In 1928.
To my knowledge, Herbert Hoover was not a Socialist.
The main criticism of religion seems to be that it leads to too much ascetism, I never hear about it leading to wallowing in luxury.
Lord knows no spiritual leader has
ever exploited their position to sap money from believers, and live high hog on the dollars of the faithful.
That sort of thing has
definitely not been going on as long as organized religion has been around.
This message has been edited by Dan Carroll, 12-29-2004 10:25 AM
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