"What the young warriors said was that the religious activism of their
movement was not simply a struggle over land or politics. It was an ideological struggle.
Their social involvement had an intensely personal commitment, and it was motivated by
the heady sense of spiritual fulfillment and the passion of holy war. Their enemy was not,
however, another religion: it was the a-religion, or irreligious as they imagined it, of
modernity."
movement was not simply a struggle over land or politics. It was an ideological struggle.
Their social involvement had an intensely personal commitment, and it was motivated by
the heady sense of spiritual fulfillment and the passion of holy war. Their enemy was not,
however, another religion: it was the a-religion, or irreligious as they imagined it, of
modernity."
Using Religion to Conquer Civilizations
Our modern wars of 1960 t0 2010 employ these tactics. They were tried in the sixties with the hip young in California but the young saw the flaw in the argument.
As of today the oil companies are the modernity in the statement below.
We as a nation are in constant upheaval whereas dictatorial armies in other nations make this logic possible.
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