Comments on: Phenomenology: Nazi Salute Forerunner of the ‘Mark’ http://www.thenewsbeats.com/news/2008/04/18/phenomenology-nazi-salute-forerunner-of-the-mark/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:51:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: David Dansker http://www.thenewsbeats.com/news/2008/04/18/phenomenology-nazi-salute-forerunner-of-the-mark/#comment-1289 David Dansker Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:09:48 +0000 http://www.thenewsbeats.com/news/2008/04/18/phenomenology-nazi-salute-forerunner-of-the-mark/#comment-1289 Mitchel Any religious organization may celebrate a National Day of Prayer, and certainly would not be expected to do so in a way that departed from their various traditions and doctrines. The article you shared, "Holy Wars: Evangelicals Attempt to Exclude Non-Christians From National Day of Prayer" (Mother Jones) supplies some facts on the NDP, but makes an error in surmising that "it was meant to encourage Americans of all faiths to pray with one another in whatever way felt best to them. It would be an ecumenical celebration of faith that would draw people together in common religious and spiritual contemplation." It was intended to encourage all Americans to pray in accordance with their various faiths, but not for them to join to together in an ecumenical prayer service. To suggest this is to go beyond the scope to the proclamation, to ignore demographics of the nation in the 1950's, and fail to see political maneuvers for what they are. Mitchel

Any religious organization may celebrate a National Day of Prayer, and certainly would not be expected to do so in a way that departed from their various traditions and doctrines.

The article you shared, “Holy Wars: Evangelicals Attempt to Exclude Non-Christians From National Day of Prayer” (Mother Jones) supplies some facts on the NDP, but makes an error in surmising that “it was meant to encourage Americans of all faiths to pray with one another in whatever way felt best to them. It would be an ecumenical celebration of faith that would draw people together in common religious and spiritual contemplation.”

It was intended to encourage all Americans to pray in accordance with their various faiths, but not for them to join to together in an ecumenical prayer service. To suggest this is to go beyond the scope to the proclamation, to ignore demographics of the nation in the 1950’s, and fail to see political maneuvers for what they are.

]]> By: Mitchel Ahern http://www.thenewsbeats.com/news/2008/04/18/phenomenology-nazi-salute-forerunner-of-the-mark/#comment-1288 Mitchel Ahern Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:15:05 +0000 http://www.thenewsbeats.com/news/2008/04/18/phenomenology-nazi-salute-forerunner-of-the-mark/#comment-1288 I'm sure this is correct. And the really amusing and ironic part will come when the so-called Mark is applied by Christ's very own fundamentalists. Look at them at work here: http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/04/8056_religious_right.html I’m sure this is correct. And the really amusing and ironic part will come when the so-called Mark is applied by Christ’s very own fundamentalists. Look at them at work here:

http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/04/8056_religious_right.html

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