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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry, Garry, but I have known Lutherans that were
open-armed and damned nearly saintly, and they were no exception either. In
fact, I have in my life never quite connected attitude with religion. Anwar
Sadat's type of Islam is what I had been acquainted with via Rudyard
Kipling. That was, obviously, some time ago. I remember Sadat's angry
denunciation of the ayatollahs in Tehran.. and the his assassination at the hand
of Muslim extremists. However, back to Martin Luther and his
disciples. Luther himself was not self-righteous towards the poor, quite the
contrary. He, although a ward of nobility, denounced their callousness
towards peasants. And, by golly, he never minced words! (Kein frohlicher Furz
kommt aus einem verzagten Arsch! = No happy fart escapes a timid ars!). The
German welfare state did not arise from any catholic leanings, but from
hard-headed protestants under Bismarck's leadership. I think you did set up a
bit of a straw man there. Cheers, Val Geist</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "G. Reinhart-Waller" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 12:34 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: [bigbangtango] Re: [Paleopsych]
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> Show me a full-blooded Lutheran who is open armed and I'll show you
a <BR>> half-breed.<BR>> <BR>> Gerry Reinhart-Waller<BR>> <BR>>
Buck, Ross wrote:<BR>> <BR>>>I have known many counterexamples to that
stereotype...<BR>>><BR>>>Ross<BR>>><BR>>>-----Original
Message-----<BR>>>From: </FONT><A
href="mailto:paleopsych-bounces@paleopsych.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>paleopsych-bounces@paleopsych.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>>>[mailto:paleopsych-bounces@paleopsych.org] On Behalf Of
G.<BR>>>Reinhart-Waller<BR>>>Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 3:15
PM<BR>>>To: The new improved paleopsych list<BR>>>Subject: Re:
[bigbangtango] Re: [Paleopsych] Morality<BR>>><BR>>>
<BR>>><BR>>>>>BTW I think that the root difference between
liberals and<BR>>>>>
<BR>>>>><BR>>>conservatives<BR>>>is that liberals tent
to respond to the less fortunate with<BR>>>sympathy/pity and conservatives
respond to them with contempt/scorn.>><BR>>><BR>>>Could be the
religious card which determines how people respond to those<BR>>>less
fortunate....Catholics like to hug and Lutherans stand with
arms<BR>>>folded.<BR>>><BR>>>Gerry
Reinhart-Waller<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
<BR>>><BR>>> <BR>>><BR>> <BR>>
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