Seeing the GOP Platform as a "Belief System"

"The sad fact is, fidelity to a Lost Cause valorizes you, it imitates honor." [end of quote]

I vote that the GOP be renamed to the PCF...the "Party of Christian Fundamentalists". The following news story by Leslie Savan illustrates how the current Republican thought process is the equivalent of having a literal belief in the fables of the Abrahamic texts, and further to that, thinking that those fables could possibly become the foundation for revisions to the American constitution.

Science can play no part in the Republican line of thinking because that would completely and utterly derail the future that they still hope for. The truth is, the party base simply cannot break from a failed belief system.

This is an excerpt from a news story by Leslie Savan, from TheNation.com (May 5th, 2009):

"The sad fact is, fidelity to a Lost Cause valorizes you, it imitates honor. So the Republican Party isn't about greed or power or any base selfishness; rather, it's about nobly committing to something larger than itself--ending abortion, spreading democracy by force, saving Terri Schiavo, or, as of late, saving the GOP itself from knowledge of itself. Never mind that none of those commitments is remotely achievable, even the last.

"For the kingdom of Lost Cause Republicans is not of this world. This world is corrupt and fallen. But there is another world where all of our desires, be they sleeping with 72 virgins or living tax-free, will be fulfilled, and heavenly justice will prevail.

"The beauty part about a Lost Cause is that you don't have to struggle to find practical political solutions--that would require compromise and make you impure. Instead, you only have to make gestures and think magically."

I encourage you to read the entire story at this link.