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...hour-long speech ranging from barbed critiques of Harvard's professors--whom she decried for postmodernism--to discussion of the enigmatic physical beauty of Leonardo DiCaprio, Paglia said she sees contemporary America as a mesh between the Judeo-Christian religious tradition and pre-Christian paganism...
...These two currents interact with each other, conflict and intermingle with each other," she said. But Judeo-Christianity "never did defeat paganism," Paglia said...
This explanation satisfied me for some time. After all, the Judeo-Christian God has been rumored to be a jealous God. And who wouldn't be jealous of people who spend their careers pushing back the borders of knowledge and getting paid ridiculously well for it, not to mention that they get to wear jeans and T-shirts to work every day? Not only that, but divine retribution on over-programmed programmers would be a neat way for a deity to get back at Harvard, the institution once devoted to the study of God and now devoted to the study...
While a deeply religious Catholic, Keyes maintains that his notions of justice and human rights are not restricted to the Judeo-Christian creed...
...Blair world is also one in which Judeo-Christian values will flourish. The Major regime had a smack of agnosticism, even atheism, about it, and its endless sex scandals set a low moral tone for the nation. Blair is the first Prime Minister to be a regular Sunday churchgoer since the beginning of the century. What is perhaps more immediately important is that he considers his religious and his political values to be identical, believing that Christian convictions translate directly into politics. One of his chief aims will be to do all in his power to rebuild the family...