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Entry: A Chosen People without God--The Rise of the Neocons Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_chosen_people_without_god_the_rise_of_the_neocons#20033 Post contents: "The fact that neoconservatives have thought and acted in terms of secularized Judaism places them in the larger company of many other atheistic ideologues who were more than willing to bring heaven down to earth through political action. In the post-Holocaust age, it is not terribly shocking to discover that even secular Jews are tempted to embrace political messianism." I believe the fact that Neconservatism IS largely secularized Judaism is one of the characteristics that makes it most dangerous. Unlike universalistic Christianity, Judaism is particularistic, which means its general ethos was never intended to be applied to humanity as a whole, but rather merely to the Israelites vis a vis "the nations." Certainly the Ten Commandments may have universal merit, but in its entirety, Judaism is intended exclusively for the Jews -- and that exclusivity is in part what makes it Judaism. The Neocon Bush administration, not surprisingly, has operated the occupation of Iraq like the Israelis have operated the occupation of Palestine -- as if the Arabs are sub-human, non-chosen philistines. The reason the Neocons are so warped, conflicted and incompetent is that in their megalomania, they have universalistic pretensions, but in practice, personal beliefs, preferences and bias's, they are largely made up of parochial New York City Jewish hicks who confused themselves with Old Testament prophets, with a smattering of “Christian” Zionist evangelical hicks who confuses themselves with Christians. Sent at: 2008 10 12