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Entry: Is There Conservatism Beyond Christianity? (or how to book a mental vacation in Athens or Valhalla) Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/is_there_conservatism_beyond_christianity_or_how_to_book_a_mental_vacation#23200 Post contents: Mencken never repudiated the anti-Christian positions in his early book. Most of his critiques in this text involve Mencken's own opposition to egalitarianism - something he has in common with Nietzsche, Benoist, and the European New Right in general. The message I'm getting here is that "True Conservatives have to be pro-Judeo-Christian, except when they aren't... and then we ignore that part of their position." Nock wasn't a bible believer either, was he? Are his positions on these questions valuable, or should we join the neocons in reading him and Mencken out of the movement? Whose agenda, exactly, would that serve? Re: calling Benoist a 'goose-stepper" it seems to me that the people on these pages should be extra careful when making these kinds of comments - when they themselves are often labeled such by the neocons and others. Sent at: 2008 09 06