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The ANC and religion (pt.4)
Jul. 10th, 2008 07:09 pmPart four in my four part series on the ANC and religion follows below. The sections of the series are:
1. Introduction
2. The ANC and Religion
3. Thabo Mbeki and the Truth
4. Jacob Zuma and God
THE ONE TRUE CHURCH
Jacob Zuma and God
“Divine Right: the very phrase would seem odd, as denoting a deity’s disposition of rights to mortal man or woman to rule a portion of earth, if belief in it were not an historical reality. It is surprising that those who invoked the notion did not see that it rested on nothing more elaborate than the primitive notion that might is right, for it is the deity’s vast and inexorable power to punish and dispose that enforces the ‘right’ of a king to rule by supposed dictate of what that deity wills.” [1] [AC Grayling]
1. Introduction
2. The ANC and Religion
3. Thabo Mbeki and the Truth
4. Jacob Zuma and God
THE ONE TRUE CHURCH
Jacob Zuma and God
“Divine Right: the very phrase would seem odd, as denoting a deity’s disposition of rights to mortal man or woman to rule a portion of earth, if belief in it were not an historical reality. It is surprising that those who invoked the notion did not see that it rested on nothing more elaborate than the primitive notion that might is right, for it is the deity’s vast and inexorable power to punish and dispose that enforces the ‘right’ of a king to rule by supposed dictate of what that deity wills.” [1] [AC Grayling]
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