Debate:Do conservative Christians have an unquestioning faith which is comparable to that of the Party in the book 1984?
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Anti-Christian?
No, the party that George Orwell was probably thinking of that was similar was the Humanist religion. This is yet another example of the propaganda technique of transfer. An effort to link Christianity with Orwellian groupthinkers. All too typical of the religious debate section.--Roopilots6 14:40, 12 October 2007 (EDT)
Yes
- The enemy of Big Brother is Emmanuel Goldstein who is said to lead The Brotherhood that has been labeled as the enemy of the party. May not even exist for only the reason to give members of The Party someone to hate and fear. These may have been a tongue in cheek referral to Christianity and Judaism. The analogy is almost unmistakable to how Christians and religious Judasim is treated as the enemy in secular Humanist culture.--Roopilots6 17:26, 16 April 2007 (EDT)
- Or any other rivalry between any other two world religions.
- And since when do secular humanists see Chrisitians as an enemy?--Άθεος 21:30, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
- The enemy of Big Brother is Emmanuel Goldstein who is said to lead The Brotherhood that has been labeled as the enemy of the party. May not even exist for only the reason to give members of The Party someone to hate and fear. These may have been a tongue in cheek referral to Christianity and Judaism. The analogy is almost unmistakable to how Christians and religious Judasim is treated as the enemy in secular Humanist culture.--Roopilots6 17:26, 16 April 2007 (EDT)
- Since they wrote it into their manifestos in 1933, 1973, etc... but I'm talking about the book 1984. You should read the Humanist Manifestos too. It's a very popular religion.--Roopilots6 10:37, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
- In one section of the book, O'Brein says he believes the world is only a few thousand years old 'Because that is what the Party believes.' He dismisses dinosaur fossils as false, because 'The Party does not believe they exist.' Czolgolz 15:41, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
- 1984 was mostly a critique of Soviet Russia.Jaques 21:18, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
- I thought George Orwell was giving a warning to all societies that lean towards the Big Brother state. Whether that be in Russia, the European Union, or the North American Union.--Roopilots6 21:00, 20 April 2007 (EDT)
No
Sorry, but this moot is retarded. Underscoreb 00:15, 12 November 2007 (EST)