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It certainly appears as a dedication and is thought so by millions, to a book whose purpose is to destroy the very fabric of this nation that never could have been founded without the belief of God and his adversary Satan. Siily or not.
posted by
UtahJay
on December 23, 2012 at 8:02 PM
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Sorry, pressed the wrong key:
Anyway, the words
“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history... the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer.”
are not a dedication, but a literary reference to a mythological tradition, in which rebellion has its place...As I said before, Saul Alinsky was an atheist who did not believe in the existence of Lucifer any more than he did in the existence of God...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 23, 2012 at 12:34 PM
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Utah
Well, I was wrong! I dug out my copy of Alinsky's book, and you were right, there is a reference to Lucifer, which I had forgotten, probably at the time I read it, I undersdtood its meaning.
However, to him it was a literary reference to a mythological figure, to a tradition of thought,
posted by
Nautikos
on December 23, 2012 at 12:25 PM
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Utah
Obama definitely learned from Saul Alinsky - it's almost 'required reading' for any community organizer, as Obama was...But: I've read Alinsky's book, and I can assure you, it is not dedicted to Satan! Alinsky was an atheist, and the whole idea of Satan would have been silly him, as it is to me, actually!
That doesn't mean that I concur with him - his fundamental flaw is (well, was, he died in '71) that he believed in the inherent moral superiority of the 'masses', the 'have-nots', a notion which to this day floats around in many circles, and which is utter nonsense...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 22, 2012 at 8:59 PM
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A poem that makes one think.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 22, 2012 at 9:31 AM
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