From: keREM0VEvin_c75@yahMUNGEoo.com.bogus   
      
   This isn't really a contradiction in terms. The assumption seems to   
   be, given the history of Communism, that a Communist must be an   
   atheist . That's not the case. In fact, one can be a staunch Christian   
   and be a devoted Communist. That's because Christianity tends to be   
   neutral when it comes to secular governments. Thus there can be - and   
   have - Christian monarchists, Christians committed to democracy,   
   Christian socialists, Christian communists, and Christians of every   
   political stripe in between.   
      
   The reverse of this is the assumption that if you are an evangelical   
   Christian in the U.S., you also vote Republican. Not at all. Not many   
   people realize this, but a great number of black churches are   
   evangelical in nature. In 2000, most black evangelicals voted for Gore   
   while most white evangelicals voted for Bush (if you want a cite, I   
   can't provide one, as it came from a news report on a survey of   
   Christians). Liberal and conservative theologically has nothing to do   
   with liberal and conservative politically.   
      
   So yes, there can be Communist Christian leaders. The very term makes   
   me think of the wave of liberation theology in South American in the   
   latter half of the 20th Century.   
      
   - Kevin J. Cheek   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)