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Old 01-23-2009, 04:56 PM   #1
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Yay for more separation of church and state, but... Evo Morales is starting to look more and more like the Turkmenbashi...
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:14 PM   #2
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Yay for more separation of church and state, but... Evo Morales is starting to look more and more like the Turkmenbashi...
Most of them usually do.
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Old 01-23-2009, 08:18 PM   #3
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There is a lot of syncretism in Bolivia. The Catholic Church also celebrates the Pachama (mother earth day) with the natives, basically, they dig a hole, fill it with food for the mother earth, and cover it with stones. And the virgin mary and Pachamama are "fused-confused"
People worship Jesus, The virgin Mary and Pachamama at the same time. Religion in Bolivia is a big mess, not an opposition between Catholicism and Native beliefs.
I think that in China it is similar, that for example, most christians there also continue with the traditional cult of the ancestors with candles and stuff.

Probably that is why the evangelicals were the ones to put that Ad on tv, they are more Jesus focused and "monotheistic" than the average bolivian.

Anyway, I think that Evo is being influenced by Venezuelan and Cuban advicers.
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Old 01-23-2009, 09:16 PM   #4
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I'll give the Catholic Church this: They are experts at co-opting other religions in order to get people to officially fall in line with the Vatican's policies. Check out how they co-opted ancient Roman festivals and beliefs (Jesus was born right on the winter solstice when Romans held a major public festival?) or Germanic beliefs (Xmas tree anyone?), or even Celtic beliefs (Dia de los mortes/Halloween). So it should be no surprise that they also co-opted Andean or Meso-American traditions. They are experts at doing such things.
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Old 01-23-2009, 09:24 PM   #5
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Yes, I fear so too. I originally liked much of what Evo promised and kept, but some of his advisors plus the international media reaction of putting him in the same boat as Chavez made him actually sit in it more and more.
I have to agree. Now if Evo just made Bolivia a more color blind society then he would have been a good leader but he has made to many power grads under the claim of fighting American imperialism. I mean what does nationalizing Brazilian or Argentine companies operating in Bolivia have to do with American imperialism? He just wanted to steal from his neighbors and concentrate more power into his own hands.
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Old 01-23-2009, 09:37 PM   #6
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Pachamama, eh? At least they worship an archaic pagan deity with a fun name. They could have chosen somebody lame like "Kotok" or "Mujaba."
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