Sharon Delgado speaks at Capitola Book Cafe 12-12-07

To see a promoter of superstition on the front page of this website is an insult to all women and all who are serious about changing this rotten society. Only labor organizing can put an end to the profit motive that is the cause of corporate globaliation. Saying abacadabra does not do it. This hustle of Sharon Delgado to maximize her income instead of actually working for a living does not belong here. This very website came into existence due to science, not due to superstition. Everyone who s upports this con artist Delgado should return their college degrees and high school diplomas to their respective schools as they have failed to learn basic science.

So "&" (great name by the way) Did you even listen to the audio??? I'm curious cause really there is very little mention of religion or the oppression of women, or patriarchy or any other form of oppression (except the corporate kind) mentioned in depth in the talk she gave. The majority of it was her describing the horribly destructive and ridiculous system of corporate globalization and why she has dedicated her life to opposing it. Anyone who actully knows Sharon and what she represents knows how ridiculous your comment is. Insult the institutions all you want, (I'm not particularly religious myself), but Sharons commitment to the better world we all want to see is unquestioned in my opinion, and in the opinion of the 60 plus people who came to hear her talk. There was no shake down for funds, no donations requested, this was a free event, and in fact, Sharon has put out of her own pocket considerable expense to bring her message to the general public and broader activist community. If you don't like the book, don't buy it "&", she didn't force anyone to buy it. They chose to purchase it and did so without coercion or intimidation of enternal damnation.

As soon as you write a book and begin to tour with it, I'll come listen to atheist message, take what I want from it and leave behind the ideas I don't like. I'd recommend you do the same with Sharon's talk and actualy try to listen to her deeper message which is not a religious one, but one of social and economic justice.

Hey, Mr. "&"
You deride religion as being mere "superstition" (which most religion is), but then immediately follow this up with a sentence that is, itself, pure dogma!

>Only labor organizing can put an end to the profit
>motive that is the cause of corporate globaliation.

Labor organizing may (or may not) be an effective means of promoting social and ecological justice...
It may (or may not) fight against the profit motive...
But to say that it is the "Only" means of achieving such a subjective, diffuse goal is nothing short of a type of religious dogma. You have accepted it as "Truth" -- the only truth -- and you scoff at those who seek justice through other means.

Faith and superstition are strange, irrational things. The reasons that people continue to cling to them is a discussion too large for this limited forum. But at the core, it is dogma that is the real danger. Whether it's religious dogma or political dogma, the effect is the same... Closing one's mind to challenging questions and critical thought.

So if Delgado wants to encourage religious folks to work for peace instead of working for fear and hate, then that is a good thing.

Do I think the religious stuff is silly and irrational? Yes.
Can it be dangerous? Definitely.
But let's not reflexively conflate feel-good liberal spirituality with religious fundamentalism.