A Question for Neoconservatives of the Catholic Right

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November 26, 2006
Frank Cocozzelli

...But for all the neoconservatives' bluster about the need for a religious orthodoxy to hold society together, [Leo] Strauss was an atheist and taught that "philosopher-kings" had to maintain their special standing by keeping silent about their personal atheism, playing along with the illusion of there being a God and an afterlife. Believing that reason and revelation cannot be reconciled. Strauss believed that religion can only have currency if it stifles dissent, imposes clannishness and gives citizens a reason to die for one's homeland.