Read this. All of it.
This right-wing nut idea that somehow Christians are being persecuted is one of their more difficult to understand lunacies. They control the White House, the Congress, the federal courts, and the military. Who is persecuting them? Academics?
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Just nuts. Unregulated industry, raping the finances of the masses and claiming exemptions, and a completely hands-off approach from the guv'ment, is bad.
And yes, despite the power base, (and actually because of it) there is a war on Christianity, and rightfully so. It is a war to minimize the religious right at the very least, and get Christianity out of government, which, at least as of today, is a war in which most, if not all, of the battles have been won by the Christians.
In a broader perspective, there is a war on religion, of any kind, as evidenced by Dawkins devotion to spreading the word on his evaluation of religion as not only false, but damaging, a sentiment which I might add I partially agree with.
One thing to keep in mind is that religions, and Christianity in particular, have done and are doing a poor job of policing themselves, and in fact are doing everything in their power to keep anyone else from policing them. As a member of the Episcopal Church, USA, I have often urged our clergy and leaders to publicly stand in opposition to many of the things for which the religious right justly draws criticism. In my view, every time someone like Pat Robertson or Ralph Reed or Jack Chick spew their venoomous version of Christianity I am all for our presiding Bishop going on all of the networks as a guest and saying that is a bunch of crap, those folks are idiots and self-righteous, and their ideas and beliefs are wrong.
In any event, the conservative christian movement feels set upon by both sides--the so-called "intellectual elite", as well as the more liberal traditions in Christianity. When there are those who profit who are affected by legislation, then they use their position as "religious" to scare politicians into performing as they want, upon threat of being called Godless heathens.
It's sad.
Christians Ojo! Get'em!
But where is the line, Gill? There will be things that Falwell & Co., stand up and say, that is total horsehsit, and your bishop would agree with them.
And if there aren't any such things, then what the hell do you have a church for?
Jesus either lived and died and rose from the dead or he didn't.
And if he didn't and it's just supposed to be an allegory for something, then the bishop should say so often and loudly.
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