The christian right movement?

Question

What are your views on the christian right movement, which seems to be launching an all out assault on american and canadian politics. Are they dangerous? and how can they be stopped? what will happen if they do gain political power?

What are your views on the christian right movement, which seems to be launching an all out assault on american and canadian politics. Are they dangerous? and how can they be stopped? what will happen if they do gain political power?



it should also be noted i think the world would be a much better place without organized religion

Answer 1

The views are that it is just another scare tactic used by the left to justify their actions. Much like the global warming fiasco

Answer 2

To respond to a previous poster, the tradition of placing one's hand on a Bible is just that: a "tradition." It is not a mandate. As for the "In God We Trust," you will also find other symbols on the paper bills, such as the pyramid and the eye. These were symbols that reflected the influences of the "Freemasons," who at one time were vilified as anti-Christian to the point of being nearly considered warlocks. The Freemasons were descended from the old mystery schools that stretch to ancient Egypt.

This lineage does not impart a strictly Christian/conservative viewpoint...

Secondly, our nation was not, in fact, founded as a Christian one. The founding fathers were petrified at the notion of a theocracy, in which any particular faith is predominant and influences political direction.

Thirdly, the "Christian right" movement is a misnomer. Jesus would be crucified again if he sought political office. And I am a faithful Christian, by the way...

Answer 3

They are harmless. If we were going to be controlled by the "Christian Right"; we would have by now. It does not truly exist. If it did, our women would not look like sluts. Our schools would not teach a Marxist social science agenda. The rabid Islamic jihad would have been destroyed (one way or another) and all of the anarchy and social disorder brought to the US and UK over the last seventy years would have gone away! In short; a much better world.
Instead, you have a bloated, fearful, easily bought lobbyist group; just like any other. They are no different than NOW, ACLU or anybody else. Wimps. They won't do anything. You have nothing to fear. So, enjoy your porn, eat your pizza and keep that mind full of hops and bong water at ease. All is well. Your wimpy Socialism is safe in the West.
The Christian Right will NEVER take over. (I'm sorry to say.)

Answer 4

It's not so much that their belief system is dangerous, it's that they insist on imposing their will upon everybody. It's not enough that they don't like something, nobody can like it. Apparently the country isn't big enough for more than one philosophy, lifestyle, choice, etc.

They can't be stopped insofar that there is a systematic way to simply make them cease reaching for power. They always will, and they always will prey upon unreasonable fears to acheive their power. However, whatever steps forward they make, time will slowly see them repealed. Gay marriage, for instance, is being hit with constitutional amendments, but consider how much progress the gay community has made in twenty years. Their progress will continue and the amendments will eventually be repealed.

As with just about any political movement, the pendulum swings, and eventually it swings too far, and then come back. Progress is a continuous process (and, to be sure, a subjective one), but it always eventually makes it over the bumps in the road.

Answer 5

Actually, they have nothing in common with Conservatives (the "right"). They are Theocrats who are bent on creating a "christain" nation that would eventually end up being not much different than the society created by the Taliban.

The way to stop them is for rational christians to stand up and denounce their goals and their perversion of the religion, just as they demand muslims take a stand against muslim extremists.

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Answer 6

The Christian Evangelicals, 40 million strong, as reported in "Faith and Nation" last fall by their own leaders advocate for the violent overthrow of the U.S. government if their "one-and-only-pure-and-correct" set of "virtues" are not made into legislation. The forced imposition of one's pet set of "virtues" and "sensibilities" onto others is called fascism. In Right-Wing Conservative websites, they give directions for how "good" Christian students can disrupt and/or protest any University professor's lecture if it in any way promotes "tolerance". The far-right, the feebleminded droolers and fundamental Christians are fascists. The Evangelicals boast of having Bush's favored ear. Personnel in the Pentagon last year were suddenly reassigned away from Washington, D.C. when they voiced concern about Evangelicals permeating the Pentagon and when affected generals began to propose and initiated plans to "Christianize" the U.S. military, as reported here on Yahoo news.

Answer 7

I am Christian and I think the right wing efforts to be the soul police are dangerous and an affront to the essential philosophy of freedom that is the US. Good people have been duped by effective sloganeers who prey on fear and ignorance, portraying anyone other than the hand picked candidate as 'of the devil'. The Bible says that one of the things God hates is he who 'sows discord among the brethren'. We must all come together in the cause of peace and freedom or they will disappear from the open forum.

Answer 8

I don't think they're as powerful as they think they are.

The problem with the Christian Right is: they vote, consistently and uniformly.

So, the real way to combat them is: Vote back, cancel them out.

Voter Turnout for the 2004 Presidential Election: 60%. The media considered that high... and it was, relatively.

Just vote, and we'll all survive. Or, you could wait for them all to get raptured, that'd work too.

Answer 9

The christian right is neither. They took a blow in the Nov 06 elections, but with their one issue mindset "Abortion is Murder", their voting power makes the GOP have to nominate pro-life candidates. Without them the Cons haven't got the votes to take the WH in 08. It's a pickle. Yaaay!

Answer 10

They are just as dangerous as any fanatical religious group. Just change labels.....I always thought that religion taught peace, love,harmony and a tolerance for others......Wow was I wrong!They all hate each other. Where is that tolerance? Even the christians kill each other! (Ireland). Religion it seems, is just a cheap excuse for war, the bigger the lie, the more people believe it!