What are the differences between the religious right and the Taliban?

Question

Sure, they each base their craziness on different "holy" books, but isn't the mentality of the beasts the same?

Answer 1

Absolutely none... they are one and the same. Religious Zealots with a hatred for humanity.

Answer 2

The fundamentalist Christians of the U.S. are not as open in their violence, terrorism, and outright craziness as the Taliban. Fortunately, our fundamentalists Christians haven't (yet) gotten up the nerve to openly and completely take over the government the way the Taliban did.

Don't think some of them wouldn't like to be more like the Taliban. Read "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. That's what the real fundie nutcases would like to see happen.

Also, the Taliban stepped into a power vacuum. Here, the most radical fundies would have to get through a lot of less - crazy factions to reach the top of the heap.

Answer 3

The Taliban have been truly effectual in enforcing a theocracy whilst the non secular perfect has had a tougher time as a results of stressful issues like the form, dazzling court and unfastened elections.

Answer 4

What is the point of attacking people's religious beliefs? I will tell you the point. Because religion teaches moral absolutism. The religious believe God is the final arbiter of right and wrong, good and evil. If you are a socialist or as in the case of today's democrats, a socialist-lite, you cannot stand to have anyone take a position of moral absolutism.

Everything for you has to be moral relativism. That is the only way you could countenance evil and pretend you are doing good. As you are doing by undermining the U.S. Military.

You know damn well the difference between the God forsaken Taliban and the religious right. One will cut your hand off for stealing and the other will simply tell you it is wrong to steal. Somehow, in your convoluted little mind, that is the same?

You are either an complete idiot or, as I suspect. you are part of a campaign of dis-information designed to demonize the religious people of America.


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Answer 5

I tell you what, the only real way for you know is take your whole family and move to Afghanistan. Live under Taliban rule for about a year.

Then come back and make your inept comparisons.

I hope you like watching your wife or daughter be raped.

Answer 6

Last I noticed the unreligious left can get their way quite often as well or there wouldnt be christmas trees being taken down, removal of prayer in school, taking down crosses and those kinds of things we hear about.

How do you think that would have went over with teh Taliban?
Remember them shooting stinger missles and Budhist statues?

Answer 7

You are so close to the truth...

Last year, I published my memoirs, and I dedicated a chapter to "religious intolerance."

That's basically the big problem we all face; too many people so tightly wrapped up in their theology (my way or the highway to Hell) that they cannot consider any other shades of grey. It's all black and white to them; radical muslims, radical "Christians" alike.

We have "terrorists" here within our borders, for Christ's sake! And they're toting Bibles in one hand and a semi-auto in the other!

It's so easy for them, you know - living their life by scripture and slogans; never having to actually USE the brain God gave them. It hurts to think.

I've been nose-to-nose with some of the ugliest ultra-right-consevative "Christians," and let me tell you, it's a fine line that separates them from suicide bombers.

Can you actually believe...now take a deep breath...that some of these fundie "Christians" thought that they could walk into a "post 9/11" courtroom PACKING?

I'm not kidding. You cannot make up stuff like that...

Answer 8

The religious right is what the anti-religious left calls anyone who disagrees with them. They want freedom from religion. They have a hatred for religion, especially Christianity.

The Taliban (Arabic for "students") is a radical group being led by politicians disguised as religious leaders. Supposedly, they study the Qur'an, but in fact, they want control.

It's sort of like our globalist, Neo-Cons referring to anyone who disagrees with their internationalist agenda, an Isolationist. We aren't isolationists. We believe in trade with other nations, and the free exchange of ideas and travel to foreign countries. We just don't want to become embroiled in foreign wars. It looks like "Isolationism" is making a come back.

Answer 9

While their methods differ, their motivation is the same. Both groups have convinced themselves that they are the moral compass of the planet by virtue of their religious beliefs. Therefore, they think that their societies should be forced to live by their standards and schools should be used to indoctrinate children into their religions whether the children's parents like it or not.

Answer 10

The mentality is the same, but the brutality is not. Both believe their way is the right way and if you do not follow it you will die. For the religious right, that means no eternal life for you and eternal damnation . The Taliban believe the same but they will kill you right away. While the religious right in its fervor advocates violence on abortion clinics and their service providers, most of their followers do not act upon that rhetoric. The Taliban on the other hand, have most of their followers advocating violence, such as the stoning of adulterers and the beheading of others according to Sharia law.
The religious right send others to do their battles for them, while the Taliban do their own fighting.