Political Christianity dangerous, yes or no?

Question

Radical Christian types routinely distort history to suggest that our founding fathers were Christians, but they weren't...they were masonic deists.

Radical Christians routinely cite Biblical passages to justify everything from their own degenerate homophobia to the legacy of slavery and racism in the US. Yet, their attachment to biblical law somehow wanes when it comes to stuff like keeping kosher, shaving their beards and turning the other cheek.

Radical Christians shrink in horror when muslims engage Sharia (Koranic law), but deep in their hearts they envy these islamic barbarians for the swift finality of their justice.

The Religious Right in the US wants nothing more than to dismantle our democracy in favor of theocracy (like Iran, except with white, protestant ministers instead of arab mullahs and ayatollahs), and to facilitate the end of the world.

In my opinion, they are no different than Al-Queda (see Oklahoma City bombing if you think they arent violent).

Answer 1

of course it's dangerous. by adding religion in general into politics, you create insane groups of people who seek to defend "morality" and interpret religious texts in a way that will serve their self interests. you'll have people justify the most inept **** in the name of whatever religion they belong to. it simply makes us believe we're all right about everything because their religion says so lol.

Answer 2

Well said.

But it doesn't just go for Christians. Religion in politics is never good, in my opinion. Most religions share the same values. I think if people can agree that it's the specifics that are different, not the values, then it would be possible to have a truly moral government, but without the religion.

Separation of church and state is a necessity. We see what is going on the world today as a consequence of not following through with that ideal.

Answer 3

Timothy Mc Veigh was not a fundamentalist. He was a separatist. He hated the government and both parties.

He came originally from upstate NY and had been raised as a Catholic. However,he did not do the bombing in the name of religion. Rather to get back at the government. He's worm food now and that's a good thing.

Answer 4

The fact that you consider being against gay relationships degenerate says something.

Sorry, but it's you liberals who want to ban Christianity and it's practice. It's you liberals who want to establish your own religion of global warming. It is you liberals that have slaughtered millions of children in the womb. Christians in the US tend to be more tollerant of others on the whole. Yes there are the few minority who are violent, but on the whole, most Christians aren't radical. You probably forget, but the core of the anti-slavery movement in the US during the 19th century were DEVOUT CHRISTIAN and use their CHRISTIAN BELIEFS as the core of their movement.

Pathetic. Simply pathetic.

Answer 5

interesting arguments and specific, I do think of they're comparable, even with the undeniable fact that that's not a valid argument. i'm an atheist/agnostic besides, yet i don't think of all religions must be abandoned. My stance is: i don't care what you think, do exactly not attempt to enforce it on me or society - i.e. society must be secular. Dawkins and Hitchens and so on. are (i think of) popular atheists and to an volume, evangelical atheists. What they say is right fairly some the time, yet fundamentalist ideals in atheism may well be purely as undesirable as fundamentalist ideals in any faith. What they're asserting approximately faith wanting to be abandoned is purely as undesirable as a Christian asserting "some atrocities have been dedicated via atheists, for this reason atheism must be abandoned." i think of that's not valid because of the fact in the two situations, the tip reached is naive and too vast a generalization. the main significant situation as we communicate and with the previous is with human beings, as they use what faith says or would not say to justify their volatile movements and ideology. an identical is going for political ideals. for this reason, i think of that there may well be something risky approximately non secular/political people who've too plenty capacity or effect on society, not the religion/political device itself. it somewhat is by technique of the fact the two faith and political systems have been created via human beings; human beings are not suited and there is something basically risky with human beings.

Answer 6

Like most politically minded people on the "far" side of either issue you claim extremes. As "religous" as George Bush pretends he might be there have been only a few decisions he's made with his "religion" in mind. Yes there are Christian idiots with extremist views like T. Mc.V who deserve their executions just like al queda terrorists. But the VAST majority of Christians hold far more moderate views. It is extremist that demand freedom of religion means no religion at all from our government.

Answer 7

If you know anything about Free Masons, then you would know that they were ALL religious, and that many were of different religions than Christianity. That is why they believed in FREEDOM OF RELIGION. They were not atheists, they just believed that you must respect the next mans difference in religion.

They would hate you liberals, and tell you to go to hell.

Answer 8

Christians like Al-Queda? You name one event commited by Extreme Radicals, however people like the ones in Al-Queda commit such crimes every week. YOu hve issues, and you are so closed minded I bet you don't even know that the Bible promotes peace.

Answer 9

I think Pat Robertson, James Dobson and people like them are more dangerous than al-Qaida because they have more power and influence over the US government. Basically, these people are destroying America. I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that they secretly collaborated with al-Qaida.

Answer 10

Pat Robertson and other Right Wing so-called 'christians' helped out Efrain Rios Montt, formerly the genocidal dictator of Guatemala, that should tell you how dangerous they are right there.