While Christian fascism cannot give enough lip service to the "culture of life" it is morbidly death-obsessed in its raging support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and capital punishment. The popularity of the grisly, sado-masochistic "The Passion Of The Christ" among fundamentalist Christians, as well as the Jesus Camp's indoctrination of children to be willing and proud to "die for Jesus" further belie Cristo-fascism's death fetish.
http://www.populistamerica.com/christian_fascism
2007-10-23 06:17:26 · 22 answers · asked by ? 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
http://bestanswers-rhio99.blogspot.com/2007/10/are-religious-fundies-danger-to.html
2007-10-23 06:50:14 · update #1
It's not surprising how stupid most of you are.
2007-10-23 06:53:49 · update #2
That was two years ago. Christo-fascists got their asses handed to them. Their influences are being withdrawn. Soon, all that will remain will be their fossils -- dying proof of evolution toward a finer species.
2007-10-23 06:20:37 · answer #1 · answered by Juniper McClintock 4 · 7⤊ 3⤋
I would imagine it's a good book. Chris Hedges is a smart dude. Here's more on him: from wikipedia: Chris Hedges is a journalist and author, specializing in American and Middle Eastern politics and society. Hedges is currently a senior fellow at The Nation Institute in New York City and a Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University. He spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, where he spent fifteen years. Hedges was part of The New York Times team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for the paper's coverage of global terrorism. He received the 2002 Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism.
2016-05-25 03:59:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a huge problem, one that has persisted for over thousands of years. This may be applied to all dominant religions in history. Should America be predominately Muslim, we'd have to endure their fanaticism. It is the scourge of religions. They allow people to justify unjustifiable actions, and are the epitome of hypocrisy.
They are bent on converting everyone to their doctrine, with the false illusion that we will have a perfect society. This approach has been exhausted through the ages; and every time it seems as though it is achievable, it backfires, chaos, destruction ensue. I think it is obvious to any freethinker what the problem is; the real problem in my opinion is how do we fix it?
The most plausible answer is unfortunately unappealing. We could violate the Constitution; and try to regulate religions, but obviously this will backfire (reverse oppression, mixed with the collapse of society). The other option is try to respectfully stand up to the tyranny through pure logic; yet, this will fail as well, as Christians (or any other sect) will reject logic in favor of irrational beliefs. They will also play the persecution card, which most of this country would eat up.
We have to wait until Science may one day concretely disprove their doctrines. There will still be many that will reject pure proof in favor of their irrational beliefs. They are increasingly fanatic in this country because their doctrines are increasingly being discredited. They will not let go of their nonsense.
We have to stand up to them, do not tolerate the intolerant. The more people that will embrace logic, the better the odds we can fight back (peacefully). Sadly though, it seems the majority of the population in this country require a religion to act somewhat (usually hypocritically) morally. The more of us that challenge them, the better. Keep it up. Cheers!
2007-10-23 06:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by ajm48786 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1. America is not a 'christian' nation. It was a lot closer to being that when it was founded. But what tenuious connections to being a christian nation have been gradually destroyed.
2. Look up the definition of fascist. If you knew what the term really meant you would know this country is by no stretch of the definition fascist.
3. And if all you got out of the movie, "the Passion of Christ' was the blood and gore you need to get your head out of your rear. I'll not bother trying to explain the movie to you until you do.
2007-10-23 06:29:08 · answer #4 · answered by namsaev 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you for real? Where are you living???
Christians that I know, being one, are not death-obessed. We believe that no one has the right to take an innocent life. Our courts are established on this belief by the way.
However, we do support the removal of anyone from society that kills innocents at will. This might explain the support for the wars.
The dilemma I find myself in at times, if you are truly interested in understanding and not just spewing rhetoric, is how to reflect the love of God and Christ to the world, yet voice disgust and anger at the slippery slope our culture and values system has taken.
How are we to be vocal in a world where nothing is "wrong" anymore...but has just become a "different value system"?
How are we to speak out against "wrong" without being called intolerant by those that are intolerant of our beliefs?
See the irony?
It's complex. Perhaps more complex than it should be.
2007-10-23 06:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by icehousemale 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
there isn't anything wrong with this picture. there is a very small, fundamentalist right wing fringe of Christians that would love nothing more than to have a theocracy in America.
i do not believe that the majority of Christians are like this, but i do think the majority of Christians are like the majority of Americans as a whole - apathetic, detached, and disinterested to the impositions made by the few and the powerful in the name of the many
2007-10-23 06:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
America is not a Christian nation, we are the epitome of hypocrisy, 99% of the preachers in this country are in it for the money, and glory of war. Like John Hagee preaching on tv to attack Iran, he is a man of foolish thoughts and actions, people should be able to see through this but we are blinded by our own foolishness.
2007-10-23 06:21:38 · answer #7 · answered by masterplumber1975 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I think everybody has a rite to worship as they choose however one must look at the facts as well for Jesus to be worshiped when he simply was a messenger is strange to me.. the faith that one searches for in various religions is born within all humans,, most of todays :icons" were simply messengers sent to various parts of the world ,, to die for a icon or messenger is ridiculous,, the truth is within it is born within regardless of what part of the world u live or what u believe,, we are one ,,
2007-10-23 07:26:49 · answer #8 · answered by NeseMoons 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd rather the Hare Krishnas took over than fundie fascists.
2007-10-23 06:23:31 · answer #9 · answered by Global warming ain't cool 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
we live in a free democratic republic that allows us to choose our own religions and personal views.
Christian Fascists are against America
2007-10-23 09:50:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋