The "Religious" Right Is NOT Religious Nor Even Technically Christian

[KittyWampus]

The 'Religious' Right is, first and foremost, a political movement.

The 'Religious' Right's leadership uses religious rhetoric to mask their political and economic objectives. Intentionally.

So for all those DU'ers who think that Dobson, Robertson, Reed etc. in any way typify Christians or Religious leaders... please reconsider. These people are Elmer Gantrys who cherry pick words from the Bible and ignore the thesis behind The Christ's teaching.

As for the people who blindly follow the leaders of the 'Religous' Right... they are suffering from a complete lack of faith.

That is why they need to shove their dogma in others faces. The potential of their Inner Life lays dormant. Unable to access their Inner Being, they end up forcing their belief system onto others in an attempt to fill their own inner emptiness.

Unfortuantely, substituting External Reality for Internal Reality never works. So Fundamentalists move onto ever more extreme acts to try and fill the gaping maw inside themselves. It's a snake eating its tail, really. The more they try and express their spirituality by dominating others, the further they get from experiencing Spirit.

People who have spent time exploring their spiritual dimensions and who have a vibrant Inner Life generally prefer to live and let live.

[Left Below]

1. Technically, I am a Christian -- although

I believe the historical Jesus is dead forever.

But since I practice non-violence, tolerance, and aiding the poor and meek I can legitimately call myself a Christian.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. One: Typifying Christians and BEING Christians are different things.

Two: Definition of the noun "Christian" according to Webster's: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=christian

1. One who professes belief in Jesus as Christ or follows the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
2. One who lives according to the teachings of Jesus.

Tell me how the aforementioned psychos DON'T fit definition 1.

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

[xchrom]

3. it's an intra-faith argumant.

there are all kinds of emphasis that come into play -- for exapmple have some christians usurped the idea of the trinity.

your definition for example leaves that out -- but to many christians you can't be a christian without the trinity and the nicene creed.

it seems to some that borna again evangelicals in some cases have thrown god out for jesus.

and then there's other's i.e. over reliance on:

paul

old testament

revelations

etc.

[zeemike]

6. The fundies fit neither of those definitions

The key here is "following the teachings of Jesus"

And there are several examples I could give but the one most glaring is the teaching that when we pray we should lock ourselves in the closet and not be seen in public praying.
The fundies do the exact opposite of that and so they are not Christians but Anti-Christian by definition.

[Lefty48197]

4. They're not right either.

wiff, wiff, wiff, they're out.

[Dr. Death]

5. Doh! You beat me to it!

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