I wholehearted agree. I have trouble understanding the justifications used by fundamentalist muslims. I'm having a much bigger problem understanding the right here in the US. And these are, our own people. Their message gets stronger and stronger everyday. You see some of the people from the south on this board.

They are able to rationalize anything, I do mean anything, so long as it advances their main goals. The fact that grown people in the US in the 21st century are fighting because they believe the skys are going to open any day and rescue them is more then un believeable. It's surreal.

If they had beliefs like the nutzos who thought that they needed to kill themselves so they can go visit the spaceship, no problem. But they have an agenda to rule the world. Can you tell me one other time in our lifetime that another religious group claimed to get calls from the whitehouse during important votes?



>>I suggest you read the article on evangelicals in this month's issue of Vanity Fair. It will go along way to explaining people like Howie's thought process. And why you shouldn't even bother.
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>>I read half the article at lunch today. It explains a lot of what these people believe. And why it's so dangerous. As well as ignorant. I used to say they wanted to take us back to the 16th century as a saying. Now I know they really, trully do.
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>>The basic gist is you are either a born again christian who will be saved by j.c. or you are a member of the devils army who needs to be destroyed.
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>>>>Maybe we should wait to see what develops before we become terrified...
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>>>Do you want to give that same benefit of the doubt to dictators world-wide. Holding prisoners without legal representation, without charge, without access to the Red Cross?
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>Perry,
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>The problem with the so-called "Christian Right" is that they are neither.
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>I think that anyone who bombs and kills people in an abortion clinic are terrorists. Just the same as al-Qaida.
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>The problem is that some have the feeling that the United States is a Christian or Christian-Juedo society. It is neither. It is, and was intended to be, a secular society.
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>Someone's faith is personal, just as a person's sexual preference. The government doesn't need to be involved in either.