Christian Extremism

Christian Extremism

Christian extremism is a poorly understood and often neglected phenomenon. Although we are constantly hearing about Muslim extremists, America is plagued with a Christian extremist movement which we ignore at our peril. Christian...

Christian extremism is a poorly understood and often neglected phenomenon. Although we are constantly hearing about Muslim extremists, America is plagued with a Christian extremist movement which we ignore at our peril. Christian extremism includes the components of Christian fundamentalism (i.e., biblical inerrancy, evangelism, premillenialism, separatism/sense of persecution, and biblical literalism with regard to creation) and adds some additional components (e.g., exclusivity, anti-intellectualism, social conservatism/anti-liberalism, intolerance, theocratic strivings, and militant opposition to modernism).

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Christian Extremists Support School Bullying

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Image via Wikipedia It must be difficult to be a Christian extremist parent in 2009. First, those pesky public schools actually want to educate your children in science so they'll be able to compete in an increasingly complex job market. Second, some dare to teach method of sex education which have been shown to be...(gasp)...effective, instead of simply preaching "don't do it." And now, some schools have the nerve to realize that bullying detracts from the learning conducive environment they are trying to foster. What is a good Christian extremist parent to do? Oppose measures to reduce bullying, of course. Evidently, last week's No ... Read Full Story
 

Christian Terrorism

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I was motivated, at least in part, to start Atheist Revolution because I was becoming increasingly frustrated to see politicians and media in the U.S. obsess over Islamic extremism in the Middle East while ignoring Christian extremism at home. In the couple of years since I have been blogging, little has changed. There is still a tendency in the U.S. to see religious extremism as problematic only as long as one's own religion is exempt from similar examination. Yes, there have been some encouraging signs that people are beginning to wake up, but our work continues. There is little doubt that Islamic extremism currently ... Read Full Story
 

Free Speech and Atheist Billboards

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Friendly Atheist has a good post asking us all to consider whether we truly support freedom of speech. He is right to note what appears to be considerable hypocrisy around this issue. We pick on Christians for their hypocrisy because it tends to be so common and obvious, but I'd like to remind us that atheists are not immune from making the same mistake. This is a good subject for some discussion in light of the recent news about atheist billboards, bus campaigns , and the like. It is easy to defend one's own freedom to disseminate unpopular ideas (e.g., atheism). However, someone who ... Read Full Story
 

Rethinking the War on Christmas

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Image via Wikipedia The month of November brings both Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving , but it also heralds something even more special - the war on Christmas. It is almost unfortunate that this war is nothing more than a marketing campaign by Christian extremists to solicit donations from their deluded supporters. If only the war was real, it could bring atheists together to denounce Christian privilege as a potent cultural factor for maintaining extremism. But sadly, the war on Christmas is nothing more than an exercise in atheist-bashing where we become the boogeyman long enough to fill right-wing coffers. For this season, I have ... Read Full Story
 

Could Gay Marriage Bring the End of Christian Extremism?

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife I fully realize that I will not live to see the end of Christian extremism in the United States. Far from being a source of despair, this encourages me to do what I can while I'm here. In fact, I'm feeling a bit optimistic at this moment that we may finally be nearing the beginning of what is almost sure to be a long and tortured decline of at least one form of Christian extremism. Specifically, I am very encouraged by what I'm seeing in the GLBT community in response to having the recent blow to their civil ... Read Full Story
 
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Psalm 109:8 Reveals Christian Extremist Hate
I have repeatedly used this blog as a platform to call attention to the dangers of Christian extremism in the United States. Unfortunately, this label has still not caught on. Far too many remain content to view religious extremism as something Muslims do that doesn't apply to Christians. I used to think that the explanation was as simple as people not wanting to acknowledge that Christianity could be every bit as dangerous as Islam for fear...  
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UN condemns Christian extremist LRA attacks
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council Tuesday "strongly condemned" the ongoing attacks and acts of violence of Uganda's Christian extremist rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Great Lakes region of Africa. "The (15) members of the ...  
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Christian Extremism Alive and Well
I agree completely with Americans United for Separation of Church and State that there are important lessons in the recent elections in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the abolition of civil rights in Maine. Christian extremism is alive and well.According to Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of AU,I wish I could say the Religious Right is dead, but this election shows that reports of its demise are inaccurate. The pundits who...  
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Are All Religions Equally Violent? -- By: Michael Rubin
Regarding the ongoing discussion of Islam's role in terrorists' justification of their actions in general and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's self-justification in particular, there's a tendency among the government, academics, and the media to engage in religious equivalency and suggest that Islamic extremism is really no different than Jewish and Christian extremism.  To counter such notions, Raymond Ibrahim's article, "Are Judaism and...  
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No world religion preaches mass murder
No world religion preaches mass murderRed and BlackBut this brand of Islamic extremism is no more permanent than the Christian extremism seen in the Crusades and the Inquisition. And it could be changing. ...and more »  
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What I Like Most About Christmas
I know we're still in November at Thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet, but that has not stopped Christian extremist groups such as the American Family Association from whining about the "war on Christmas." It seems that this has been such a great source of fundraising for the far right that it has become an annual tradition. Well, it also happens to be what I like most about Christmas.You and I both know that there is no war on Christmas...  
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Hasan: Sadistic Terrorist or Crazy Killer?
Washington PostHasan: Sadistic Terrorist or Crazy Killer?Examiner.comEric Rudolph, a supposedly “Christian” terrorist, must not be praised either, even if you support some of his religious views. If anyone takes the law into ...Our View: Embrace facts, not biases, regarding Fort Hood killingsPeoria Journal Starall 13,220 news articles »  
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