Religious Left

By R. Paul Waits I am a homo sapien who is not a homosexual, but I have friends who do prefer to have their intimate relationship(s) with those of the same birth-given gender. Although it is not something I quite understand or can identify with, I have come to a place of acceptance and tolerance of others' unique needs and proclivities in this regard. There is, however, among the God-fearin', war-mongering tribe of so-called Christian activists, a strong current of homophobia that is symptomatic of an anti-Christian intolerance -- intolerance of anything that conflicts with the strident stances of the reactionary pulpits, purveyors of their own form of idolatry. Let's call it Bible-idolatry, or a belief that some string of words, regardless of how inspired, or obscure, which have been printed in a Biblical translation, can themselves be worshiped, like so many other physical creations of man, such as money, sex, power, etc. The point is that the words can point to God/Truth...

Personally I get a chuckle everytime I see a christian right female speaking out. Because, as we all know, if one follows a fundamentalist view of religion, women are not allowed to speak out! Women are not even allowed to discuss religion with men! In a recent article on WorldNutDaily, Janet Folger gives the following list of demands from the Christian Right: We demand an end to abortion – now. We demand Planned Parenthood be defunded and pay back all tax money received where they have violated state statutory rape reporting laws. We demand marriage between a man and a woman remain the only recognized, protected and subsidized union. All counterfeit unions will not to be legally recognized. Freedom of religion will be practiced unhindered in every facet of America including public schools, the workplace, media, Internet and the public square. Freedom of speech will not be relegated to "zones" but rather practiced in every corner of society including schools, the workplace,...

If it wasn't so pathetic it would be funny. The hypocrisy of religion is the king of hypocrisy. Old school religion believes in slavery. Old school religion believes a womans place is in the kitchen, pregnant and caring for every whim of her husband. Old school religion believes in polygamy. Old school religion also believes homosexuals are an abomination. The ability of religious zealots to pick and choose which verses of the bible are important shines a bright light on their hypocrisy.

www. TruthWinsOut .org today called on Mike Huckabee to explain his close association to prominent members of the Christian Reconstructionist movement – which believes Old Testament law should replace the Constitution and that the Bible also justifies corporal or capital punishment for adulterers and homosexuals, among others. “While Huckabee makes jokes on the campaign trail, his ties to the fundamentalist fringe is no laughing matter. We hope the media will continue to explore the radical associates of Mike Huckabee.” In 1998, Mike Huckabee co-wrote the book, “Kids Who Kill” with Reconstructionist author George Grant. Grant is an ideologue with extreme, even dangerous religious views. The question is, does the former Arkansas governor share Grant’s view of the role of Christianity in government? This passage is from Grant’s 1987 book The Changing of the Guard (Ft. Worth, TX: Dominion Press, 1987), pp. 50-51: “Christians have an obligation, a mandate, a commission, a holy responsibil...

Self-righteousness and a profound sense of superiority have been responsible for the deaths of millions of humans throughout history. The Taliban consist of men who worship power above all else and abuse the name of God or Allah to justify their evil ways. Sadly and tragically certain fundamentalist and extremist men who thump bibles and call themselves ‘Christians’ behave in a similar reprehensible and evil fashion. They themselves constitute that element of society which Jesus Himself so loathed—the power crazed HYPOCRITE!!! If we continue to lose our basic human rights and freedoms as Americans these evil men will eventually use their extremist and twisted interpretations of Biblical Scripture to terrorize our citizens. As they gain power and prestige they will launch a campaign of hate, bigotry, and persecution of women, which will mimic the pernicious evil of the Taliban—thus becoming a ‘Christian Taliban’. Although not yet in power, there are several powerful men who would lead u...