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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan we come up with an alternative name for "Christian Right"....
... like we came up with Jihadists vs Islamic Extremists?
I really don't like how "Christian" has been co-opted, especially now that I've seen on DU how people whose opinions I normally respect have been mislead into thinking that those people really do define Christianity.
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)has been used and is quite accurate.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)get the red out
(13,461 posts)That's what I use all the time.
old guy
(3,283 posts)I use this whenever I can.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Their entire religion will reach apex with the end of times and death of billions.
AND THEY CELEBRATE THIS!!!
get the red out
(13,461 posts)A Buddhist friend of mine (now passed) once told me that she believed Christianity was a death cult. That was the first time I heard it described that way, and it made PERFECT sense.
hatrack
(59,583 posts)Ark of Deplorables
Hypocritical Bags of Shit
ileus
(15,396 posts)Orrex
(63,203 posts)Not especially mellifluous, but it's accurate.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,975 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)The Forever Execrable Christian EvangelicalS
3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)Very good, indeed.
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)There is absolutely nothing Christian about these people.
Then what you have left are white supremacists. Just your typical hate group like any other hate group.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Jesus was an observant Jew as were his followers. It was the self-described "Apostle" Paul who co-opted his Judaism sect and transformed it to something completely different to fit his own agenda and line his own pockets.
There's really nothing more Christian than using the veil of faith for your own selfish purposes. As such they are the epitome of Christianity.
Demsrule86
(68,552 posts)QED
(2,747 posts)Since they seem to like leviticus so much.
delisen
(6,042 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)Just the convenient bits.
Can't do away with cotton/poly blends or bacon. There will always be bacon.
I seem to recall Jesus having a beef with them about being obsessed with effusive displays of piety and doing a lot of scolding while being deficient in humility, forgiveness, and other actions that would entail from being truly pious.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)The so-called "Christian Right" not only is neither, but far more important, they're modern-day Pharisees, hypocrisy, self-righteousness, and contempt for the poor, minorities, and women on full display who would crucify Jesus all over again if he were on Earth in the US.
The Big Ragu
(75 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Because that applies to all the other bigoted whackos out there, too, and kind of plants that similarity in the minds of readers/listeners.
Some, like Christo-Fascist, are funny and accurate, but my be really off putting, even to people who aren't lunatics.
I think it bears remembering/repeating that Bush and his administration purposely replaced all uses of the word "religion" with "faith," because religion polls badly with people. Democrats who want a separation of church and state really need to go back to the messaging of "religion."
TlalocW
(15,380 posts)My go-to.
TlalocW
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Sorry, but I have to take them at their word.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)Pick one.
BigRig
(74 posts)mainly for terrorizing their own spouses and children
PsychoBabble
(837 posts)Given how important Christianity is in public life in America -- Why is there not a bigger public "fight" in the Christian religious community regarding the way the scriptures etc. are interpreted and implemented in daily life in America? (Good works, helping the poor, etc.) Having grown up in the Southern Baptist tradition, but out of it now, it just seems to me that the values that Jesus preached about have been seriously hijacked?
It seems like Christians themselves would be seriously pissed and doing something about this vocally, in large numbers. (Islam has the same challenge.)
Skittles
(153,150 posts)MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)Theocrats,
malaise
(268,930 posts)hypocrites?
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)Evangelicals tend to believe in ultimate authority (God) and they try to impose their beliefs on others -- e.g., teaching Biblical creationism in schools.
White evangelicals view themselves as representatives of ultimate authority, granted to them by God and above question, and they perceive their white culture as a reflection of it. Concerns about equality among people of all cultures is viewed as a threat to their authority granted by God.
All happiness and success in this country comes from God as well, and they arrogantly believe it's their adherence to old cultural/religious beliefs that granted them favored status throughout American history, and they pulled up the rest of the country as well. Breaks from the cultural ways of the past is thereby opposed to God, and it means doom for the country at large.
Since all people are sinners in their minds, Trump's moral mistakes are forgiven as long as he promotes their beliefs in general -- e.g., God has favored the USA because he favors their religious and cultural beliefs.
MaeScott
(878 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,149 posts)Oops-- I see the first post has this!