I blame Reagan. That B-List actor who was completely out of it due to Alzheimer’s during his second term.
gavinashun on
Yes, for about 40 years now.
Verum_Orbis on
Good article and accurate.
StrangerFew2424 on
*the world has a religious fundamentalism problem
-Big-Goof- on
“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the (republican) party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them” – Barry Goldwater, 1994~
makeitasadwarfer on
Hs this article just dropped out of a time warp from 1980?
StrengthThin9043 on
American mainstream Christianity is like the most batshit insane tiny Christian cults one can find here in Sweden. While Christianity and religion at large certainly is problematic, one doesn’t have to do it in a fundamentalist way…
Pokerhobo on
The US has an anti-intellectualism problem. Critical thinking naturally turns people away from religion, but people who want unquestioned obedience prefer religion.
nslvlv on
Chris Hedges wrote this book over a decade ago. Getting from your local library while you still can.
I’ll say. You have some mosques in Michigan blaring a call to prayer at 5 in the morningÂ
TheQuestionsAglet on
You think?
AggravatingClock7021 on
It’s the American Taliban
LordSiravant on
Yeah, no kidding. Also water is wet, and the sky is blue.
TheVintageJane on
The country founded by religious fundamentalists who were so unfun they got kicked out of Europe is plagued by religious fundamentalism? You don’t say.
bowak on
No shit!
Considering that far too many Americans think the puritans were persecuted out of Europe, when the reality was they merely got a bit of pushback for trying to persecute the non-puritans it maybe shouldn’t be that much of a surprise that this is news to some of them.
Niznack on
That’s like saying Deadpool has a cancer problem. It’s like one of our two defining traits.
VSythe998 on
Yeah, a lot people don’t like living under the same conditions as the primitive men that made up these primitive superstitions. The only ones that do, haven’t realized that their religions were made up by primitive men.
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I blame Reagan. That B-List actor who was completely out of it due to Alzheimer’s during his second term.
Yes, for about 40 years now.
Good article and accurate.
*the world has a religious fundamentalism problem
“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the (republican) party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them” – Barry Goldwater, 1994~
Hs this article just dropped out of a time warp from 1980?
American mainstream Christianity is like the most batshit insane tiny Christian cults one can find here in Sweden. While Christianity and religion at large certainly is problematic, one doesn’t have to do it in a fundamentalist way…
The US has an anti-intellectualism problem. Critical thinking naturally turns people away from religion, but people who want unquestioned obedience prefer religion.
Chris Hedges wrote this book over a decade ago. Getting from your local library while you still can.
https://a.co/d/a5thN1K
I’ll say. You have some mosques in Michigan blaring a call to prayer at 5 in the morningÂ
You think?
It’s the American Taliban
Yeah, no kidding. Also water is wet, and the sky is blue.
The country founded by religious fundamentalists who were so unfun they got kicked out of Europe is plagued by religious fundamentalism? You don’t say.
No shit!
Considering that far too many Americans think the puritans were persecuted out of Europe, when the reality was they merely got a bit of pushback for trying to persecute the non-puritans it maybe shouldn’t be that much of a surprise that this is news to some of them.
That’s like saying Deadpool has a cancer problem. It’s like one of our two defining traits.
Yeah, a lot people don’t like living under the same conditions as the primitive men that made up these primitive superstitions. The only ones that do, haven’t realized that their religions were made up by primitive men.
No shit.