The War on Christianity must end.
Before you say anything let me explain, I mean the false and whiney persecution that many Fundamentalists keep screaming about in the media anytime the rest of the world does not fall into their narrow view. Somehow ?persecution? has become a synonym for ?Do it my way because my way is the only way.?
Take the case of Rev, Susan Latimer who said:
“a war on those who believe in Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.”
Why does she feel this way, well gay marriage of course, to which she says:
“By the stroke of one federal judge’s pen we are being dictated what the state says moral law should be. This goes directly against God’s ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?laws and 80% of Arizona voters in 2008.”
That 80% is debatable, but notice how she says ?Moral Law? and ?dictated? in the same phrase. It is as if the laws on gay marriage is a direct affront to her. Of course this is in relation to her refusing a gay ceremony and the couple *Gasp* complained. Still point is that she takes it personal when a law does not fall into her narrow view.
That is a major disconnect because we are supposed to be a nation without a national religion and free to practice what we wish. Apparently, that is only true if you fall into the narrow scope of certain sections of fundamentalist Protestants and even then not always.
For more here is David Limbaugh at Human Events (apparently no relation to Rush though they share brains) who said:
“But this [War on Christianity] is a real war ? not a phony one, such as the left’s manufactured ?war on women.?
Because of course getting 70% pay for the same job, being judged on your body even in the highest of offices, and constant harassment on the streets doesn’t compare too-um- well:
“For example, a student in Dyer County, Tennessee, was suspended because she committed the unforgivable sin of saying ?bless you? when ? ? ? ?a classmate sneezed.
If that sounds a bit too impossible to believe, that’s because it is. Turns out the girl shouted across the room and when the teacher corrected her the child got rather indignant. Ironically, it is very hard to find that last bit because, as our media does, the first story was ran rather sensationally but the truth did not get too much of a mention.
Limbaugh rambles further:
? ? “The ?tolerant? left has zero tolerance for Christianity, and all Christians and all lovers of liberty would be well advised to be vigilant ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?against this societal assault on Christianity that uses the Constitution as an excuse.
Yeah, because of that pesky first amendment and all. The one that says you can’t tell me how to worship or what religion to follow. I know that really eats at you guys because you want to ?save everyone? with misquoted and out of context verses that push fear into everyone’s souls making them easily controllable.
By the way, that pesky first amendment allows me to call you on your crap too.
This is a major way fundamentalists keep people in line, fear. Fear of hell, fear of God’s wrath, and it seems fear of persecution is the latest weapon to keep people looking over their shoulders and not thinking.
Vyckie Garrison, an ex-Quiverfull mother of seven said:
? ? ?”Garrison believes that home schooling has become so popular with fundamentalist Christians because, ?there is an atmosphere of real ? ? ? ? ? ? ? terror among some evangelicals. They are horrified by the fact that Obama is president, and they see the New Atheist movement as a vocal, ? ? ? in-your-face threat. Plus, they are obsessed with the End Times, and believe that the Apocalypse could happen any day now? They see a ? ? ? ? ? ? demon on every corner.”
I am just going to pause here and say I never understood fear of the ?End Times? for Fundamentalists. If you read Revelations, it actually ends really well for the Christians. Not only does that tell me someone is not reading the whole book, but that also someone is purposefully pointing to the scary parts.
Adding to the mix here is a culture of fear. Many ex-fundamentalists I know talk about fear and how it drove them away from the church. This is a natural reaction to fear appeals, first you cave in and after it goes too far you rebel. In fact, the part of fear appeals that has to used sparingly by the ones using them is a careful balance of fear but not overdoing it. Of late, the persecution is overdoing it and I think that is why people are turning away in such high numbers. If this keeps up, churchgoers will be as low as they were at the founding of our country (a fun stat to use against those who say America is a ?Christian? nation?).
I think John Stewart summed it up best in his interview in Rolling Stone:
? ? ?”They have a real sense of persecution. I’ve just figured that out recently. Their feeling of persecution is real. They truly feel the loss of ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? absolute power is the same as persecution. Like, watch them do their “War on Christmas” stuff. It’s real, man. There’s no bullshit. They are ? ? ? in the middle of Rockefeller Center talking about “They won’t let us put up a Christmas tree!” Meanwhile, they’re next to a 60-foot ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Christmas tree in a place with so much Christmas stuff up it looks like Santa’s balls just exploded.
Not a festive image for the holiday season, but it gets the point across.
There is no War on Christianity. I am the son of a minister,, I think I would have caught wind of it by now.
