“Christian Jihad” (Updated) 0
The last time politics and religion were mixed, people were burned at the stake.
Frank Schaeffer. whose father was a founder of the “religions right,” points out that events such as the one in Norway have happened here, and that more can be expected.
He does not consider them to be “isolated incidents,” but, rather, events united by a the theme of a crusade:
And the anti-government charge is being led by people who are either true believers, thus unable to reason, or people catering to the true believers so that they can remain in the good books of the Tea Party, which is nothing more than the Evangelical far right repackaged and renamed.
Some people took the next step. The night of December 14, 2008, Bruce Turnidge was in handcuffs and sitting next to an FBI agent in Turnidge’s farmhouse in Oregon. He was ranting about the “need” for militias and cursing the election of an African American president. Hours earlier, his son, Joshua, had been arrested for allegedly causing a fatal bomb explosion.
There’s much more. Follow the link to read it.
We should be as concerned about homegrown fanatics, even the ones dressed fashionably in clothing we are used to, as we are about ones in exotic garb from far-away places with strange-sounding names.
Perhaps more concerned.
It is curious that those who purport loyalty to the Gospel of Love are so enamored of killing.
H/T Bill F. for the link at the top of the post.
Addendum, a Few Moments Later:
Via Contradict Me:
