Religion : Fundamentalists and Truth : They Don't REALLY Believe It
"Kill them all," he said with a big grin, "kill them all - in the Name of the Lord." This American religious leader was on CNN at the time... live, national television, and he was dead serious. Who was this compassionless, bloodthirsty monster?
I didn't really want to talk about this issue, but someone has to and the silence of others - the True Believers who SHOULD be speaking out against religious legalism - forces me to do this. As for the bloodthirsty maniac, his name is Jerry Falwell, one of the preeminent leaders of western religious fundamentalism - or dominionism if you prefer. The name I think is more correct is 'radical religionists.' Now the words aren't new: Ann Coulter, another regular on television and one who is accepted as a leader in radical religionism despite the fact she brags about her whoreish behavior - who loudly proclaims her Christian faith in one breath and talks about picking up men in bars in another, has said that we must kill all of their leaders and forcibly convert the survivors to Christianity. This is the face of religion today. You can see why I want to call this radical religionism and not Christianity.
Falwell is an American religious leader. He is a fundamentalist. He seeks and has gained great political power. He seeks and has gained great wealth. He takes personal credit for reelecting George W. Bush, although I suspect that this is just overactive ego: People voted for George for many reasons, such as John Kerry being a waffling slimy politician, and probably Falwell's personal endorsement would be low on the list. But this journal entry is not about politics; it is about the gripe I have with extreme religion today, and it may answer the question about why I don't paint the nice things I used to paint.
Pagani on 12.09.04 @ 11:43 AM PDT [more..] [4 Comments]
