Onward Christian Soldier
Posted on February 18th, 2005 by JTkPosted in politico |
It seems that some believers, in some Christian circles, are not happy that the president is the de facto leader of the religious right ( Gary Bauer’s words, not mine ), going as far as to say that George W has ushered in an era of Christian Fascism.
Tim Appelo has published an outstanding article on www.seattleweekly.com that discusses the Christian right and the Christian left are engaged in a debate over who ‘owns’ Jesus—and whether Dubya is a force for good or evil.
None other than Gary Heart tackles this topic as well writing about the hypocrisy of bush and the religious right and as always Christopher Hitchens has something insightful to say. I’ve lost some respect for Mr. Hitchens since he became an apologist for the president and the right, but there is no denying his ability to present a great argument.
Even I am not willing to say that George W. Bush has become the head of the new American Dominionist Church/State, but I do think that it is interesting that a large plurality of Americans think that one type of fundamentalism is good, but other fundamentalism is bad…