Despair drives the Christian right

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 1/14/2007 | Chris Hedges

[Northern Yankee]

These radicals, from James Dobson....

He's kidding, right?

[Timmy]

The engine that drives the radical Christian right in the United States - the most dangerous mass movement in American history

Who knew?

[bmwcyle]

Chris Hedges has no brain left.

[savedbygrace]

With this article there is a lesson for all: Never take the brown acid.

[DeaconBenjamin2]

For we are to God a sweet savor of Christ, in those being saved, and in those being lost; to the one we are the savor of death to death, and to the other we are the savor of life to life.

II Corinthians 2:15-16

[xcamel]

The author is using a pen name - his real name is B. L. Zebub

[Earthdweller]

LOL-LOL!

[Drango]

the most dangerous mass movement in American history

I say it's newspapers that give free space to dingbat authors.

[Tax-chick]

Is that even a word?

Richard John Neuhaus in First Things mentioned recently that "mainstream journalism" is using "religiosity" all the time now, in place of "religion," "faith," "belief," or other more meaningful words.

[A. Pole]

And they willingly walked out on this world for the mythical world offered by radical preachers - a world of magic, a world where God had a divine plan for them and intervened daily to protect them and perform miracles in their lives.

And this must be the world offered by Mr. Hedges:

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
Nowhere below us
Above only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for 
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

(Imagine, by John Lennon)

[richardtavor]

"forgetting for a moment whether I was in Detroit or Kansas City " I have no doubt that he forgets where he is all of the time...Delusional is what it is called in mental hospitals.

[Moolah]

I wonder why most of you attack the messenger instead of the message.

[Paige]

This guy is the former Middle East newsman for the NYTIMES and his hatred for Christians is not anything to laugh at or ignore.

His disgusting display of bias, hatred, and his inability to see who the true enemy of this nation is (Islam) makes one believe he is truly a follower of Islam's teachings.

If anyone would like to voice their opinion to this odious impuissant little slug here is his email address: chedges@truthdig.com

[prov1813man]

"the radical Christian right in the United States - the most dangerous mass movement in American history"

Not to mention the longest surviving, albeit a bit shaky at this point, beginning with the founders, who ignited controversy with lightning rod phrases like "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights" and "nature's God".

I know I personally "despair" this very day about which part of the Gulf Coast I should take the boat to .

Moron. Dangerous Moron.

[Tax-chick]

What's even stranger is that he must live in a social milieu in which he can express these opinions without being challenged.

Who are these people, where do they live, and how can I be sure of avoiding them?

[Oberon]

pingferlater

[InvisibleChurch]

where would the left be without the word "fascist"?

[MinuteGal]

The only ones more insane than this insect-eater are his editors at the Philadelphia Inquirer. The writer should be terminated immediately. Then the publisher should terminate the editors.

This is the perfect cameo of the rampant mass lunacy in upper echelons of print journalism today.

One can only pray desperately for the quick demise of these newspapers and the retirement of the madmen who control them and those who write for them.

Leni

[rabidralph]

Well, at least we're not cutting anybody's head off for not believing.

[BenLurkin]

The message is just plain loopy.