Despair drives the Christian right

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

[Theo]

These radicals, from James Dobson to Pat Robertson, call for a theocratic state that will, if it comes to pass, bear within it many of the traits of classical fascism.

Absolutely not true.

This man's perspective is consistent with that of one who doesn't believe God exists. Can't really blame him for his extreme and anti-Christian views....

[tacticalogic]

This man's perspective is consistent with that of one who doesn't believe God exists.

I thought it sounded more like someone who formed his opinion based on listening to Fred Phelps.

[Earthdweller]

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

Because there is no message here. The man is a clueless Christianophobe with an agenda.

[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.

[haywoodwebb]

Where's the BARF alert???

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I looked it up in the dictionary. Religiosity: 1. Exaggerated or affected piety.

I should've known it was a slam. Notice how anything that a conservative says is "rhetoric". Same thing.

[syriacus]

This is a prize-winner all right...in this category...

[Muleteam1]

>>...because we offered them nothing else.<<

Communism for my Christianity? Hmmm. I don't think so.

[prov1813man]

Sorry, I have lately been double-posting for no apparent reason, how embarrassing....

[Tax-chick]

I should've known it was a slam. Notice how anything that a conservative says is "rhetoric". Same thing.

Excellent point.

[freeangel]

"we as a nation have turned our backs on the working class"

I think it is more that we are now fed up with the non-workers who are trained to feed off the taxpayers.

[Northern Yankee]

You have to wonder why he sees the turn to Christianity as a desperate move?

In a country that offers so much opportunity, all this writer sees is impending despair. I think in a nutshell that identifies the liberal philosophy.

They can't fathom how anyone, especially with faith, can find happiness and comfort; ergo everyone should live in misery because of the unforeseen future, because that's the way they see it.

I think someone put it best a few months back, regarding a liberal's disbelief with God. "I don't believe, or understand the belief in God. And since I don't understand, neither should you."

[don-o]

Chris Hedges is not a very deep thinker.

[WashingtonSource]

The delusional left is a the biggest threat to America and it's a real phenomenon not an imaginary one.

[Tax-chick]

Excellent points.

And considering that the United States has been populated mainly by Christians since the 17th Century, I guess the author thinks it's always been a pit of despair.

A reasoning person would ask himself, then, why people have risked their lives crossing the oceans, for 400 years, to come here.

[Earthdweller]

"Unfortunatly, this is how the "intellectual" left views us."

More like this is the way they "want" everyone to view us. If articles like this don't quality as part of the war on Christianity I don't know what does.

[Tribune7]

If despair drives political activism expect to see a lot of political activism from journalists at the Inquirer.

[Earthdweller]

quality = qualify

[SHOOT THE MOON bat]

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

This article is on the front page of the editorial section of the Philadelphia Inquirer. It stretches almost from top to bottom. There is a huge comic next to it with Uncle Sam on puppet strings attached to a cross.

[paratrooper82]

Sounds like the State of Michigan under the iron fist of socialist Granholm!

Run all of your business out of the State, then propose to raise taxes on the people. What use to be about $17.00 dollars for a Deer license tag, will be going up to $75.00, and on and on it goes.

She is also planning to raise taxes on small businesses, and instead of the 92% of income the States taxed the small businesses, she wants to tax 100% of all income.

She has robbed every other fund in the State, and raised all fees she could without going to the legislature for approval, has even robbed child care fund of millions, and still the State of Michigan is over a billion in the hole.
Michigan's Constitution requires by law a balanced budget. Never has she even thought of cutting the size of the Government, or investigated where millions of tax dollars is being spent needlessly.
Before even attempting to pay off the debt she created, she has already proposed even more "entitlement" spending, and has borrowed billions, stating "just you wait and see in the next four years!"

I don't believe Michiganders will survive the next coming year, at least with their private property intact.

Thank you liberals!