It strikes me that it is not simple similarity that I see between maniacs like Hill, et.al, and the Muslim fundaMENTALists we are at war with, but a mirror-image.
ALL claim to be unable to work within their systems of government for change (which, maybe it's just me, but it indicates both laziness and impatience, not inability per se), ALL reach for the gun or knife or explosive belt VERY quickly indeed, and ALL perform their acts with outright glee and total disregard for any innocents involved.
ALL would impose their own version of tyranny upon their nations, with their OWN mullahs in total charge, of course. Finally, ALL work overtime to induct and brainwash disaffected, ignorant young people to follow in their footsteps.
The only difference I can discern is in what name they give their god. Some call him "Allah", some use "Yaweh", some use only "God", or "Jesus". Some have even used the god of Communism. The tactics, methods, and rhetoric remain identical, as does the overall goal...establishment of a totalitarian system, only one which THEY agree with.
I particularly like the repeated attempts to twist our Founding Documents to support this...it would be ironic, if it were not so frightening. The only document mentioning a Creator at all is the Declaration of Independance, which as has been pointed out, carries no force of law. In NO Document is "Christianity", or indeed, any OTHER religion specifically mentioned and in fact when mentioned at all in the Bill Of Rights, the government is enjoined from any establisment thereof.
No matter how this Sailor slices it, there is no evidence or support for the idea that America is supposed to be a "Christian" or "Godly" nation, over and above its enumerated Constitution. The available evidence indicates quite the contrary.
I swore an Oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and to me that means ALL of it, not just those parts I happen to like. There's some I don't...like the Sixteenth Amendment, for instance. However, you'll not find me shooting IRS agents. Instead, I'll work within the rules established in that same Constitution for the change I want. It takes time, effort, and work to do that, but it's ultimately the same rules we all have to work under. It is not "conviction" to attempt to short-circuit those rules, nor is it martyrdom. Personally, I see it as an attack upon the nation itself, one borne out of impatience, laziness, and pure psychopathic bloodlust.
I swore an Oath to myself when I joined the Navy...to oppose that sort of violent tyranny REGARDLESS of what mask of ideology it wears, for ultimately, it can only destroy our Liberty and Security, and replace it only with opression and death, no less the tragic because one or the other sect agrees with it.
Paul Hill and others like him in methods and tactics and mindset are simply differing heads of the same Hydra of tyranny and totalitarianism, no less so because of their purported "cause". They ALL need to be cut off, and the stumps burned. It is my pleasure and honor to be part of that effort.