It was a rant written shortly after the July 4th holiday about how for some people, Christian fundamentalism and nationalism end up becoming intertwined to the point that they become inseparable in their minds. This has resulted in a highly Americanized form of Jesus that the rest of the world has a hard time recognizing as Jesus.
Here's an excerpt from the post:
We've apparently cornered the market on Jesus in this country. We've turned him into a flag-waving (flag-wearing, as the photo shows), gun-toting, GOP-voting conservative Republican Tea-Partier who believes in State's Rights, no taxes, deregulation, who hates Obama, and who makes sure the gays know how sinful they are.
We've made him the whitest Jew on the planet.No wonder the rest of the world is amused by The American Jesus. He doesn't look or act anything like the Jesus they know. He's kind of an ignorant redneck, actually.For the rest of the post, click here.
When I was reading the post, it kept reminding me of this classic song from the band Bad Religion:
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Why can't fantasy just be fantasy?
Speaking of fundamentalism, I ran across a great post by South African blogger Christian Kemp on his blog I Am An Atheist and This is Why. He was talking about how fundamentalists often can't handle fanstasy fiction of science fiction when anything is brought up about spirituality, they see it as evil (for example, Harry Potter, etc).
Luckily as an atheist I can just appreciate fantasy for what it is......Fantasy. For theists however if you believe in invisible gods then magic, ghosts and demons all become real too. And anything that does not seem normal too you, which is pretty much anything in fantasy land, is evil.
