" SACRED HEART " MYKERU.COM- I came across this picture at the website " Junk for Code:looking for something firm in a world of chaotic flux " Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at December 28, 2004- THE CREATOR OF THE IMAGE DESCIBES IT AS : " I interpret the head of Christ inside the television set as the new American-style fundamentalist Christianity, which repudiates the Enlightenment and transforms religion into a right wing extremism of blind patriotism based on mythology about war.
That extermism constructs our enemy (described as Islamofascism, Islamist extremism, global jihad) is seen to have no rational agenda beyond the desire to destroy the United States Britain and Australia out of remorseless, theologically-inspired hatred and pathological loathing for their values. The enemy is the underground monster threatening the survival of Western civilization.
This kind of religion provides the cliches that undewrites the patriotic script handed to us by the mythmakers."
MARTIN LUTHER 1483 - 1546
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"I am not permitted to let my love be so merciful as to tolerate and endure false doctrine. When faith and doctrine are concerned and endangered, neither love nor patience are in order.... when these are concerned, neither toleration nor mercy are in order, but only anger, dispute, and destruction -- to be sure, only with the Word of God as our weapon." - Martin Luther
What is most troubling about the Evangelical Fundamentalists is their belief that tolerance of other viewpoints & of other religious systems is unacceptable & is seen as pernicious . This goes against the whole idea of a liberal society which tries to embrace as many viewpoints as possible.
Believing they like Martin Luther himself have found the Truth they wish to enforce this truth on the rest of society. And in their view there is no room for compromise .
The Religious Right do not merely wish that society should tolerate their views but rather that they should be the ones deciding what policies & laws should be enforced by the government in the United States or Canada or elsewhere.
For instance when it comes to the issue of Abortion they want to pass legislation banning all Abortions even in cases of Incest, Rape or to save the life of the woman giving birth . Women in the view of Evangelical Fundamentalists are merely a vessel for the carrying of the unborn child & therefore the Fetus has prima facia rights over the mother.
On the issue of Evolution they believe it to be Anti-God & Anti-Christian & therefore should not be taught in the schools but that it should no longer be treated as an alternative view in the Media or in public discourse of how the Universe & the Earth & Humankind came about. Their opion is that God made the Earth & Man as a Special Creation & that since this is the Biblical view it should not be debated in public .
On the issue of Gay Marriages & Gay Rights the Religious Right argue that the churches should not perform Gay Marriages & further that Civil Unions of Gay couple by a Judge should also not be permitted. They also take this a few steps further claiming that Civil unions of Heterosexual Couples should not be permitted or Recognized & including Common Law Marriages etc. Only marriages between a man & a woman before a minister, pastor , Priest or Rabbi should be accepted by society as having a legal standing . Eventually the Christian Religious Right will argue that only Christian & Jewish Marriages would be acceptable since they believe all other religions to be false & as the products of The Father of Lies Satan himself . The issue of Gay Marriages is one of the rights of minority groups & of religious freedom & the freedom from religion.
MIND THE GAP BY MORLAND- INTOLERANCE SUSPICION & PARANOIA FUEL RACISM IN BRITAIN & THE WEST
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and in the article "Amazingly graceless: American evangelicals rationalize the lapses of Protestantism's greatest leaders but are far less charitable about Muslims' foibles" by Rob Asghar writes :
The "clash of civilizations" may dissipate when the West's hawks recognize that their worst fears lie not in their imagination but in their memory.
Picture Europe under siege by anti-democratic zealots. Picture a militant religious leader calling for the destruction of Europe's Jewish communities. Picture a Talibanesque theocracy arising in a major European center.
Given that this is no dark fantasy but simply a recollection of Europe during a Protestant Reformation that was reputedly a highlight of Western civilization, a war of civilizations seems merely a jingoistic myth.
Frustrated by President Bush's relative moderation and his willingness to call Islam a "religion of peace," right-wing American pundits, historians and religious leaders increasingly portray Islam as an irredeemably violent menac
Yet what should we make of a Western giant such as Martin Luther? When he wasn't condemning the pope as the Antichrist or insisting that popular rule is incompatible with Christianity, he raged against other targets.
"Now just behold these miserable, blind, and senseless people," he wrote in 1543 in one of his lesser-known books, The Jews & Their Lies. In a manner that would fuel generations of German anti-Semitism, Luther advised his countrymen to burn synagogues and raze Jewish homes "in honor of our Lord and of Christendom."
Meanwhile, in Geneva under the influence of the brilliant theologian John Calvin, blasphemy and unbelief often led to being burned or hanged. Paintings and statues of religious figures -- even reverential works -- were as forbidden as any caricature of a Muslim prophet. Dancing was a jail-worthy offense, as was immodest hair on women.
Found at:
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram: Religious Rivalry
Robert Asghar :An Archive of Essays & Published Articles.
Oct. 22, 2006
americabug.typepad.com/rob_asghar/
& also check out his article:
PASADENA STAR-NEWS
March 13, 2003
" Bush, evangelical allies have taken hostage my hero, Jesus "
By Robert Asghar
http://www.dimestoreguru.com/articles/bushgod.htm
And other sites of note:
http://hypocrisytoday.com/index.htm
Hypocrisy Today
Since 1996, the official publication of the American Society of Sociopaths©
and from GOSPEL PLOW
http://users.frii.com/gosplow/
Dispensationalism:
A Return to Biblical Theology
or
Pseudo Christian Cult
and from MIDDLETOWN BIBLE CHURCH
for in depth discussion of Dispensationalism
www.middletownbiblechurch.org
and THE TRADITIONAL VALUES COALITION
http://www.traditionalvalues.org/
which includes articles debunking Global Warming , Evolution & attacks on Gays, liberals, Islam & the Public School System & what they consider the "liberal " media etc.
Here are examples of headlines on their current home page:
SENATOR INHOFE ANNOUNCES PUBLIC RELEASE OF “SKEPTIC’S GUIDE TO DEBUNKING GLOBAL WARMING”
EPW FACT OF THE DAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2006
TVC Chairman Bids Farewell To Ambassador John Bolton
Sen. Inhofe Holds Hearing On Media Hyping Of Global Warming
Anti-Marriage Bills Resurface In California Legislature
ACTION ALERT - Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act Must Pass!
John Bolton’s Resignation Leaves Gap In National Security Efforts
Atheism And Radical Islam Fuel Mass Genocide
Strategists Calls For Worldwide Effort To Fight Islamofascism
Chicago Bans Nativity Movie From Christmas Festival
First Muslim Congressman Wants Oath Of Office On Koran
‘Happy Feet’ Cartoon Is More Al Gore Sky-Is-Falling Propaganda
President Bush Appoints Pro-Lifer To Family Planning Post
see you later,
GORD.
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