On Becoming What We Hate

Religious fundamentalism is evil by any other name. It is not a philosophy or theology, it is sectarian ideology in religious garb. I'm sitting here on my day off watching MSNBC and wondering what's really going on in the country when incredible allegations are slanderously made about the President of the United States with apparent impunity. There is no comfort in saying I told you so, because the fact that I've been warning of the growth of this movement in our society for years now has been to no avail. Corporations bought the United States Government before the very eyes that were otherwise focused upon a beguiling "consumer theology". The future of ever greater consumption is definite, but a society infatuated with the notion of buying its way into heaven willingly ignores this truth in lieu of a gratifying but false belief system. I daresay that the Christian standing of anyone, any one, who questions the standing of another is immediately drawn into question. These accusers are most definitely not disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ. They cannot defend themselves against that charge because they blaspheme the Son of God, the Son of Man, by perpetrating their evil supposedly in his name. Al Qaeda, Taliban, American Right: fundamentalism by any other name...