The moral bankruptcy of fundamentalism

[BR_Parkway]

Do so-called 'Bible-believers' ever read the Bible?

In light of the Bush bankruptcy bill and his repeal of the estate tax, let's examine the phrase "Bible-believing Christians," who we can thank for giving Bush his "mandate." Supposedly, a "Bible-believing Christian" is a Christian who believes the Bible to be the inerrant and infallible word of God.

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But to honor conservative Christians with the title of being "Bible believing" is off the mark. They're fundamentalists all right -- market (not Christian) fundamentalists, obsessed with sexual ethics.

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The thematic focus of all the books of the prophets, from Isaiah to Micah, is God's displeasure with idolatry and oppressing the poor, and the two are often linked.

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Though such social sin is a cause for lamentation, true Bible believers have faith that justice will eventually "roll down like waters" because "whoever blocks his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry, but will not be heard" (Proverbs 21:13). "Bible-believing" market fundamentalists, consider yourselves warned.

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=18939

[bertha katzenengel]

1. "God's displeasure with . . . . oppressing the poor"

Fundies like to quote the story of Sodom and Gomorrah out of Genesis. But they rarely look at Ezekiel, which spells out very clearly exactly what those cities' sin was:

"Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." Ezekiel 16:49

How convenient for them that the English translation of Genesis makes it seem at a glance as if God punished those people for their homosexuality. What a crock of shit. In this fundamentalists are profoundly dishonest.

[sui generis]

2. one of the ideas that underscores fundamentalism

in any religion or culture is the idea of being "chosen" or "called". Once you have established that you are the superior human (in your own mind) it makes it a lot easier to be sociopathic towards your fellow humans.

The idea that someone you've never met shouldn't "be allowed" to do whatever the heck they want with their own body is as absurd as the requirement of the Taliban that men were not allowed to shave or have western style haircuts. It's the antithesis of personal freedom - you do not own your own body or reproductive rights, female OR male.

Of course the "chosen" ones always know what's best for everyone, and the rest are going to hell anyway so it doesn't matter in their mind if what they're doing to a "sinner" would be completely immoral if they did the same thing to a fellow fundamentalist.

Fine moral people they are. They're like rotten onions; they have layers, and they stink.

[Village Idiot]

3. Five Denominations, NCC Join to Declare FY2006 Proposed Budget "Unjust"

Washington, D.C., March 8, 2005 - Five major U.S. denominations today joined their voices to declare that the fiscal year 2006 budget proposed by the Bush Administration is unjust. All five are National Council of Churches USA members, and the NCC joined them at a news conference here to say, "For the most part this is a budget that ignores the needs of the poor, children and the elderly."




http://www.ncccusa.org/news/050308federalbudget.html