Devilish Fundamentalism

[monk222]

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"I think it's presumptuous of conservatives to assume that God is on their side. But since Americans are twice as likely to believe in the Devil as in evolution, I also think it's stupid of liberals to forfeit the religious field."

-- Nicholas D. Kristof for The NY Times

One just likes that dig at Americans' religiosity, the fundamentalist nature of it. Mr. Kristof is alluding to an old column in which he reported the dismal survey findings about this religiosity, including that quoted above.

In his column today, he is re-visiting the issue of gay marriage, making the oft given argument about the selectivity of Christian fundamentalists in trying to give force to their supposed biblical morality.
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Comments

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

LOL I suspect they might consider rape more natural, however abominably sinful in its own right.

I just don't get how religious fundamentalism continues to have such wide acceptance.

[antilapsarian.livejournal.com]

I think fundamentalism has a lot to do with fear and "ease of use." It gives much comfort in the way one loves an old sweatshirt...you just keep coming back to it because it is familiar and you don't have to think about what to put on.

I agree with him though, I think the left has to engage the right on the religious issue. With all this, it is nice to see religion enter discussion on the left in the Pres. campaign again.