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The Christian Right’s Suicide Mission

The antidote to Islam and to the cultural disintegration spawned by the ideas of modern liberalism is NOT Christianity. If the Republicans and those who make up the dogmatic section of the Right want political power again, they had better get the message.

Right wing radio talk hosts as well as presidential candidates and scads of those on the right in Congress and their influencers push untruths in the guise of truths. Foremost is the notion that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and that this is a Christian nation. Even a new book by a famous author on the right over endows Christianity with founding reason, science, and all that is good in the West. Were their da'wa correct, they would have no need to push so hard.

MICHAEL MEDVED DECLARES WAR ON—CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

It seems like a likely date for the beginning of the war was the day that Christopher Hitchens’ book, god is not great:  How religion spoils everything (see our review) was published.  The actual battling began 11 July 2007, when Christopher Hitchens gave two hours of his time to Michael Medved on the latter’s radio talk show.  If there ever has been a war without end, this is it.

Radio talk show host Michael Medved, to my appraisal, stands as a wonderful example of just what religion can do to people. Medved does not embody all of it, but he does illustrate some patho-religious processes well.

I hasten to state that I do not know Medved personally, nor have I ever met him.  My judgments come from my listening now and then to his radio program and reading some of his articles.

REVIEW: god is not Great

[Hitchens, Christopher:  god is not Great, How religion poisons everything; Twelve, Hachete Book Group USA, NY; 2007; ISBN-13 = 978-0-446-57980 and ISBN-10 = 0-446-57980-7]

The publisher's summary states that this book is "A case against religion and a description of the ways religion is man-made."  Although accurate, this summary just does not tell you how much fun this book is to read.  I want to tell that, and more.

REVIEW: Letter to a Christian Nation

[Letter to a Christian Nation; by Sam Harris; Knopf, NY; 2006; ISBN 0-307-26577-3]

Sam Harris became well-known a couple of years ago following the publication of his first book The End of Faith (TEOF), his politically incorrect critique of all religions.  Letter to a Christian Nation (LATCN) is more like an appendix to TEOF.  Both books have provoked multitudes of the religious, particularly Christians, into expected militant disapproval.  Large numbers of the beatific faithful have expressed desires to do to Harris those physical things so popular in the koran and bible. 

When Christians Act Like Muslims,

The title to this article has a comma at the end because the title has so many possible endings.  In this case, it chides Christians for behaving far too much, far too often like Muslims.

Case in point:

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55627 Wednesday, May 9, 2007 © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com BIG BREWHAHA Starbucks markets more 'anti-God' coffee cups Company welcomes national dialogue despite boycott threat by some patrons Posted: May 9, 2007 8:38 p.m. Eastern By Joe Kovacs