“[T]he Christian Right
By on Dec 5th, 2006 at 8:20 am
“[T]he Christian Right
has largely retreated from the culture wars,” according to New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. Kevin Drum asks, “What planet was this written from?”
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Now go away, or we shall taunt you a second time?
December 5th, 2006 at 8:57 amWho is today’s face of the Christian Conservative movement? It was Ralph Reed, but he couldn’t even win in his election.
Certainly the movement is there, but there is no identifiable face that seems to be out front and in charge.
December 5th, 2006 at 8:58 amYep. He said this while Prager was demanding that a Muslim Congressman be sworn in on the Bible. Kristof also told atheist authors to shut up—we should only hear from the “fathful” folks, I suppose…
December 5th, 2006 at 9:18 amSlowly, just ever so slowly, atheists or agnostics or just scientists are getting a voice, are being h e a r d, have one or two bestsellers – and here we are: “Christians are on the retreat, atheists are winning over, and more intolerantly at that…!”
This is just sick. If there was anything needed to show that especially American christians – their organisations, their spoke persons, their pundits – are completely unfit for discourse, are not used to challenge at all, it was this column.
For years they were telling us that the secularists are winning and the poor christians are retreating. Now the secularists are finally fighting back, and good for them!
December 5th, 2006 at 9:22 amJason,
Haggard is your new face of “The Right”, or maybe it’s Foley, or Delay, or Ney, or Libbey, or… All upstanding Christians with Christian values of lies, stealing, hypocrisies, and a little funky butt loving for good measure.
December 5th, 2006 at 9:30 aminteresting comments at that link…
sure hope ‘egbert’ doesn’t feel the need to spread the ‘love’ here…
and, a part of one, in particular, to watch out for:
…Barak Hussein Obama, a relative of Saddam…
yes, folks, it’s now a ‘fact’ that barack’s kenyan father is related to the iraqi saddam hussein… ignorance really is NOT bliss… save us all…
December 5th, 2006 at 9:33 amPerhaps with the loss of Congress, the Christian right will focus on converting the lost and living righteous lives. They will do more praying about changing our country instead of relying on the Republican party. Instead of fighting abortionists and homosexuals, they will love these people and see their lives change.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:09 amThere may be something to this.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:29 amDaryll hasn’t ragged on me once this week about Jesus.
Christian Right & Atheist Left? Talk about your absolutes…
The nutty whackjob right created the culture wars, not the left. Kristoff is out of touch with his own nuts.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:46 amKristoff is out of touch with his own nuts. Comment by Zooey
I wouldn’t be so sure. I bet he touches them quite regularly. :)
I am so sick of the pigeon-holing, either-or thinking of the neocons.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:59 amZoo
The nutty whackjob right created the culture wars, not the left.
Well if you guys hadn’t stopped being Christian none of this would be an issue, so it is the Atheists fault for starting the culture wars.
December 5th, 2006 at 11:10 amWell if you guys hadn’t stopped being Christian none of this would be an issue, so it is the Atheists fault for starting the culture wars.
Comment by squegeeboo
You’re a christian, Squeegy? Are you in touch with your nuts?
So the culture war is the left’s fault because we hit the right back?
December 5th, 2006 at 11:48 amI wouldn’t be so sure. I bet he touches them quite regularly. :)
All I can do is throw them out there, and the finest (and Squeegy) will do with them what you will.
I am so sick of the pigeon-holing, either-or thinking of the neocons.
Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC)
You’re right, PLC. Could there be anything between the “Christian Right” and “Atheist Left?”
December 5th, 2006 at 11:51 amsquegeeboo
I never stopped being a Christian and those right wingnuts who push the culture war stuff never started being Christian.
December 5th, 2006 at 11:53 amZoo
You’re a christian, Squeegy? Are you in touch with your nuts?
Only Technically for the former, and only in private for the later ;)
December 5th, 2006 at 11:53 amPatrioticLiberalChristian
December 5th, 2006 at 11:57 amI never stopped being a Christian and those right wingnuts who push the culture war stuff never started being Christian.
Are you sure? I thought once you stopped supporting Bush you automatically became Wiccan or whatever?
But my comment was meant as a tongue and cheek comment, I’m aware their are people who consider themselves Christians, and non-Christians on both sides of the cultural war.
Only Technically for the former, and only in private for the later ;)
Comment by squegeeboo
Sooo, force of habit on the christianity, and I should check the office talk with Tundra for the other thing? :)
December 5th, 2006 at 12:11 pmI agree…if anything, they are stepping up their attacks.
December 5th, 2006 at 6:18 pmKristof has never found a stance he didn’t like. He is the Lieberman of the press corp.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:33 pm