tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post111563525162144533..comments2024-03-28T12:26:52.946-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: Bad Moon on the RightJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1115740389188449982005-05-10T08:53:00.000-07:002005-05-10T08:53:00.000-07:00I hit publish rather than preview and couldn't edi...I hit publish rather than preview and couldn't edit, so ignore the deleted comment above. Here is a nutshell overview of the "religious right":<BR/><BR/>Basically, it is the connection of (American) conservative politics and Christianity, as you might expect. It is associated with the inneranist/literalist forms of Biblical exegesis including YEC, an eschatology in which Christ will have a literal battle with Satan and his minions after a period of Tribulation under the anti-Christ (see the "Left Behind" series of books and movies), and a model of grace which is generally interpreted in exclusivistic terms of how salvation operates (do this, say that, and you will feel this, experience that). <BR/><BR/>On the political side, the secularists and their allies, the feminists, the homosexuals, Hollywood Jews, the more progressive Christians (as well as Unitarian Univeralists, Buddhists, etc.), the environmentalists, and a few others are the opposition. Despite the fact that both in sheer numbers and current political representation mainstream to conservative Christians are a clear majority in the US, the religious right prefers to paint every issue as a persecution of "faith" (i.e. their faith). <BR/><BR/>Hot button issues: opposing the false and evil teaching of evolution, opposing the false and evil practice of any form of abortion, opposing the false and evil practice of teaching children anything other than abstinence for birth control, opposing the false and evil teaching that...well, you get the idea.<BR/><BR/>It isn't that agreeing with one or two of these positions makes you a member of the religious right, but the aforementioned description covers the basic common theme of the ideology uniting people under that banner. Examples of high-profile advocates of such an ideology include Dr. James Dobson (director of Focus On The Family), Dr. Kent Hovind ("Dr. Dino"), and Rev. Jerry Falwell.tinythinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137637122776756669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1115740013630170682005-05-10T08:46:00.000-07:002005-05-10T08:46:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.tinythinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137637122776756669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1115708864607124282005-05-10T00:07:00.000-07:002005-05-10T00:07:00.000-07:00i have not read the actual thing, but saw the auth...i have not read the actual thing, but saw the author talking about it. Democracy now is a program on Free Speech tv. FSTV is a chanel on cable. AT least on Dish network.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1115698151431595172005-05-09T21:09:00.000-07:002005-05-09T21:09:00.000-07:00The article has been cited on many other blogs but...The article has been cited on many other blogs but (quite sensibly) Harpers doesn't post material from issues currently available on the newstands on the internet. Have you read the actual article? <BR/><BR/>Also what is Freedom TV and Democracy Now?tinythinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137637122776756669noreply@blogger.com