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May 31, 2009 | Posted by: Thomas Jackson

Among military chaplains, fundamentalism is taking hold

Full story: www.news.oasiscalifornia.org

There are too many chaplains on active duty that come from backgrounds that are inflexibly biased with racially white, patriarchal, and heterosexist American delusions of superiority. What I hope to do is help the general readership of our church become more aware of the swelling river of this triumphalism, a movement that is both naive and arrogant, eroding the constitutional wall set up by our founding fathers between the government of the United States and religion. After reading the Sharlett article, I began to wonder: Could this wall fail? Fundamentalism reflects a shortage of emotional security for a portion of our society that is under-educated for the twenty-first century milieu. I believe that portion is growing. It is anxiety, feelings of helplessness, and the loss of control people get which come from changes in the world they are not prepared to cope with, and do not feel they can manage. Any wonder there's so much 'resistance' in the military to dropping DADT?

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DNF

“Is Equality just a Dream?”

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The most famous definition of fundamentalism is H. L. Mencken's: a terrible, pervasive fear that someone, somewhere, is having fun. There's something to this. Fundamentalism is too fearful, too restrictive, too lacking in faith to provide a home for the human spirit to soar or for human societies to blossom.

Pat Robertson has been on record for a long time saying that democracy isn't a fit form of government unless it is run by his kind of fundamentalist Christians.

The Fundamentalist Agenda
http://www.uuworld.org/2004/01/feature2.html

Harvey Milk predicted there is a shopping list when he pointed out Anita Bryant's view that gays and Jews are going to hell. Fred Phelps has now targeted Jews as well.

Who's next on the list?

Disgusted American

Philadelphia, PA

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Religion is for Mental Midgets. Peopel who Can't or Won't face reality.

rattlecattle

Debary, FL

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Hey....OUR military kills, tortures and carpet bombs for GOD

We always KILL for GOD

The US military would put babies thru a blender for GOD

GOD IS A BLOODY MONSTER...but he is OUR BLOODY MONSTER

Grandpasmurf952

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the danger of the patriarchal religious military industrial complex is becoming obvious to more and more of us. The thought of bible thumpers with nukes is really alarming!
(it makes the song "Praise the Lord and pass the Amunition" a funeral dirge for all of us!)
We all need to get informed as to the reality of this dangerous situation and get involved in creating a solution while we still have a planet to live on!

Joe DeCaro

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DNF wrote:

The most famous definition of fundamentalism is H. L. Mencken's: a terrible, pervasive fear that someone, somewhere, is having fun ...

Close, but no cigar.

"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."
H. L. Mencken

kck

Tyler, TX

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Fundamentalism is not about racism, feelings of superiority or any of this garbage that is being spewed out. It is about taking the Bible as the true word of God and living by it.
And to those of you who don't believe in God; clean your foreheads up, there is a tattoo coming soon.

Disgusted American

Philadelphia, PA

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You are lost wrote:

<quoted text> Now we know what your problem is now.

,y problem? LOL yea,its having to deal with and listen to religious BS on an almost daily basis....this is a SECULAR gov't...not a Theocracy.

Truth

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kck wrote:

Fundamentalism is not about racism, feelings of superiority or any of this garbage that is being spewed out. It is about taking the Bible as the true word of God and living by it.
And to those of you who don't believe in God; clean your foreheads up, there is a tattoo coming soon.

Well said! As always God will have the last laugh on sinful mankind.

Disgusted American

Philadelphia, PA

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Truth wrote:

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Well said! As always God will have the last laugh on sinful mankind.

Gawd schmod..there is NO Beard man in the clouds....Life is what YOU make it,period! Seek help.

writewingproxyco ntin

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Everyone _knows_ that god is on the side of, and only on the side of, xstain talibangelicals. The fundie freeeeks.

Praiz!

Ye Olde Fart

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Don't know if it's true, but I've been told that Harry Truman prayed before he nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Frightening, if true.

DNF

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kck wrote:

Fundamentalism is not about racism, feelings of superiority or any of this garbage that is being spewed out. It is about taking the Bible as the true word of God and living by it.
And to those of you who don't believe in God; clean your foreheads up, there is a tattoo coming soon.

The Fundamentalist Agenda
http://www.uuworld.org/2004/01/feature2.html

Duped since birth

Edgewood, MD

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Keep your bible, your koran, and every other religious book locked away where they will no longer see the light of day...and try to forget what you've been brainwashed to believe about them. I mean, how many books did god actually write, anyway? Every religion has their own, and they are the one true word.

"It is imperative that we begin speaking plainly about the absurdity of most of our religious beliefs. I fear, however, that the time has not yet arrived.... I pray that we may one day think clearly enough about these matters to render our children incapable of killing themselves over their books. If not our children, then I suspect it could be well too late for us, because while it has never been difficult to meet your maker, in fifty years it will simply be too easy to drag everyone else along to meet him with you."

Sam Harris, "The End of Faith":

rattlecattle

Debary, FL

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Who would JESUS BOMB...you GOD IDIOTS?

goodday

Kelseyville, CA

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rattcrapp wrote:

Who would JESUS BOMB...you GOD IDIOTS?

Why you of course, who else??

The Army is primarily non denominational.

rattlecattle

Debary, FL

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goodday wrote:

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Why you of course, who else??
The Army is primarily non denominational.

We have an army of killers....Jesus loves our killers and bombers.

The last nation on earth God would bless is the US

hayze

Kelseyville, CA

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rattlecattle wrote:

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We have an army of killers....Jesus loves our killers and bombers.
The last nation on earth God would bless is the US

"We have an army of killers....Jesus loves our killers and bombers."
AS A war criminal baby killer per your definition Jesus would love you.
Actually we are all blessed, even you.

rattlecattle

Debary, FL

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The USA has NO GOD except MONEY

God does not bless evil , the USA is a degenerate nation boiling in its own evil

hayze

Kelseyville, CA

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rattlecattle wrote:

The USA has NO GOD except MONEY
God does not bless evil , the USA is a degenerate nation boiling in its own evil

The only thing boiling in its own evil is you.
God bless our wonderful country.

rattlecattle

Debary, FL

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hayze wrote:

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"We have an army of killers....Jesus loves our killers and bombers."
AS A war criminal baby killer per your definition Jesus would love you.
Actually we are all blessed, even you.

There are almost 7 billion human monsters devouring the earth

Jesus loves it he wants more, maybe 500 prople per square acre..to worship that idiot

They should have stuffed the cross up his a.s.s. and put all the disciples at GITMO

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