Separation of church and state is a cornerstone of American freedom. Yet a disturbing group of religious activists seek to blend politics and religion. It’s an unhealthy blend, tainting both politics and religion with an air of fanaticism that would have horrified Thomas Jefferson.
I saw such a manifestation of this disturbing religious intrusion into politics this week in Manchester, New Hampshire. This person implies that Jesus sides with a certain political persuasion.
What kind of dogmatic person would advocate such a scary, un-American policy? Read on to find out.
Bible-thumper mixes religion and politics
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(DISCLAIMER: This is my opinion and not necessarily that of my employer, the North County Times.)
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Kudos to the “thumper”. At least they don’t hide their Gaia extremism behind junk science to support climate change law. Politics, ethics and religion will always be closely connected.
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(Mr. Sheffler, you didn’t get it. Hint: Read the bumper sticker. — Bradley)
The use of the word “was” is a real tipoff here.
Jesus “is”, as in the Alpha and the Omega.
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Jim, that was perceptive. The “religious” left seems more interested in spreading leftism than religion.
On Twitter, the title of this post is “Fanatics Mix Religion, Politics,” not “Bible-Thumper Mixes Religion, Politics”?
Why the title change? Afraid to offend the fanatics on Rostra?
I always assumed the “Jesus was a liberal” sticker was just meant to annoy Republicans who think that they alone own the lord.
Either way, almost all bumper stickers are pretty lame. Even lamer is when articles are written about them.
Brad, don’t forget to add footnotes to my comment, rather than creating your own.
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(Since you insist, here’s my “footnote.” I decided it was more important to offend Bible-thumpers than fanatics. More specific. Happy now? — Bradley)
We have noted something peculiar with the WordPress Twitter app we use. Clicking it automatically displays the original or draft headline of the post, along with the shortened link to the post, regardless of the final headline. Based on our knowledge of that, it appears that Mr. Fikes must have drafted and saved this post with the headline “Fanatics Mix Religion, Politics,” then changed the headline before the final posting.
So, with that explanation… WHO CARES?!!!
The lamest of all is those not getting the flippancy in what is meant to be a flippant not-so-serious post.
Since you summoned me on Twitter, I’ll say this —
This article started out in an interesting way. A seemingly unintended side effect was that its title led me to think something ambitious might have occurred over here. So I clicked. I suppose clicker’s remorse led me to comment.
I understand why Brad (who says he’s an atheist) wouldn’t want to finish his line of thought, though. The backlash on Rostra would’ve been far more stress-inducing than my gentle prodding. The only logical next step was to make an irreverent joke about a bumper sticker. Call Gallagher, maybe he needs an assistant.
Either the critic did not see the bumper sticker depicted
above, or else he is incapable of understanding irony.
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democrab,
I finished my line of thought, all right. It just wasn’t the conclusion you expected. And that was precisely the point.
Just for a moment, perhaps, the irony will jolt you out of your smug ideological bubble.
Absolutely correct. All that glitters is not gold 🙂