RE: Are the far right Christians here in the U.S. just upset they're losing power
May 30, 2016 at 4:32 pm
Definitely . . . (response to the OP) . . . but they still have enough money and power to push "religious freedom" laws. Most of the Republicans in the House and Senate are fundamentalist xtian. They have enough clout to give Trump a chance at the White House. So, as an article by CJ Werleman says, they are like cornered animals. They'll cause some damage before they die out.
The dying right: Why Christian fundamentalists are in panic mode
CJ WERLEMAN, ALTERNET
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/28/the_dyin...e_partner/
"The Christian Right’s dirty little secret is they are acutely aware that changing demographics are running against them. While they may believe the earth is a mere few thousand years old, they’re not complete idiots. They can read polls, and the data tells them this: millennials are abandoning religious belief. According to a recent Pew survey, one in four Americans born after 1981 hold no religious belief, which is nearly double the national rate of atheism. Other studies confirm this trend, including a recent study by the Public Religion Research Institute showing more than half of non-religious Millennials have abandoned their childhood faith.
With this in mind, the nation’s radical religious fundamentalists see an ever-shrinking window to impose their Bronze Age worldview on the gay, atheist, liberal, immigrant, heathen, and science book-reading masses."
The dying right: Why Christian fundamentalists are in panic mode
CJ WERLEMAN, ALTERNET
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/28/the_dyin...e_partner/
"The Christian Right’s dirty little secret is they are acutely aware that changing demographics are running against them. While they may believe the earth is a mere few thousand years old, they’re not complete idiots. They can read polls, and the data tells them this: millennials are abandoning religious belief. According to a recent Pew survey, one in four Americans born after 1981 hold no religious belief, which is nearly double the national rate of atheism. Other studies confirm this trend, including a recent study by the Public Religion Research Institute showing more than half of non-religious Millennials have abandoned their childhood faith.
With this in mind, the nation’s radical religious fundamentalists see an ever-shrinking window to impose their Bronze Age worldview on the gay, atheist, liberal, immigrant, heathen, and science book-reading masses."
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
