Miscellanea Agnostica

The Religious Right, aka the Christian Right, in the US has gone insane. Just insane. I’m not making it up; while I know it sounds like an extreme claim, it’s more than warranted. Here are several of the reasons I say it:

1. Gun Ownership is Next to Godliness in Kentucky
2. … and in Louisiana, too!
3. Religious Rightists Claim Two Wrongs Make a Right
4. Gingrich Says “Secular Atheists” Are All “Radical Islamists”
5. Americans’ Religious Differences Would Vanish If Everyone Converted to Catholicism [*]
6. Obama is Waging a “War on Religion”
7. … and He Allowed Muslim Brotherhood to Take Over Government
8. Rick Santorum Says Medieval Crusades Were “Not Aggression”
9. Sarah Palin Says Paul Revere Was an N.R.A. Propagandist
10. Freedom of Religion Applies to All Religions — Except Islam
11. … Which Explains Their Neocrusade Against Islam in the U.S. …
12. … and the Reason They Mistake a Church for a Mosque
13. The Bible is Too Liberal, Needs to be Conservative
14. Obama Is Keeping Americans Away From Jesus
15. … and He’s Bringing on the Apocalypse, Too!
16. The Neocrusade Has the Religious Right Turning on Each Other
17. GOP Senate Candidate Questions Separation of Church and State
18. … and So Does Another One
19. R.C. Bishop Didn’t Know Child Abuse Was Wrong [*]
20. Jefferson & the Enlightenment Will Not Be Taught In Texas Schools
21. Healthcare Reform is the Spirit of Herod?
22. Founding Fathers Dismissed Evolution … Decades Before It Existed!
23. God Exists, Because Otherwise, Tides Aren’t Explainable
24. Christmas Is Christianity’s “Most Sacred” Holiday
25. Christians Leave Churches Whose Pastors Aren’t Conservative or Militant Enough
26. Oklahoman Religiofasists Fend Off A Mirage
27. A Pastor Wants Obama to Die
28. … and So Does Another Pastor
29. Praying for the President & Psalm 109
30. … and for 219 Congressmen Also
31. School Official Wants All Gays to Kill Themselves
32. Glenn Beck Says Christianity is Opposed to “Social Justice”
33. … and Beck Says Jesus Was Never Wronged
34. Atheist Billboard Leads to Death Threats
35. … and They Lie About Those Billboards Anyway
36. AFA: “U.S. Military Run By Gays & Muslims”
37. Adultery Is Godly, ‘Cause King David Did It
38. … and Anyway, It’s the Fault of the Evil Lefties!
39. Robertson Says Haiti is “Cursed” and “Made a Bargain with the Devil”
40. … And Other Religious Rightists Say He’s Correct!
41. Church Burns Books for Jesus
42. Obama is the Antichrist, the Bible Says So!
43. … and It Also Says Fingerprints Are the Mark of the Beast!
44. The Right Lies About the Hate Crimes Bill
45. … and They Lie About Christmas, Too
46. The Bible is Too Liberal, Needs to be Conservative
47. Godlessness is the Real Problem in America
48. Theocrat Billboards in Florida
49. Former Fundamentalist Reveals the Truth About Fundamentalists
50. Putting God in the Zoo
51. Abortions Cause “Handicaps”
52. Religiofascists Take Over Oklahoma
53. Hannity Has Never Heard of Religious Advertising
54. Many Assorted “Lying Liars for Jesus”

These people are thoroughly and incontrovertibly insane. There is no other word for it, and nothing can be done about it, short of somehow forcing them all to grow up overnight. (I know, good luck with that!)

Enough is enough. As I blogged earlier today, we can no longer afford to listen to these people any longer. They don’t deserve our support, our worship, our votes, or — most of all — our donations.

[*] I’m aware that the Religious Right is mostly made up of Protestant evangelicals and fundamentalists, not Catholics … but over the last few years, US bishops and many Catholic groups have pretty much become puppets of the R.R., in spite of this. That’s another aspect of this insanity — Catholics and Protestants, who are traditional ecclesiastical foes, are together advancing the cause of R.R. craziness.