People sometimes think I am paranoid

[rozk]

But this , gakked from dark_christian is the sort of thing which makes me very very worried indeed...

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[lisaquestions.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's at all paranoid to worry about the ways in which people are pushing for a theocracy in the US. It's constant, on multiple levels, in multiple ways, with multiple tantrums when something fails. Even if they have no chance of succeeding, they're still doing horrible things to society in trying to control cultural discourse and eject entire groups of people from that discourse.

[scorpionflail.livejournal.com]

Paranoid Schmaranoid, Roz

These people give me the raging fear.

[saranjeuhal.livejournal.com]

I've been hearing about this more and more lately, and recently on Bill Maher, the topic was covered (I listen to the podcast). As a Scot who has grown up in the middle of Catholic-Protestant hate, and who grew up Catholic and rejected religion, finding my own spirituality and philosophy to live, I find this particularly unnerving. I moved to the U.S. ten years ago, and I've encountered my fair share of people who are heavily religious, have said that I am doomed, and who take me to task for not being a believer. Many of these have served in the military in some way in their life. My daughter has even had two classmates in her year attempt to convince her that she needs to be Christian so that she can be saved. She's 10, and they found out that she has no particular religious views and decided to help her; we're bringing out kids up introducing them to all manner of philosophies and spiritualities and letting them choose where they want to go.

Religion plays a huge part in many people's lives and often has many important and beneficial aspects. Our family has received help from a Christian organization when we needed some, and we were incredibly appreciative. The problem I think is that most people lose sight of the message and focus on the delivery. That and the U.S. is heavily concentrated on money and greed being the core of existence which has lead to the current financial meltdown, and yet forgetting that Jesus threw the money lenders out of the temple.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Oh, ffs. That is appalling.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

This is indeed a worrying trend.

However, it's not the only signal coming out of the noise; you might find this piece adds an interesting perspective. (I found the comments about fragmentation and the rise of the pentecostalists particularly noteworthy.)