Religious Right

The Religious Right is a paradoxical phenomenon. In the United States it consists of ultra-conservatives who self-identify as Christians. This brings up numerous problems when the actual words and actions of Jesus are considered:


 * 1) Christianity emphasizes mercy and forgiveness, whereas conservatives are obsessed with hate and sin.
 * 2) Christianity suggests we should turn the other cheek when offended or attacked, whereas conservatives believe war is superior to diplomacy and everyone should carry a gun.
 * 3) Christianity suggests that the more wealthy or materialistic a person is, the harder it is for them to achieve salvation, whereas conservatives believe becoming wealthy is the most important goal in life.
 * 4) Christianity holds that everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve salvation, whereas conservatives believe if you are gay or a liberal, you are doomed to damnation.
 * 5) Conservative Christians believe that every word of the Bible is true, ignoring the many direct contraditions within the Bible itself, as well as the more extreme Old Testament punishments for minor sins that even conservatives would no longer defend (with the exception of Ann Coulter).
 * 6) Conservative Christians constantly refer to the Old Testament in support of their fundamentalist beliefs, but the New Testament is supposed to have supplanted the Old Testament by the teaching of Jesus.
 * 7) Conservatives rail about fundamentalist Moslems who are trying to establish theocracies, but they have been trying for years to establish their twisted version of Christianity as the state religion of the United States.