American Fundamentalists

Found this interesting site today when doing some research. Enjoy, I hope it is helpful.


American Fundamentalists (Christ's Entry into Washington in 2008)
by Joel Pelletier, 2004, acylic on canvas, 8' 4" x 14' 1.5" (based on 1888 Ensor original)

The cast of characters:


FOUNDERS
1. John Winthrop
2. John Edward Darby
3. Calvin
4. R. J. Rushdoony
5. Francis Schaeffer
6. Leo Strauss
7. Adolph Coors

MEDIA
8. Robert Novak
9. L. Brent Bozell (CNSnews.com)
10. Joseph Farah (WorldNetDaily)
11. Christopher Ruddy (NewsMax.com)
12. David Horowitz
13. Sean Hannity (Fox News)
14. Anne Coulter
15. Rush Limbaugh
16. Marvin Olasky
17. Pat Buchanan
18. Bill O'Reilly
19. Joe Scarborough
20. Rupert Murdoch
21. Roger Ailes (Fox News)
22. Hal Lindsey

MULLAHS
23. Rexella Van Impe
24. Jack Van Impe
25. Gene Scott
26. Hak Ja Han Moon
27. Sun Myung Moon
28. Bob Jones III
29. Billy Graham
30. Franklin Graham
31. Paul Crouch
32. D. James Kennedy
33. Jan Crouch
34. Pat Robertson
35. Jerry Falwell
36. James Dobson

JUDICIARY
37. Roy Moore
38. William Renquist
39. Antony Scalia
40. Clarence Thomas

MILITARY
41. William Boykin
42. Oliver North
43. Colin Powell

GOVERNMENT
44. George W Bush
45. Dick Cheney
46. Richard Pearlee
47. Paul Wolfowitz
48. Karl Rove
49. Tom Delay
50. Donald Rumsfeld
51. Condi Rice
52. George Bush Sr.
53. Barbara Bush

POLITICOS
54. David Frum
55. Howard Phillips
56. Grover Norquist
57. Alan Keyes
58. Ted Olson
59. Trent Lott
60. Rick Santorum
61. Ronald Reagan
62. Nancy Reagan
63. Jeb Bush
64. Ralph Reed
65. Dennis Hastert
66. Ken Starr
67. William Bennett
68. Ed Meese
69. Bill Frist
70. Dick Armey
71. James Watt
72. Zell Miller
73. Chuck Colson
74. Newt Gingrich
75. Roberta Combs (Christian Coalition)
76. Tom Ridge
77. John Ashcroft


ACTIVISTS
78. Gary North
79. Donald Wildmon
80. John Whitehead (Rutherford Institute)
81. David Barton (Wallbuilders)
82. Randall Terry (Operation Rescue)
83. Beverly Lahaye
84. Tim Lahaye
85. Armstrong Williams
86. Phyllis Shafly
87. Andrea Sheldon-Lafferty
88. Lou Sheldon
89. Bill McCartney (Promise Keepers)
90. H. L. "Bill" Richardson
91. Gary Demar
92. Gary Bauer
93. Robert L. Simonds
94. Paul Weyrich (Heritage Foundation)

The Movement
Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America (updated 10/19/04)
Fundamentalism is a way of thinking. Or, perhaps, not thinking.

Fundamentalism is all about being sure, without questioning.
Fundamentalism is binary (yes/no right/wrong good/evil).
Fundamentalism has nothing (necessarily) to do with religion, but it helps.
Fundamentalism says all markets must be free, the bible must be inerrant, and only one political party can be patriotic.

Fundamentalism is not about a way of thinking. Fundamentalism is about knowing: KNOWING that you're right. Fundamentalism is about believing - no, ACCEPTING something as truth, something SO true that it's unthinkable to even consider the possibility that it might not be true. Because, even ESPECIALLY because, the core of that truth is usually something TOO good to BE true - something so good that, like the guy with the gold bricks in the desert, you would rather die than give it up.

The three branches of modern American Fundamentalism have somehow converged, opportunistically using each other even when their ultimate goals sometimes conflict, because true Machiavellian ethics doesn't require you to agree with anyone, even your allies, as long as you might get your way. By themselves, each has struggled for credibility; together, they have the potential to destroy American civil characteristics of plurality and tolerance - and, ultimately, freedom itself.

The three branches of modern American Fundamentalism are:
Religious (you only get to heaven through our god, our way),
Economic (to not profit for yourself and your friends is a sin), and
Political (we are right about everything, and you are right about nothing)

But the Bible contains many things we now find repulsive and wrong, including slavery, selling your female children, and abandoning your family for god...
But all markets are not free - we can but shirts from India, China and Mexico, but not prescription drugs from Canada...
And one political party running everything and branding all others as traitors is called Fascism and/or Totalitarianism, but NEVER Democracy...

more..............

"Fundamentalism is about knowing: KNOWING that you're right" no matter what the facts might be


The bible seys it, I believe it, that settles it!

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love it.

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But how do I do that? Doesn't it need to be posted as a link?