Down with Fundamentalists

Copy of the First Amendment
United States Constitution
Bill of Rights
Amendment I

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Two clauses in the First Amendment guarantee freedom of religion. The establishment clause prohibits the government from passing legislation to establish an official religion or preferring one religion over another. It enforces the "separation of church and state.

Writings by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison suggest the need to establish "a wall of separation" between church and state.

I think our founding fathers knew what they were doing here. Religious dictators cannot tell the people how and what to think! Fundamentalism stops a thinking mind.

The fundamentalist Christians are trying to say, "Black is white." Examples:
"There is no basis for the separation of church and state." The FIRST Amendment, hello! "There is no scientific basis for the theory of evolution." There is no scientific theory that has more evidence. The scientific community is in complete support of the theory of evolution based on decades of evidence compiled from at least 4-5 different scientific fields.
I think this whole secular movement of nondenominational churches is designed to suck in regular people who are not fundamentalist Christians -- and then, they are essentially Baptist/fundamentalist-style churches.

Similarly, the fundamentalist Christians are asking regular people if they would like a return to moral values and a simpler, family-based life. Of course we want that. But then these fundamentalists use this "moral-speak" to suck regular people into changing textbooks to redefine marriage, delete contraceptives, and raise the "controversy" (NONE!) on evolution.
Fundamentalists have a problem thinking critically for themselves and must rely on authority to know how to live. They pass this authoritarian mindset on to their children, whom they are more likely to beat.

Most people on the planet believe in God. We don't need missionaries! Most Americans are Christians. We don't need to be converted! But lately I've been picking up on an attitude from the Fundamentalist Christians. The attitude is "You can't be a REAL CHRISTIAN if you don't believe like me -- fundamentalist." How obnoxious! Just because we can think for ourselves and can interpret Jesus' stories symbolically doesn't mean I'm not a real Christian. I really think I know what Jesus would say to the Fundamentalists who judge, judge, judge! Jesus kissed Lepers and dined with tax collectors and picked up ragged orphans and washed the feet of whores. Did Jesus judge?

No, he loved. And loved and loved. And INCLUDED! And no, I don't think the fundamentalists are going to be the first ones through the gate!

The whole system of fundamentalist logic is Whacko. Certain things are verbatim (fundamentalist) from the bible so we know that is the word of GOD and so we know some things are evil. Uh-oh. According to a fundamentalist interpretation of the bible we are supposed to ... "Get some animals, kill them, chop up their bodies, wave body parts in the air, burn the carcasses, and sprinkle the blood all around -- in precisely the way God tells you. It may well make you sick, but it makes God feel good. 29:11-37 "

It goes on and on. OBVIOUSLY, we are not supposed to take the bible literally. It is an example of the culture in which it was written. I'm sorry folks, but there's no room for the lazy mind or heart in Christianity:

You must think for yourself and treat others as you'd like to be treated.