Catering to the Village Idiot: Obama and the Anti-Christ

Rachel Maddow debunked the latest accusations by Republicans and then launched into a review of a poll taken in New Jersey, where conservatives were asked whether they thought that President Obama was the anti-christ.   Amazingly, 18% said "yes" and another 17% said that they weren't sure.   That means that 35% — or more than one in three conservatives in New Jersey — think that Obama might be the anti-christ.

Maddow had former fundamentalist Christian leader Frank Schaeffer on as a guest to talk about this issue.   Schaeffer said that when he was a child, his mother believed that President Kennedy would resurrect.   According to her scriptural beliefs, the fact that he died of a wound to the head meant that he would resurrect as the anti-christ.

Schaeffer said that the evangelical culture has rotted the brains of the United States.   Fundamentalist Christians distrust facts, believing in things such as a young earth where dinosaurs cavorted with humans and that all news relates to the end times.   This is a culture where good news is bad news because bad things fuel their hope that Christ is about to return and that the end times are here.

"The village cannot reorganize to serve the village idiot."   Frank Schaeffer

As a former lifelong Republican, Schaeffer said that the GOP needs to stop catering to the village idiot.   The village idiot, in the case of the Republican party, is fundamentalist Christianity.

Schaeffer is a churchgoer.   He does not subscribe, however, to the fundamentalist version of Christianity that rejects facts.   He wonders if Christianity can be rescued from the Christians.

Sphere: Related Content

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Leave a Reply

Click here to cancel reply.

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

IMPORTANT NOTE: We welcome and encourage comments. However, we are receiving many 'junk comments' from people looking for back links. As of noon, November 16, 2009, comment submission authors must use a name. For example, names such as 'Payday Loans' or 'Home Accessories' will be deleted. You may continue to link to your website, but we want names (pen names are all right). Additionally, only substantive comments that have to do with the content of the article will be accepted. Comments such as 'Nice post, thanks,' will be deleted. Comments that link to pornographic or hate sites will also be deleted.

Website

By submitting a comment here you grant this site a perpetual license to reproduce your words and name/web site in attribution. While we offer immediate approval of comments that are not screened as spam, we reserve the right to delete your comment pursuant to the site's terms, conditions and policies. GOD DISCUSSION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DELETE OR EDIT COMMENTS FOR ANY REASON, WITHOUT NOTICE, including without limitation grammar errors, "trolling" and spamming.

Security Code: