Of course these Christians aren't considered "real" Christians by most Orthodox, Southern Baptist, or Evangelical types. It reminds me of the time right after the last apostles died where you basically had Gnostic type Christians (with a focus on Jesus' teachings only, which meant women could be teachers, etc), and Judaizing Christians (applying Mosaic Law to grace) and the fight for which Christians were the "true" Christians. Back then the Judaizers essentially won by bridging the NT w/ the OT. Combine that with Emporer Constantine's great PR work and you have a bona fide fundamentalist revolution.
(Obviously grossly oversimplified so I don't write a book's worth of comments here.)
Who's gonna win out this time around? The insane fundies are beginning to become a drag on the Republicans, yet it's still their biggest voting block. I don't envy their position.
The good news is the margins of victories on these votes are getting smaller and smaller. I think Arnold Schwarzenegger gave the best response so far (about 2 minutes in)
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(Obviously grossly oversimplified so I don't write a book's worth of comments here.)
Who's gonna win out this time around? The insane fundies are beginning to become a drag on the Republicans, yet it's still their biggest voting block. I don't envy their position.
The good news is the margins of victories on these votes are getting smaller and smaller. I think Arnold Schwarzenegger gave the best response so far (about 2 minutes in)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztLIXvhQ9sE
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