Originally Posted by
Atypical
"It's almost as if the standing President MUST create something in response to a large event".
That's what people want. Action. Not thoughtful analysis. That's for weaklings. Conservatives would be the first to criticize a lack of a military response before any other consideration if that were one of the possibilities. You have heard the taunt, "liberal pansies who would rather sing kumbaya than KICK ASS. Rigid authoritarianism is a main ingredient in conservative ideology.
"For the record, you are messaging with an agnostic, but I have to take issue with your assertion that "Christians preach that God wants you to become rich; that God loves the US and its' "free markets"...." On second thought, you're being sarcastic, right?"
No, deadly serious. And I have to say again, and will continue to say, you are not exposed to what is for you the "other side'. You don't read so you don't know what these people are saying, preaching and working toward.
I can provide a list of books on this subject and many others all of which I've read. I hope I don't have to say that I DON"T believe everything I read from those I tend to agree with. I look for documented sources and am cautious about assertions without objective support.
I don't read fiction. I would rather read something that actually happened than something made up. There is too much going on that requires comprehensive research to understand. That's what important to me.
"The US abandons the Constitution and becomes a Christian nation. Ugly thought for sure".
That's exactly what they want. Christianists want to remake this country into what they consider heaven. They have been working toward it for decades. Look at the current crowd of crazy, insane religious fanatics running for office. They are the greatest threat to our country - not adherents to Islam - although I am wary of their goals also. Many of the details of that religion are dangerous and bizzarre.
I found a review of The Shack. The reviewer called it theological fiction. That's a good description because god IS non-existant.