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I’ve been explaining this concept to my Christian fundamentalist family members for a long time. They look at the right-wing as more faithful to the tenets of t

I’ve been explaining this concept to my Christian fundamentalist family members for a long time. They look at the right-wing as more faithful to the tenets of their religious literature, but I don’t see it. What I see is more of a left leaning set of ideals, that aligns with the teachings of Jesus. I think the population of people that are left leaning and Christian practicing is low and they don’t tend to be as influential on the national stage as the religious right.

Spooky23 7y ago
Usually the right winger types are pretty heavily into prosperity gospel and feel that their faith entitles them to whatever they are into. Many of the loudest folks are associated with unaffiliated parishes, where there is no higher earthly authority to reign in the pastor. You also see a lot of extreme behavior tied to single issues like abortion or birth control. In short, people very passionate about an issue will often veer (or be steered) into an ends justify the means type philosophy.
- tomcam 7y ago
  > Usually the right winger types are pretty heavily into prosperity gospel and feel that their faith entitles them to whatever they are into. Citation? Not my experience at all.
dragonwriter 7y ago
> They look at the right-wing as more faithful to the tenets of their religious literature, but I don’t see it On the wealth issue specifically, you can certainly read it that way. I mean, I think it's wrong, but it's not like there aren't things that can be viewed, in isolation, as just as emphatic support for the prosperity gospel as other passages can be viewed as a mandate for asceticism. > I think the population of people that are left leaning and Christian practicing is low and they don’t tend to be as influential on the national stage as the religious right. The left-leaning Christian types tend not to wave Christianity around like a cudgel in political discussions, which makes them less visible as Christians in those contexts, even when they are quite visible.

Spooky23 7y ago

Usually the right winger types are pretty heavily into prosperity gospel and feel that their faith entitles them to whatever they are into. Many of the loudest folks are associated with unaffiliated parishes, where there is no higher earthly authority to reign in the pastor. You also see a lot of extreme behavior tied to single issues like abortion or birth control. In short, people very passionate about an issue will often veer (or be steered) into an ends justify the means type philosophy.

tomcam 7y ago
> Usually the right winger types are pretty heavily into prosperity gospel and feel that their faith entitles them to whatever they are into. Citation? Not my experience at all.

dragonwriter 7y ago

> They look at the right-wing as more faithful to the tenets of their religious literature, but I don’t see it On the wealth issue specifically, you can certainly read it that way. I mean, I think it's wrong, but it's not like there aren't things that can be viewed, in isolation, as just as emphatic support for the prosperity gospel as other passages can be viewed as a mandate for asceticism. > I think the population of people that are left leaning and Christian practicing is low and they don’t tend to be as influential on the national stage as the religious right. The left-leaning Christian types tend not to wave Christianity around like a cudgel in political discussions, which makes them less visible as Christians in those contexts, even when they are quite visible.