Quotes from the American Taliban

[nemorathwald]

A web page titled Quotes from the American Taliban. I'm not going to let myself comment. Just read it.

Comments

[paranthropus.livejournal.com]

Not surprising, but very, very disturbing.

I used to console myself by thinking that once Christians understand that they are being manipulated as part of a political movement, they would rebel against this kind of insane hatred. Now I'm beginning to think differently. I believe that these people are actually crafting a new religion using the time honored method of all religions: take a little bit of something old (traditional Christianity), add a bit of something new (the writing of America's founders, suitably mythologized), allow to simmer for a few centuries, then add a dash of politics.

I'm afraid that these quasi-Christians soon won't even care if they are rejected by traditional Christianity, they'll be so busy sniffing their own sh*t and calling it milk chocolate. Maybe we are there already. Are there any good organizations in Michigan devoted to fighting this crap?

[matt-arnold.livejournal.com]

Theocracywatch.org lists the following: Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Alliance for Justice, Political Research Associates, People for the American Way, Interfaith Alliance, and Americans for Religious Liberty. I'm not sure how many have local branches here.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

I know that there's an active arm of American Atheists in SE michigan.
http://www.michiganatheists.org/

Americans United has an awesome (if rather depressing) monthly newsletter.

There's also a fairly cool interfaith group that supports gay and lesbian people from a religious viewpoint, and I'm on their email list.

http://www.togetherinfaith.com/