Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism

Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism.

It's shocking to write. But it's time to start calling it what it is.

When Jim D. Adkisson walked into the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church with 76 rounds and a shot-gun, he killed 2 people and was charged with murder. His motive was "he hated the liberal movement" and was upset with "liberals in general as well as gays." He should have been charged with terrorism.

Sunday George Tiller, a Wichita doctor, was killed INSIDE the lobby of his Wichita church. Reformation Lutheran Church became a crime scene; fundamentalist terrorism.

The right wing media hacks make targets of the left. The fundamentalist reverends blather their intolerance of other Americans. Their marriages are in jeopardy if the GLBT community can walk down an aisle. Their children are going to be molested if you have to rent to a same sex couple. Fear...fear...fear the queer.

Bill O'Reilly's hit piece on Dr. Tiller is a training tape for Christian Fundamentalist Terrorists. Never did he ask the woman interviewed how she, as a 13 year old, got pregnant, who was the father, or where her parents were when she underwent an abortion at Dr. Tiller's clinic. I'm sure O'Reilly's drivel will insist on personal accountability for the murderer. I'm sure he won't be in line for any "accountability" for calling the doctor "Tiller the baby-killer" or his clinic a "death mill."

Are anti-choice groups celebrating today? An abortion doctor is dead so women won't have unwanted pregnancies!

The "war on terror" needs to include domestic religious, fundamentalist terrorists.
Who is next?

Comments

[louisvillelib]

As a Kentuckian, I almost hate to draw more attention to the stereotypical image we enjoy across the nation, but you need to log onto the Louisville Courier Journal and take a look at one of today's headlines concerning an upcoming "gun service" at a local church. Unbelievable!! The pastor's words are downright creepy.

[JohnFromCensornati]

That's right. It's an Open Carry Fest. Everyone is invited to bring their deadly weapons to church. They're even going to raffle off a gun for Je$u$.

[bobtr900]

louisvillelib,

I did as you suggested, and your correct. This guns for Jesus thing is sick. The real Jesus, as you and I know, was all about peace, love, tolerance and Do unto others... The George jesus Bush is an abomination unto God and His creation, the Family of Man. Unfortunately, under GWB and the GOP religion has been subverted into a Repub party political weapon.

Sad to say, the Pope(my religion) is just as guilty as any other church which has chosen to support the GOP and it's agenda of death and corruption in the name of power, greed and corporate profits.

Religion has descended into the very same cesspool as the GOP that it endorses. Jesus warned us to not merge church and state, but the moral relativists just ignore that.

Thanks for your post. We all know that everyone in Kentucky is not a nutcase. My high school principle was the Bishop of a Diocese in Ky. He's not a gun nutcase.

All the best to you and yours.

[stacyk67]

Terrorism is terrorism, regardless of whatever religious guise you choose to do it "in the name of".Obviously, there is an overwhelming number of "the enemy within" whether it's "left wing whack jobs" or "Right wing crazies". This country's focus should be on our language, borders, and culture. If these are not our number one priority, we might as well rename the USA Western Europe II.

[stacyk67]

How do I buy a raffle ticket

[ThomasPain7752]

It's not a war on terror, it's an overseas contingency campaign,,,,,,,,,,,,or something.

[balrog221]

Tell the truth now. How many Christian posters here have rolled their eyes when the Josph Smith /Mormon myth was explained? How many when the Islamic Jihad promises vigins to their murdering Martyrs?

How many think that those are just fairy tales and dangerous ones at that? Should we tolerate these when they subrogate our liberty? When they threaten our way of life? Are Mullahs entitled to free speech when they enable and encourage followers to demean women?

Now when it is extremist and violent rhetoric from Fundementalist Christians and their proxies, we are told that we must tolerate. their right to free speech. Curiously their myth is exactly as credible as the mormom one...perhaps less so because Joseph was verifiably alive. Allow them to speak with a giant eye roll .

[minimalist syntax]

Mormons are not Christians btw.

[JohnFromCensornati]

While I agree with your statement min syn, I don't think that balrog221even implied that they were.

[kwalters]

ChristoFascists! We should use the right wing nut job language to describe the "Pro-Life" Murderer-Terrorists!

[JohnFromCensornati]

I'm going to get a "Christ-O-Fascists Kill For Life" bumper sticker.

[minimalist syntax]

I think you could make a lot of money with that one. It is tragically true.

[nogornc]

Their rhetoric is so uninformed. Most doctors will not do this work because they have families and do not want to be terrorized - not because they are morally opposed. Women with badly deformed fetuses, with terminal illnesses, who are juveniles need this procedure that is why it is LEGAL!

[Chip W]

A HuffPo article has some Bill O'Reilly segments having to do with George Tiller and abortion. Not once did he get into the reasons for these abortions. Murder is murder, no need to take it further.
The world is so simple, so black and white, conclusions are obvious and absolute.

[balrog221]

the correct word is homicide.

[bighat]

Everyone should be responsible for their own actions. We should not be blaming entire groups for what others have done. Many of the commenters sound as though they want mob rule. In this case round up all christians.

[balrog221]

....and waterboard all muslims. But seriously I would prefer if people just laughed at all christians. Their dogma is a joke

[ThomasPain7752]

Love your enemy? Do good to those who persecute you? These are Jokes?

[bighat]

Are you suggesting that we all believe the same thing. All would be well in the world if we all agreed with you.

many have trouble with an open mind

[Zanti]

"We should not be blaming entire groups for what others have done."

Amen. And, once upon a time, the left wasn't so full of Yahoos rushing in to do so. But I guess some of my fellow liberals feel that, if Rush and Bill can do it, why not us?

Of course, there are a hell of a lot of very good reasons we should NOT do so. But such is the influence of the media when mixed with testosterone.

[balrog221]

To simplify this, the argument used by the rescuers can be set fort in the following syllogism:

Major Premise: The Christian is obligated to obey God's law when it comes in conflict with man's law.

Minor Premise: God's law demands that we protect the life of the unborn (taken to be those "unjustly sentenced to death," Prv. 24:11).

Conclusion: The Christian is obligated to protect the life of the unborn even if that involves breaking man's law.

These premises will be examined against the testimony of Scripture to see if they are Biblical. If the premises can be broken, then the conclusion is invalid.

from operation rescue site... says it all

[pjburke]

The notion that scripture -- of any kind, of any religious tradition -- is not actually the written work of mere mortal, fallible men is an evidence-free delusion.

[quest44]

Thank you Ms. Moore for shedding some light on the truth about the right wing Fundamentalists who turn terrorists !
I have long thought that Fox Faux News and the Republican party need to be held accountable for inciting people towards violence with their hate talk against liberal candidates ,"like Palin and McCain in this past election,"and gay rights , pro choice groups and abortion clinics . They hide behind free speach . I think all hate rhetoric that could incite violence should be against the law and stopped before someone else dies just because some faux news commentator thinks it brings in ratings ,their ignorance is dangerous and that should be pretty plain to see.

You know I never once read anywhere in the bible where Jesus killed people who did not believe as he did so where on earth are these people getting this idea that it is perfectly all right to kill and slander in the name of God ?

I gave up on religion long ago just for this reason .There are far too many hypocrites who call themselves right wing christians ! I would rather be spiritual than religious and ignorant !

[balrog221]

All sorts of views are protected by the first ammendment, but outrageous ones such as the Joseph Smith Myth and the Virgins in Heaven are generally considered more carefully. Now the Muslim Virgin myth is perpetrated by our enemies to incite suicide bombers and the Mormon myth is used to justify incest, polygamy and child abuse. Because OReilley and Limbaugh have the right to say outrageous things does not mean that they have the right to incite atrocities without consequence.

If Al Jazeera commentators got on TV and stated that all women must wear a burka and serve their husband. The constitution would defend that. If they got on and incited husbands to kill their wives who disobeyed, that would be a very different matter.

[weavermiami2]

Thank you for finally calling this out.

[like-mind]

. - oops -

"Love, Mercy, and PEACE"!!!

[Shannyn Moore - Huffpost Blogger]

there are no accidents...I wonder if Jesus liked peaches. I like peaches. I like love and mercy too...but that's hardly a pie.

[like-mind]

Completely agree with that terminology. Perfect. These people are nauseating zealot haters who DARE to pretend they are Christian, when Christ was all about love, mercy and peach.

[JohnFromCensornati]

Christ was all about peach? I didn't know that, but guess that's better than killing for life.

[grooveygrover]

that's great!

[librophile]

FOXNEWS CONSTANT HATE-CRIME RANTS ... INFLAMMED RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS !!

1-) Terry-Joe Sedlacek (IL) killed pastor Fred Winters who was in favor of Same-Sex Marriage.
He heard FOXNEWS rants on this pastor's Pro-Gay Views.

2-) Richard Poplowski (PA) killed 3 cops to protect his guns.
He heard FOXNEWS rants that Obama & the Democrats will take away his guns.

3-) Scott Roeder (KS) killed Doctor George Tiller.
He heard FOXNEWS rants that he was a “Mass-Murderer-Abortionist.”

[JZ735]

O'Reilly, on his show, was positively scary when he looked into camera and said "don't tell me what I can and cannot say"...

I have news for you Bill...when you aid and abet criminals and Christian terrorists, you ARE NOT allowed to say anything you want...you are an accesory to a crime, like Randall Terry, and should be treated as such...your freedom of speech ends when you engage in incitement, as you and other freaks on hate radio and TV do.

[Ankhorite]

I'm with Andrew Sullivan on this: we should call these people "Christianists," a parallel to "Islamists."

They certainly aren't bona fide Christians.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1191826,00.html

[quest44]

You certainly have that right !