October 08, 2007
Fun With Fundamentalism
In his October 7, 2007 editorial in the New York Times entitled "A Nation of Christians is Not a Christian Nation", Jon Meacham rebuts John McCain's recent nod to the right wing fundamentalists. McCain repeated an evangelical article of falth “The Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation.” in an interview this week on Beliefnet.com.
A pseudonymous opponent of the Connecticut proposal had some fun with the notion of a deity who would, in a sense, be checking the index for his name: “A low mind may imagine that God, like a foolish old man, will think himself slighted and dishonored if he is not complimented with a seat or a prologue of recognition in the Constitution.” Instead, the framers, the opponent wrote in The American Mercury, “come to us in the plain language of common sense and propose to our understanding a system of government as the invention of mere human wisdom; no deity comes down to dictate it, not a God appears in a dream to propose any part of it.”
Actually, fundamentalists have been in the news lately, making hay over at Oral Roberts U, and worrying radio stations about airing famous American poems-- it's not just Christian fundamentalists either.
So all of us Goddess Wannabes here at Dakota figured we'd hop on the bandwagon and tell our readers why fundamentalists hate Noah's Ark.
While we're at it, we would also like to introduce you to a revised fundamentalist text -- The Dr. Seuss Bible.
Photo note: A cross in light and shadow on a funeral cubby at Mt. Auburn Cemetery where a veritable plethora of Unitarians are buried.
Posted by Dakota at October 8, 2007 11:08 AM