Frank Schaeffer, son of famed evangelical theologian Francis Schaeffer, connects the religious, cultural, and political knots in this spooky assessment of end times lunacy. As a former insider, his knowledge of such beliefs is considerable. There are few emotions more powerful — or easily played — than fear.
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Over at the Atlantic, my former classmate Garrett Epps reports on one of those “constitutional” and “patriotic” meetings that we typically, and wrongly, associate with militant white “minorities” living in the Idaho wilderness. This gathering takes place in the basement of a Lutheran Church in Virginia and those who attend are staid — having not [...]
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While I wish it were true that Newt Gingrich were a comedian and his shtick was harmless fun, his high-profile pronouncements are so bizarre and paranoid that it truly is dangerous to national discourse. Here is the latest from the fear monger, discussing his favorite incendiary issue — the Islamic Center to be built in [...]
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Today, while examining the key word searches that have led people to this blog, I noticed this interesting query: “Are tea partiers psychotic?” This Google search must have pulled up my post “Tea Parties and Monkey Gods,” in which I observed that Tea Partiers seem to be animated by a toxic combination of anger and [...]
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