{"id":699,"date":"2010-10-22T18:15:33","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T18:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2010\/10\/murder-and-right-wing-christianity.html"},"modified":"2010-10-22T18:15:33","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T18:15:33","slug":"murder-and-right-wing-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2010\/10\/murder-and-right-wing-christianity.html","title":{"rendered":"American Taliban: Murder and Right Wing Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Two episodes to keep in mind whenever a &#8216;Christian&#8217; right spokesperson<br \/>\nsays they oppose terrorism and murder.<span>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span>To put it bluntly, they do not. They advocate it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digbysblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/exceptional-americans.html\">Encouraging terrorism and murder<\/a>&nbsp;of American<br \/>\ncitizens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/archive\/sexandgender\/3589\/the_us_religious_right_and_the_lgbt_crisis_in_uganda\/\">Advocating mass murder abroad<\/a> using the same logic they use against<br \/>\nmany Americans here at home, but so far lack the power to implement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The only reason they are not acting like the Taliban is<br \/>\nbecause they are not in power.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>The<br \/>\nonly reason.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two episodes to keep in mind whenever a &#8216;Christian&#8217; right spokesperson says they oppose terrorism and murder.&nbsp; To put it bluntly, they do not. They advocate it. 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