Tuesday, April 07, 2009
The Christian Problem
Religious hysteria expressed as political insanity is not something new, but its merger with political elites could again pose a problem for public health and safety. Indeed, if European history tells us anything, it's that sometimes the only way to prevent Christian fanatics from completely disrupting society is to kill them. In the United States of today, where the apostolic Christian evangelicals increasingly manage to hijack politics while infiltrating the police and military, that solution might also prove problematic.
