A left-winger's ranting on America, religion, capitalism and pie.

I’ve made a post over at Anti-Christian Phenomenon—a multi-author blog which I’ve been rather lazy about contributing to, I’m afraid—arguing that Christianity presents a larger threat to Americans than Islam.

 

Radical Islamists can frighten Americans who fail to put death tolls into perspective. Their real power lies in their ability to frighten critics of Islam—and that is truly terrible—but the overall effect of censoring criticism of Islam does little to really harm this country and much of the world. If Islamists really wanted to destroy America and Western culture—as we are constantly told—they need only give Christian nationalists more power.

I feel the need to retroactively add that Islam has to be fundamentalist and radicalized to present any threat greater than simply influencing thought. Whereas, Christianity poses a threat to America in all it’s forms. The difference isn’t so much in the religions themselves as it is which religion has more control over the country.

I’d encourage you to give it a read, as well as subscribe to ACP if you’re interested in critique of Christianity. The blog comes from a larger perspective than just my own atheist and secular one, and the writers there are well-educated and intelligent. If you choose to comment on the post, please do so there.

And yes, I’m making an attempt to blog actively again.