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October 10, 2005
"Our" Fundys versus Their Fundys
As an American whose ancestry is Arab I am on the receiving end of a lot bad noise about those "nutty backward Arabs" who believe all sorts of nonsense based on their religious scripture (the Qu’ran).
So imagine how I feel when I see this stuff from a leading frontman for the Christian fundy movement in America:
"This weekend's catastrophic earthquake in South Asia in the wake of recent U.S. hurricanes and December's tsunami is catching the eye of televangelist Pat Robertson, who says we ‘might be’ in the End Times described in the Bible.’ "
Lest you dismiss the Right Reverend Robertson as a marginal player in American society, let me remind you that about one in four American adults is a Christian fundy who believes daily events both natural and social are " God directed". That equals about forty million people.
Let’s make a deal with the rest of the world’s societies: You keep an eye on your fundys and so will we. I wonder how many people have been killed, injured, or made homeless refugees by the American state acting on the advice and direction of people like Robertson? Probably as many as the number killed by the Islamists that’s for sure. We should denounce this. God isn’t on anyone’s side. Either we’re all His children or we aren’t. As a humanist that is my fundamental belief.