Christianity, the cancer within the US culture.

[NewTeaBag]

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It's pretty ignorant of you to say that Christianity is the cancer. I don't know that many Christians, but the ones I do know all think Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell are/were complete assbags and an embarrassment.

The problem is that real Christians are too nice and don't like to say bad things about people. So the fundamentalist freaks are only criticised by athiests, which just gives them more motivation to spread their nonsense and play the oppressed victim card.

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I'd take a step back and say that organized religion is the cancer. Specificlly, fundamentalism/evangelicalism. Whether it be Christians, Jews, or Muslims. It's not good enough to simply say that those fringe fanatics don't make up the majority. The simple truth is that they make the most noise thus do the most damage to your religion's image.

I constantly hear cries from the media and governments to not condemn all Islam for the actions of the few who carry out barbarous acts in the name of Allah. To a great extent that doesn't fly with me. Until mainstream Muslims worldwide, and their Imans make it a priority to publicly condemn the violent extremists just as loudly as they condemn The US's role in disturbing them, they DO have to accept some part of the responsibility for the actions of the extremists.

The same goes for evangelical/fundamentalist/extremist Christians. Until the large core of moderate Christians loudly and publicly condemns these fringe members they must shoulder some responsibility for their actions and words.

If you let someone hijack your religion without resistance, why should you be surprised when others paint you with the same brush as the unchecked extremists who claim to represent you? (And, yes! This applies to governments, including the US, as well)

In the words of Sir Thomas More, "Silence equals assent."