Tag: religion

Here’s how Christian fundamentalism is turning people away from religion — and toward science

AlterNet logoChristianity is on the way out, according to surveys Americans who identify as Christian have dropped by 12 percent in the last decade, and those who identify as having no religion have increased 9 percent.

The Daily Beast cited multiple researchers who have examined the evolution of religion and the turn toward science. Christian fundamentalism is adding to the problem as some sects devolve back to the 1600s when science and religion were mutually exclusive.

“Those who have remained faithful are more fundamentalist than ever,” said the Beast. “Moderate Protestantism has declined, while conservative evangelical religion has increased as a percentage of America’s religious, with immediate political consequences: Donald Trump would not be president had conservative evangelicals and Catholics not rallied to his side, despite his many personal transgressions and evident lack of faith.” Continue reading

Guns and religion: How American conservatives grew closer to Putin’s Russia

The following article by Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger was posted on the Washington Post website April 30, 2017:

President Trump’s warm rhetoric toward Russia on the campaign trail is just one instance of a softening stance toward Russia among some U.S. conservatives. The Post examined the relationship between gun rights advocates and religious conservatives in the U.S., and their counterparts in Russia. (Bastien Inzaurralde, Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

Growing up in the 1980s, Brian Brown was taught to think of the communist Soviet Union as a dark and evil place.

But Brown, a leading opponent of same-sex marriage, said that in the past few years he has started meeting Russians at conferences on family issues and finding many kindred spirits. Continue reading “Guns and religion: How American conservatives grew closer to Putin’s Russia”