Cult Christianity is controlling the Colorado legislature. Who's next?

[MissMarple]

This was published in the Denver Post. I posted this yesterday in the Colorado state forum, but it left such an impression on me that I thought it needs wider exposure. It is just another example of how organized these self righteous control freaks are.

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~64~2108382,00.html

Dave Schultheis a religious, far right conservative from Colorado Springs says conservatives embrace the philosophy outlined by The Wilberforce Center. Their site also ranks legislators on party loyalty and votes that support "conservative" issues.
On their recommended reading list is the Old and New Testaments. And they claim:

<The history of Western civilization starts in Jerusalem and runs through Athens, Rome, Paris, London, Berlin, and, ultimately, Washington, DC. If the Biblical narrative is to be believed, this history will end once again in Jerusalem. It is only in light of the Judeo-Christian moral and intellectual tradition that we can understand the rise of the Hebrew nation, the meaning of the ancient oriental empires, their connection, and that of Rome and Athens, to the rise of western European civilization, Jesus of Nazareth, the fall of Rome, the Middle Ages, the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic counter-reformation, the Renaissance, the French Revolution, the American Revolution, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, on-going conflict in the Middle East, "the Jewish question," the Nazi and Soviet movements, the modern American culture wars, and September 11, 2001. The Old and New Testaments are foundational to the conservative understanding of the world and of the American idea. Any revival of widespread conservative statesmanship will require widespread revival of sound Bible scholarship and wisdom. >

www.wilberforcecenter.org .

Also, one director works for Dave Schulteis and another founded Summit Ministries in Manitou Springs. www.summit.org .

<Moderate Gale Berry from Grand Junction says, "I think (November) is going to be an election to watch in terms of a bellwether on where the far-conservative movement is headed."

So, this is what we have come to. Cult Christianity is leading us back into a period of Inquisition and intolerance.

They believe that the Bible and Christianity are "conservative", and that "liberal" equates with "radical". They are anti-democratic to the core.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. "Christian" Fundies may verywell be a bigger threat to us than...

the middle east terrorists.

[midnight armadillo]

4. Fundies of any stripe are dangerous

I've never understood the hysteria over Islamic fundamentalists when our very own home-grown Christian ones are just as anti-modern, anti-democracy and anti-women as the best Islam has to offer. Minus the whole veiling the women thing, of course.

[tom_paine]

2. All of us are next

"Today Colorado, tomorrow the world!"

Totalitarian Darkness is falling fast on Amerika. Can it be stopped?

I'm not sure.

[AZCat]

3. Whew. This is from their "Position Statement" (read #29)

link: http://www.wilberforcecenter.org/about.cfm

Wilberforce Center for Colorado Statesmanship

Position Statement

Our position statement below summarizes how we at Wilberforce believe the conservative philosophy of human life and government applies to all major American and Colorado political issues.

First Principles

1. We are philosophically and practically committed to principles of historic American constitutional government, as specifically enumerated in the U.S. and Colorado Constitutions, the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, and the other writings of the American Founders.

2. We believe American founding documents hold this weight not merely because of their human genius, but because they correspond more closely than any other positive legal system to the law of nature and of nature's God. We hold the historic doctrine of natural law to be the foundation of any human political system and believe all earthly governments surrender their legitimacy to the degree they abandon obedience to this law, which is stamped on the nature of things and on every human soul.

3. We acknowledge that God exists, that the four references to Him in the Declaration of Independence, the reference in the preamble to the Colorado Constitution, and the similar references in all 50 state constitutions are not sentimental or rhetorical flourishes, but qualitative statements by the Founders of the United States, the State of Colorado, and all other states regarding the nature of the created order, including government. We believe this understanding of government is the only one which provides a foundation for a durable state, for religious and political freedom, and for charitable and just religious and political co-existence by diverse groups. We commit to uphold both the formal and public acknowledgement by government of God's existence and authority, as well as the right of all Colorado citizens and groups to legitimate practice of their religion, both public and private.

Political Philosophy
<snip>
(points 4 through 29 follow, but #29 is a doozy)
<snip>
29. We believe the American conservative movement represents the last and strongest remnant of historic western civilization and the last, best political hope of the world, and we believe consistent, comprehensive conservative principle is the most faithful representation of the authentic American idea.

Signed,

The Staff and Board of Directors
Wilberforce Center for Colorado Statesmanship

[meow2u3]

5. Time to declare civil war on radical cult Christianity

Radical cult Islam abroad isn't the only threat to America.

Radical cult Christianity is a far greater, and more immediate, threat to democracy and national security right here at home than cult Islam is.

[bobthedrummer]

6. We have Ashcroft, The Witchfinder as head of DoJ-it's like "The Hand-

maids Tale" by Margaret Atwood, a truly insidious threat to democracy-like PATRIOT ACT imho.