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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Pope Francis On Fundamentalism: The Horror Of Turning God Into Ideological Pretext


"Every text without a context is a pretext."


Pope Francis: The Horror Of Religious Fundamentalism And What's Wrong With Religion

"The Politics Of Horror In Conservative Evangelicalism," '09 Outstanding Academic Title"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-politics-of-horror-in-conservative.html



Alan: The deliberate decontextualization of Truth - either by refusing to learn across a broad spectrum of scholarship, or, by denying the findings of sound scholarship -- is the central mechanism whereby fundamentalists dis-integrate Truth, breaking it into ideologically "safe" fragments that are then re-assembled to protect their diminished view of reality, at once shallow and narrow. 

The love affair between Christian fundamentalists and Donald Trump can be understood as the interactive outcome of denial, aggressive ignorance and the sola fide conviction that their personal salvation is assured and thus they can do whatever they damn well please.


"First Stone: It Is Not Enough To Do What Is Right..."
Sola Fide


On Flight Back From Africa Pope Francis' Press Conference Describes Fundamentalism As Idolatry
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/06/on-flight-back-from-africa-pope-francis.html

Good Religion And Bad Religion
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/bad-religion-and-good-religion.html

"Terrorism And The Other Religions"

"Santorum, Savonarola And The Pending Apocalypse Of The Republican Party"

"Plutocracy Triumphant"
Cartoon Compendium

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts: 
What's Wrong With American Conservatism?
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-whats.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts About Donald Trump, Updated June 3, 2016
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/06/compendium-of-pax-posts-about-donald.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On "Too Pure Principles" And The Collapse Of Conservatism

Brexit, Trump, ISIS And The Age Of Disintegration

Bill McKibben: "The Christian paradox: How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong"


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