The anti-gay, anti-abortion domestic terrorist, Eric Rudolph, might be described as a Christianist terrorist. He certainly echoes some of the more extreme right-wing rhetoric about abortion. But it’s unfair to Christianists to tar them with Rudolph’s murderous brush. Christianists overwhelmingly support peaceful democratic means to advance their control over others’ lives. Rudolph’s protestations to being a Catholic are also suspect. His letters to his mother tell a slightly different story than his official line. Here’s an extract from one:
“Many good people continue to send me money and books. Most of them have, of course, an agenda; mostly born-again Christians looking to save my soul. I suppose the assumption is made that because I’m in here I must be a ‘sinner’ in need of salvation, and they would be glad to sell me a ticket to heaven, hawking this salvation like peanuts at a ballgame. I do appreciate their charity, but I could really do without the condescension. They have been so nice I would hate to break it to them that I really prefer Nietzsche to the Bible.”
Friedrich strikes again. And we know what Nietzsche thought of Christianity. Just read your Allan Bloom.
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