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Monday, November 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Sundown on Colorado fundamentalists

A Sunday visit to the megachurch that praised George W. Bush suggests that its political end of days is near.
By Mike Madden

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  • Monday, November 3, 2008 05:26 AM

    Christians vs. Christianists

    The Christianists that now dominate the Republican Party don't seem to be interested in the teachings of the titular founder of their religion. It's much more about Leviticus, the misogyny and revulsion with sex of Paul, and the apocalyptic vision of John. Jesus? Not so much -- too "liberal."

    For Christianists, religion serves their right-wing political ideology -- not the other way around. Just look at the way they threw Jimmy Carter, a true practicing Christian, overboard for the shallow Hollywood Christianity of Ronald Reagan, and their adoration of the phony "Santa Claus" Christianity of George W. Bush.

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