Jimmy Carter's new book, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis, is excellent! I highly, highly recommend it! I'm listening to it, read by the former president himself. He is hitting the nail on the head about our current political landscape.
At one time I personally knew some of the key leaders of the extremist, right-wing, fundamentalist, religious movement. These men were radical, egocentric extremists who held firmly, even vehemently, that anyone who disagreed with them was the antichrist and was destined for hell. With my own ears I heard them emphatically declare and exclaim this over and over again. Don't misunderstand me. Many wonderful people are caught up in this movement.
I had a choice, and I made it. I left that movement because I considered it immoral and against the teachings of Christ. Now, the far-reaching influence of these very men, the leaders of the extremist, right-wing, fundamentalist, religious movement, has taken over the Republican party and filled it with the same aggressive, virulent, hate-filled practices. This is why I so greatly fear this newly emerging and terrifying unification of church and state: I can't choose to leave it as I did that fanatical extremist religious movement!
Jimmy Carter brilliantly exposes this in his book. Even if you disagree with what the former president says, as a thinking, informed citizen (especially if you claim to adhere to the teachings of Christ) this is a must-read!
"Our Endangered Values : America's Moral Crisis" (Jimmy Carter)
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