"Slavery existed in this country because Christianity said it was of God. We are the only nation on the earth where our history is completely intertwined with white supremacy and Christianity. No other religious nation has what we have where white supremacy and religion are completely twisted together."
"I'm not against religion at all. I'm against the fundamentalist kind because fundamentalists — whenever our atheist friends say, 'Oh, religion is responsible for all the oppression of women and homophobia and violence,' I always say, 'No, it is the hardcore right-wing fundamentalist wings of all religions.'"
"There's always this penchant for victimhood: 'Oh, I'm under attack, so anything shitty I do is justified.' I mean, I think fundamentalist Jews and Christians and Muslims have more in common with each other than they do with the moderate and liberal members of their own religions. They're the ones causing all the problems."
Fugelsang is, by the way, son of a former Catholic nun and a former Catholic friar.
"This is the whole struggle of religion: yes, it's responsible for all the bad stuff, but the most important part is there has been a true legacy of Christian activism in this country and it's always been in opposing right-wing Christianity."
"I'm not against religion at all. I'm against the fundamentalist kind because fundamentalists — whenever our atheist friends say, 'Oh, religion is responsible for all the oppression of women and homophobia and violence,' I always say, 'No, it is the hardcore right-wing fundamentalist wings of all religions.'"
"Slavery existed in this country because Christianity said it was of God. We are the only nation on the earth where our history is completely intertwined with white supremacy and Christianity. No other religious nation has what we have where white supremacy and religion are completely twisted together."
"This is the whole struggle of religion: yes, it's responsible for all the bad stuff, but the most important part is there has been a true legacy of Christian activism in this country and it's always been in opposing right-wing Christianity."
In an interesting conversation with Cliff Schechter and David Shuster, John Fugelsang discusses his forthcoming book Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds. The book will be published next month by Simon & Schuster.
Some key takeaway statements by Fugelsang in this discussion:
Conservatives only considering humans "people" when it fits their narrative
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