Christian Jihadists

Christian jihadist—now there is an oxymoron for you. This sounds even stranger than constitutional conservative or libertarian Republican. Nevertheless, there are certain Christian military apologists and warmongers whom the term describes perfectly.

There are a number of characteristics of a Christian jihadist.

Christian jihadists excuse the U.S. military’s killing of Muslim civilians as “collateral damage.”

Christian jihadists see no problem with the Israeli flag being displayed in a church along with the American flag and the Christian flag.

Christian jihadists think that God needs the United States to protect Israel.

Christian jihadists are worried about Sharia law when U.S. law controls every area of American life—including how much water toilets are allowed to flush.

I have deliberately not accused Christian jihadists of saying that Islam is a false religion, even though they would certainly plead guilty. This is because every conservative Christian who accepts the authority of the Bible, Christianity as the absolute truth, and Jesus Christ as the Son of God and only savior cannot think otherwise. But there is a tremendous difference between a Christian thinking that Islam is a false religion and holding to the tenets of Christian jihadism. Just as there is a tremendous difference between thinking a religion, an idea, a proposition, or a belief is false and wanting to kill, or hoping that someone else kills, those who hold to false religions, ideas, propositions, or beliefs.

Beware of Christian jihadists. Just as you should beware of Old Testament Christians, Christian armchair warriors, Christian Coalition moralists, evangelical warvangelicals, Catholic just war theorists, reich-wing Christian nationalists, theocon Values Voters, imperial Christians, pro-lifers for mass murder, Red-State Christian fascists, bloodthirsty Christian conservatives, nuclear Christians, Christian Coalition moralists, Religious Right warmongers, God and country Christian bumpkins, military chaplains, sniper theologians, conservative Christian warmongers, and members of the Christian axis of evil.

Many conservative Christians have left these groups. I know because I have received hundreds of e-mails over the years from individuals telling me that they have.

The only good thing about the U.S. military becoming a politically correct haven of gays, lesbians, feminized men, manly women, bisexuals, gender neutrals, transvestites, and transsexuals is that conservative Christians are beginning to question their love and support for the military. May more Christian jihadists be in that number.

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