Undercover with the Christian Right

Rolling Stone by Matt Taibbi | May. 1, 2008 (Special Report)

In this excerpt from his new book, Matt Taibbi shares his experiences at a Hagee's boot camp for new converts.

By the end of the weekend I realized how quaint was the mere suggestion that Christians of this type should learn to "be rational" or "set aside your religion" about such things as the Iraq War or other policy matters. Once you've made a journey like this -- once you've gone this far -- you are beyond suggestible. It's not merely the informational indoctrination, the constant belittling of homosexuals and atheists and Muslims and pacifists, etc., that's ... Full Story »

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by Barry Grossheim - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a good look inside a fundamentalist cult and their beliefs and prejudices. Author Taibbi show us more than a few of his own in the process. It certainly caused me to spend some time examining my own and how we tend to surround ourselves with people whose ideas support our beliefs and prejudices making dialogue with those at the other end of the spectrum less than productive, usually impossible.