Reply #23: Moreso.. it's become corporate, and that is a problem, too.

[progressivebydesign]

Once corporate America, and the media began to target that market, things went downhill fast. Those insipid Left Behind books are making billions for the "authors". They are terribly written wastes of paper.. but they were marketed like a Nancy Drew series. We are moving backwards... and it's scary. I think in all bad times, as in the 70's recession, the 50's fear of the bomb, people move to extremes like that. 9/11 just freaked a lot of people out, and made them think of their own mortality. Corporate christianity was right there to snag them in their moments of fear and grief. These attack on the Girl Scouts, and now gay marriages, is a sign that we DO have a religious war coming. It'll be played out in November. Many right-wing churches have been doing unprecedented amounts of politicking.. and should have their tax-exempt status revoked. The cookie story is small.. but it's implications are enormous and scary.