Attack of the Fundamentalists 4: Stand Against the Dominion

An Eclectic Humanist

Here, finally, is the concluding installment in the "Attack of the Fundamentalists" sequence. This one takes a bit of a turn from what I'd originally intended, which had been simply to outline the history of Christian Dominionism inthe US, and instead speaks more broadly about the ongoing cultural conflict between the religious right and reasonable people on such subjects as apocalypticism and the looming American election. It seems to me that the discourse between the religious right and the more progressive elements of society, which has been building in tension and vehemence for many years now, is coming to a head as the demographic tide that throughout my own childhood and early adulthood favoured the Christian fundamentalists, finally turns against them. Looking at these and other factors, and considering the flow of history a few weeks out from an election in which the most religious country in the "First World" faces a choice between remaining the backward-looking parody of itself that it has become under Trump and under the prolonged influence of the religious right, or moving forward and once again rejoining the community of nations, I find myself both anxious and hopeful for the future. While I very well could be wrong, I think the Evangelicals and fundamentalists in the US have overplayed their hand, especially in their fantasy-based response to COVID-19, and are--failing ongoing and powerful attempts at voter suppression--about to be handed their reality-denying asses on a plate.