As a Christian, I am moved to pity the so called Religious Right. Vast numbers of innocent dupes are being misled by cynical false prophets in search of wealth and power. This generation of vipers will surely have a bad time of it come Judgment Day. You know who you are.
The key to the holding all these folks in thrall is stifling spiritual growth and keeping them at the level of convert. This is what comes of what I term "Four Spiritual Laws" Christianity from the Campus Crusade tract of that name. This brand of Christianity, known also as the Arminian Heresy, teaches that what is necessary for salvation is saying a simple formulaic prayer and that the highest calling of a Christian is to get as many folks as possible to say that same prayer. The idea is that the grace of God is insufficient to save and that salvation requires a continuing act of will on the part of the saved. Salvation can be lost if the believer's will is not strong and they lapse into apostasy.
The implications of this heresy are that believers are required only to manifest their continuing will to believe, mainly by following legalistic commandments and eschewing an ever increasing catalogue of sins. This makes the believers especially susceptible to manipulation by unscrupulous religious leaders and pastors. There is no motive or call to manifest inward transformation and discipleship. There is no basis for acting out Christ's love in the world and the here and now. Rather, one hopes only that the end times will come quickly while you are in your precarious state of redemption. The believer is maintained in a state of arrested spiritual development dependent on the guidance and instruction of the false prophet. How else can you explain "Christians" who advocate unjust war and want to exercise coercive power over their fellow men?
What is wanted is a religious revival in which would be Christians are liberated from the yoke of the heretics. Then we may see a political movement of Christians toward individual liberty rather than statist oppression.
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