Latest Pew Study finds Republican party shifting fast to religious radicalism

Skybird · 01-04-14, 06:11 AM

The rift between science and religion wins in importance to define the frontlines along which Democrats and Republicans define themselves.

http://www.pewforum.org/2013/12/30/p...man-evolution/

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...w-its-changed/

It seems to me that the Republicans lose members of moderate views and scientific education, and replace them with evangelicals and Christian radicals who take the Bible literally. These may be attracted by the Tea Party. The newcomers add to the Republican pool of white radical Protestants, making it the ideological harbor of those who feel threatened by the growing influence foreign ethnicities have in inner politics. The traditional concept of the so-called WASP no longer is the dominating group in America, and since quite some time already, and for the Republicans, who traditionally attracted these and had their voter basis recruited amongst these, this is a threat to their own competitiveness against the Democrats, who gain voters due to their increasingly unhidden socialist agenda that promises candy falling from heaven, and their higher attractiveness for non-white immigrants.

The deep rifts between both political dominant groups in America seem to be set for not going away soon. It seems that instead the trenches get dug deeper and deeper. And the conflict science versus religion becomes an increasingly important battlefield on which especially the Republicans define themselves. And the more they lose, the more radical they become.

01-04-14, 06:11 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,778 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Latest Pew Study finds Republican party shifting fast to religious radicalism The rift between science and religion wins in importance to define the frontlines along which Democrats and Republicans define themselves. http://www.pewforum.org/2013/12/30/p...man-evolution/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...w-its-changed/ It seems to me that the Republicans lose members of moderate views and scientific education, and replace them with evangelicals and Christian radicals who take the Bible literally. These may be attracted by the Tea Party. The newcomers add to the Republican pool of white radical Protestants, making it the ideological harbor of those who feel threatened by the growing influence foreign ethnicities have in inner politics. The traditional concept of the so-called WASP no longer is the dominating group in America, and since quite some time already, and for the Republicans, who traditionally attracted these and had their voter basis recruited amongst these, this is a threat to their own competitiveness against the Democrats, who gain voters due to their increasingly unhidden socialist agenda that promises candy falling from heaven, and their higher attractiveness for non-white immigrants. The deep rifts between both political dominant groups in America seem to be set for not going away soon. It seems that instead the trenches get dug deeper and deeper. And the conflict science versus religion becomes an increasingly important battlefield on which especially the Republicans define themselves. And the more they lose, the more radical they become. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.