Killing is just a means to an end.
It is just another form of political influence. If they could get away with it, I don't doubt for a second that Christan fundamentalists would kill for their cause.
From my point of view, all religion is false and negative. People like bin Laden and Falwell well know this and use it to their advantage.
The Fundamentalism they spout is lever of convenience. It is a system to be used to influence others to your way of thinking.
However, whether true to their convictions or a gospel spouting charlatan, a Fundamentalist is an absolutist and as such has taken the position that you are either with me or against me. There is no shade of grey.
Anything that absolutist can only lead to conflict with opposing points of view. How far that conflict can go is only tempered by the political state in which the Fundamentalist plies their trade.
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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
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