PhD & Former Fundamentalist Rips Palin

I just read this diary in the DailyKos and had to post this here. It is submitted by a diarist known as Save Ohio Now, and had permission to post it from Marlene Winell, the letter's author. I could not find an email to request permission to reprint the entire diary so I will start you with her opening and link you to the rest of the diary. This is one of the finest posts I have ever read anywhere online.

An Open Letter to Sarah Palin:
Dear Sarah, As a former fundamentalist, I'd like to call you on what you are doing. The media has labeled you "opaque" about your religion. Why? Because you have not been honest about the most important thing about you: the fact that you are a born-again charismatic on a mission from God. Most people who have never been entrenched in the subculture of fundamentalist Christianity may not understand what this really means, but I do. Like you, I was raised in the Assemblies of God and I was a zealous part of the Jesus Movement. Like you, my life was consumed with seeking God's will for my life and awaiting the imminent return of Jesus. Former fundamentalists like me know that your worldview is so encompassing, authoritarian, and powerful that it defines who you think you are, the way you view the world, history, other people, the future, and your place in the world. It defines you far more than hockey mom, wife, hunter, governor, or VP candidate.

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