[lbo-talk] Protestant fundamentalism: pro-Israel & anti-UN before they existed

[Chuck0]

I've been told that modern American fundamentalism got its start during 
the West Virginia textbook wars of the early 1970s. This was told to me 
by somebody who remembers those events and read something about the 
lasting influence they had on the rise of the religious right.

I've already mentioned that my family has some fundamentalist 
tendencies, mostly from my mother's side of the family. However, I 
remember as a little kid going through some books at my grandfather's 
house in Garnett, Kansas. I still distinctly remember picking up some 
apocalyptic book that scared the shit out of me. It may have been one of 
Hal Lindsey's tomes or it could have been something else.

Chalk up another factor that scared religion out of me.

Chuck