Is there really an odor only Christians have? (Fundie fun in school)

[jmowreader]

http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=6908169

The facts of this case are not in dispute: Our school system hires "guest teachers" from other countries. They come here for a year to learn how we teach in America then go back to their home countries to pass on what they've learned.

We got one from Australia, who didn't realize you couldn't use fundamentalist Christian materials as teaching materials in American public schools. She brought in a book that, among other things, says there is a "special scent" only Christians have.

(In some cases, that's true. Fred Phelps, Jack Chick, Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts and Donald Wildmon all smell like burning sulfur. And a lot of the Christian ladies who shop at my store smell like $200/ounce perfume. But most Christians don't have any distinctive aroma.)

Anyway, the parents of a child who brought this nonsense home went to the principal of her elementary school, who asked them "What's the problem? Don't you and your family go to church?"

[Warpy]

1. Well, there's the stench of self righteousness

and the unmistakable stink emanating from a whited sepulcher. Those two come to mind instantly.

Christians who quietly got the point probably smell like the rest of us, like soap and deodorant.

[wtmusic]

2. North Carolina is Fundie World Headquarters n/t

[jmowreader]

4. The southeastern US is fundie world headquarters

This area isn't really overrun by fundies--we have a lot of Christians, but not many fundies.

Let's say you had an Extreme Christianity Meter calibrated from one to ten. Your average Christian is a five, a fundamentalist is a nine, Jack Chick is a ten and Fred Phelps makes the needle point to the screw holding the glass on. Most Cumberland County Christians are somewhere between six and seven.

[Maraya1969]

3. "How I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning"