Rebiblicans
Last weekend I was talking to one of my roommates about religions. I happened to mention that the “Mormons” weren’t actually called Mormons, but instead refer to themselves as “Latter Day Saints.” In fact, their church is called the Church of Latter Day Saints. Their addition to the Bible is called The Book of Mormon.
“So why aren’t they just Mormons then,” my roommate asked. I responded that we don’t call those that read the Koran the Koranese, or people who believe in the stories of the Bible as Biblicans. “Ha! Biblicans! That’s a good one,” my roommate noted.
I decided that I would refer to Christians as Biblicans. Then another one popped into my head: Rebiblicans. The religious zealots who have assumed political power and seek to impose their religious values through the government are hereby known as Rebiblicans. (synonym: Christianist)
Note: I did a quick Google search and found that a handful of chat forum users are using the term Rebiblican too. I guess I wasn’t the first, even if the idea was original to me. This blogger uses the term rather appropriately:
…the power crazed Rebiblican moral values phonies tried to steamroll [legislation] through the House.
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