By the same token, I don't equate fundamentalist Christians in the United States with fundamentalist Muslims in terrorist organizations. There is a big difference between people looking for answers and mass murderers. Jerry Falwell and Osama bin Laden may both have problems with the state of morality in America. Only one of them is willing to resort to blowing up buildings and airliners. Mr. Troupe is guilty of overstatement, but he made an essentially valid point.
Fanaticism knows no religion.
We Christians are passionate about our faith. We must take care that our passion doesn't turn to intolerance and self-righteousness against our fellow human beings. The continued conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland should remind us all of the inhumanity still committed under Christianity's banner. All that is a testament to the fallibility of man, not God. We live in a universe where we are free to make choices.