Here is the fundamental message of the fun-damentalists: Say “Jesus” and then you don’t have to do Jesus. - Robert S. McElvaine

They are so certain that they know God’s mind because they equate their own minds with that of God.

"Economic conservatives," Kevin Phillips notes, "often warm to sects in which a preoccupation with personal salvation turns lower-income persons away from distracting visions of economic and social reform."

Those who promote this “no faith at all” do not follow Jesus; they lead him around in directions they want to go, using him as an advertisement for their political, social, and cultural agendas, which generally run counter to his. The “Christian” Right has reduced Jesus to the ultimate celebrity endorsement.