Christianist
n.— «First, let’s just call these people what they are: Christianists. They have an extraordinarily narrow view of the world that they seek to impose on the rest of us in the style of a theocracy. They want us to teach only ideas approved by their (strict, antihistorical, and historically unknown) view of a particular religious scripture (the NIV version of the Christian Bible).» —“The President’s iPod” by Nate Paxton Nate Knows Nada Apr. 15, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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