(reposted from G+ comment)
 The "fundamentalist Christian" claim is just 
simply not supported by Anders Breivik's own writings. "As a non-religious person, 
but still one that acknowledges and respects the impact of 
Judeo-Christian thinking on Western culture, [...]"
Breivik 
actively indicates he does not practice religion, and writes essays 
complaining about "evangelist, fundamentalist churches"
The first
 ~600 pages is devoted to alternately describing how Muslims are awful 
because of the nasty things they did to medieval Christians, and lauding
 medieval Christians for anti-Muslim violence, and Crusading against 
Muslims.
What Breivik does not do is claim any sort of 
Biblical or holy justification, or indicate that some higher power is 
guiding his hand or thinking. He never feels nor says he is acting as a Christian -- just the opposite, in fact.
It
 seems like standard "race war" agitprop, that attempts to draw from 
history examples of glory for, and crimes against, white people. 
Historically speaking that means Christians and Jews (which he does 
mention).
Yuck. I just feel nasty, having waded through that white supremacist crap.
 
 
Thanks for sparing us the bother of reading it ourselves. He sounds like your average Neo-Nazi.
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