It is concerning that higher-ups in the USA believe heavily in the Bible and end of times. But to the best of my knowledge there is no group rapidly attracting members and founding a society based entirely on the strictest interpretation of the Bible. If that did happen that society would be monstrous as well.
The US also spent a portion of the 70's and 80's bombing and destabalizing poor Christian countries in Latin America and we haven't seen radical Christian based groups spring up there and inflict violence in the name of religion.
Everyone should read the article in the Atlantic that CHL posted. It goes into clear detail on how ISIS is building a Caliphate based on the strictest possible Quranic interepretation. Following any of the three major monotheistic religions to the tee is a terrible idea, it's just that it seems to happen with Islam more than the other two. Thankfully the default setting for most of humanity is to ignore parts of their respective Holy books and fill it in with their natural morality.
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