We hear ad nauseum how the US is a "christian" nation. How can we be a christian nation while engaging in war in 7 countries, and cutting fund for social programs which meet the needs of those in poverty?
Oh that's right...christians come pre-forgiven. Forgiveness is built right into the frontal lobe of their brains so that when they commit an act that the bible interprets as a sin, they just present their "Get out of hell free" card--"I'm sorry. I feel all kinds of awful, mister"--and it's just like they didn't kill innocent civilians in Afghanistan; or break up a family by sending addicted parents to prison (instead of a hospital or treatment center, both of which are proven methods of rehabilitation; prison is not "rehabilitating" in any aspect of that word) and their children into the CPS system; it's just like they didn't beat someone up because they were gay or performed abortions; it's just like they didn't bankroll the campaign of a congressman in order to have their man on the inside for crucial votes on cutting taxes for the wealthy while cutting healthcare for the poor and the elderly. "Oh, I'm sorry my greed always takes precedence over the needs of smelly old homeless poor people. In Jesus' name, amen.
Really? Is that how it works? Please tell me that even Republicans feel at least a tiny bit of guilt for fucking over poor people. When no one is around, the doors are locked and there are no recording or broadcasting devices operating within view, do you feel the slightest bit of guilt knowing that you're OK with making the impoverished lives they have even worse? Terrorists are more evil because they destroy lives quickly? Congress destroys lives slowly over a long period of time, and that's good and christian? No, it's fucked up. Christianity can be a hollow religion because when you claim to have been born again or whatever voodoo ritual it takes for the holy spirit to enter your body, your sins are forgiven, so why decrease them? Christians have a bad history of killing and destroying other nations in their history book. And now, they can add kicking homeless people in the face cuz Jesus forgives them to their resumes.
Christian in name only. I have to believe that actual Christians have no problem paying taxes that help fund social programs which offset the insurmountable financial difficulties that plague those living in poverty; but that they DO have a problem with paying taxes to fund war, or taxes which offset tax cuts for the wealthy instead of funding medicare for old people, many of whom are war veterans. How in the name of anything with an appearance of righteousness, can christians justify willfully destroying the lives of the people they are supposed to protect and nurture, according to the words attributed to their savior? They can't, they don't, they point at churches and say "they'll do it!" Without even asking whether churches are suffering financially like the rest of us in this opening few years of the next great depression. Churches and most all other charities are suffering financially too. They can't just add to their burden the needs of everyone negatively affected by cuts in social programs when they can't meet needs as it is, due to having received less money to begin with, but having a budget that doesn't account for down economies, and has the extra burden of making up for these tax cuts for the wealthy, rather than job cuts for the poor.
(Oh, please respond to this any of you who are Republicans and/or Christians. I really want to know how you can defy Jesus' commands by gaining wealth and power and not taking care of the impoverished families in our country. Justify paying no taxes, creating no jobs, creating a permanent state of war--according to the things Jesus is to have said. I'm pretty sure making a conscious decision to screw over poor families is a hard core sin in the views of those sitting on the Board of Directors in Heaven.--jef)
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