Ghetto Christianity
Question with boldness even the existence of a God;
because, if there be one, he must more approve
of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear
--Thomas Jefferson
Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents
under the name of religion
--Mahatma Gandhi
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts!
O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments
--Poor Richard's Almanack, Benjamin Franklin
because, if there be one, he must more approve
of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear
--Thomas Jefferson
Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents
under the name of religion
--Mahatma Gandhi
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts!
O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments
--Poor Richard's Almanack, Benjamin Franklin
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Ranger lives in a ghetto of hardcore Christianity, Born-again style, and since we are still trekking through the 12 Days of Christmas, some thoughts on how this Christian nation does war:
- We are fighting radical Islam in a Long War, the latest installment of The Crusades, yet we lack the stones to attempt any conversion, which is the true motivator behind the actions. The Drudges of the world hope material greed will do their dirty work. The states of Iraq and Afghanistan remain sharia barrios.
- We live a reality of hatred for the terrorists.
- We lack forgiveness or brotherly love.
- We allow the money changers, now Mega-Churches, in the temple.
- We worship at the temple of Mammom, the God of the Marketplace.
- We are the Romans 1 CE when we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. Judge Roy Bean hangings replace old school crucifiction.
- Our legions prop up phony governments.
If Jesus is the reason for the season, why do we act so contrary to his teachings?
Labels: america as new romans, hang 'em high, hypocritical christianity, phony war on terror, PWOT
posted by rangeragainstwar at 9:44 PM
4 Comments:
Ranger lives in a ghetto of hardcore Christianity, Born-again style,
I am sorry to hear that Ranger :), sounds pretty hard core.
You ask why, if Jesus is the reason for the x-mas season, do we act so contrary to his teachings?
Good question. Short answer, coz no-one gives a shit about the lessons in humanity given by this ancient peace-nik. The very people he despised commercialized his birthday, must be one of the mysterious ways them hypochristians keep talking about their god works in.
My guess is that should Jesus return tomorrow, he'd be given the 21 century equivalent of nailing him to a cross, as a professional agitator he'd get locked up in a mental institution and should he start converting water to wine he'd have a frontal lobotomy before he could say "Listen brothers & sisters".
Juan,
Ranger ascribes to no religion but just as with policy one must start with the question-Why.
Why do we believe one thing and do the exact opposite-in the name of God and of the flag.
Have we lost the ability to think critically and deeply?
jim
Why do we believe one thing and do the exact opposite-in the name of God and of the flag.
Have we lost the ability to think critically and deeply?
Looking at mankind's history it is doubtful we ever had that ability.
Judged by the many wars that have been fought over the millenniums for sectarian motives, it seems that many if not most "believers" do not understand the central tenet of their religion, which is, as far as I understand the meta, the way forward must be with each other, not against.
If there is a God, and it turns out to have the moral values as ascribed to it by the various religions, then it sure as hell won't bless America, won't bless Europe - or any other forsaken nation for that matter.
Maybe it's because I myself grew up in a rather Christian environment that I have this bias, but Christians in particular seem to have this skill to reconcile their allegedly held religious believes and its fundamentally humanitarian message with the waring nature of their governments. In one hand the bible, in the other a gun. Doesn't work like that.
But really, the atrocious wars are just the tip of the iceberg, reality grates much deeper. Where is our Christian ethos when it comes to sharing? A measly 1% of our GDP is passed on as foreign aid to the billions of malnourished people across the globe. Rarely is there greater lip service being paid than when on Sunday mornings homage is paid to the ten commandments.
Juan,
Well-said. The hypocrisy begins in the pulpit.
Then again, church and state have always been nicely abed with each other, save for the momentary brave efforts of our founders to disentangle them.
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