I know Jesus would not approve of religion being used as a tool to meet a political end.
Didn't he say give onto Caesar what is Caesar's, and give onto God, what is God's?
For a person to USE religion as a tool to meet a political end neither benifits religion or politics, it brings them both down.
It truely makes me ill to see what's going on right now.
Think back to the early 80s and where TV preachers were. Most people laughed at them and knew how disturbing it was to see people profiting by using religion and fear to squeeze money out of people.
But take that mentality, shake off the terrible Leisure Suit Larry suits and the blue beehive hairdos, mix in blind patriotism, conjure up images of Eisenhower Republican politics and Neocons manipulation, and you have the Christian Reich movement.
Neocons (which are power hungry greed mongers hiding under a Republican veil) running waving crosses and the American flag ARE dangerous.
The Neocons are the true problem, but the cancer that they've successfully injected into the Christian Right has truely warped them into believing that they need to legislate their beliefs. The Neocons have pushed the Christian Right from spreading the word of God to legislating the word of God.
It's really a cancer of sorts ... one that can absolutely spread through the masses. Mob rule can not be allowed to happen.
Can ANYONE imagine if the issue of slavery were put on the ballot and decided by vote. If Lincoln said, "Lets vote on it, instead of going to war."
African-Americans would be slaves today. At that period of time most Americans (sadly) would have voted for slavery.
Sadly, more and more Americans (through blind patriotism and blind faith) are having their emotions and faith manipulated to serve the Neocons that have hijacked the Republican Party. These Neocons (such as those from the PNAC) have successfully transformed the Christian Right into a Christian Reich that, for the most part, has gone unchecked and unquestioned.
Those of us that have questioned them might as well be a lone voice in the nose bleed seats at OzzFest telling people to insist on a refund. No one would hear, or see any reason to try. Hey, the music is good, what else matters.
The Christian Reich is no Ozzfest and is a hell of a lot more damaging than Ozzy could ever be.
Give me Ozzy and Judas Priest any day, to hell w/ Pat Robertson.
The masses must see the Christian Reich movement for what it is and see what it is doing to their religion. How it's FAILING the unborn child by banking solely on turning over Roe v Wade, instead of emphasising WHY a young girl would choose abortion. Instead they REALLY believe that people CARE whether the big brother CONDONES abortion.
The Christian Reich is a cancer that is eating away at the very values and principles that made this country great. It if continues to proliferate it ruin this country.
Label them, stop them, fight them.