The deviance of twisting religion into politics

[SecularMotion]

“Pray for President Obama,” as GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry implored at his recent prayer event --it sounds like a pious religious message, right? Yet beware of the religious hypocrites who twist religion into hatred of ‘the other.’

Check out the t-shirts and bumper stickers that cite Psalm 109:8, circulated among some conservatives opposed to President Obama. That passage reads: “May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.” The next verse asks God to intervene so that “… his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.” Rather than a prayer, this is a biblical curse. It may provide a titillating “ha-ha” moment for in-the-know conservative elites, but it is little else than the manipulation of religion in order to spread hate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/catholic-america/post/the-deviance-of-twisting-religion-into-politics/2011/08/16/gIQAi3FgOJ_blog.html

[cleanhippie]

1. Mmmmmm, I love the smell of christian values in the morning.

[louslobbs]

2. I didn't think I could find these types any more revolting, I was wrong.

K&R

From the movie the "Bishops Wife,"

Carey Grant as Dudley the Angel: "Ohhhhh Henry, that was no prayer."

David Niven as Henry the Bishop: "It was straight from the heart."

Lou