Welcome to "Christian America" in the 21st Century.

[kpete]

American Blasphemy: Centurions of the Black Room



'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the
least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'
Matthew 25:31-40

They call themselves Christians, even as they continue to torture and kill. They tell us there's a "clash of civilizations" while our military beats, burns, shocks, and torments innocent and guilty alike. They shoot paintball guns at their wounded victims and laugh, burying the dead ones and dumping the living ones out into the cold desert night.

Their Christian leaders swear allegiance to the cross, which represents God as a victim of state torture in an occupied land. No doubt some of them wear crosses around their necks as they sign the memos, requisition the hoods and paintball guns and dogs, and conceal the acts they claim to carry out in the name of their Savior.

more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/american-blasphemy-cent_b_17761.html

[MissMarple]

1. Perverted Christianity. It's an evil cult.

And we are all victims of their arrogance.

Here's a link to a better Christianity.

http://www.yesmagazine.com/article.asp?ID=1325
...
"Jubilee and resistance
But the ancient wisdom also tells a story of hope regained. Alongside the story of Empire, which rises up repeatedly in history, there is also a story of resistance to Empire. The story of resistance emerges from the vision of economic justice known as the Jubilee. The Jubilee is central to the Torah, the Prophets, and the ministry of both Jesus and Paul.

The Jubilee was a blueprint for a just economy. It put a floor under misfortune and misery, preventing generational poverty, even as it put a ceiling on wealth, preventing the emergence of an aristocratic dynasty. It did this through elevating ownership of land, which in those days was wealth, into the hands of God the Creator. Because God owned the land (the wealth), we human beings had no right to seize it for ourselves. It was to be shared for the benefit of all.

The first lesson of the Jubilee was articulated in the Creation story when God rested on the seventh day. Therefore, we human beings, created in God’s image, were also to rest once a week.

This was great good news for the poor who are always easily exploited and sometimes (literally) worked to death. It was good news for all who married their work and lost relationship with their community. The Sabbath was the great release from the incessant need to produce and to consume. It also extended outward into an ecological ethic that called for the resting of animals. Even the land was rested every seven years. But the most astonishing event occurred every 50th year when the economy was completely re-designed as wealth was redistributed, debts were forgiven, and land returned to its original owner."

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[QuettaKid]

2. great graphic.

could use a little work though. tighten up the cropping of the prisoner and put the text directly below the cross. would make a great sticker to plaster the fundie churches with. someone needs to post that over at christianunderground.com