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May 24, 2006 at 14:39:28

Stealing Jesus

by Todd Huffman, M.D. Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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It’s up to us to refute the myth widely-held amongst the powerful and wealthy that power and wealth are somehow a mark of having established a personal relationship with Jesus, and that poverty and suffering are punishment for having not. To believe in this manner simply dishonors the teachings of Jesus, who chose a life of poverty, and gave his life for grace and compassion.

It’s up to us to insistently call attention to the planks Jesus would see in our national eye: our growing numbers of homeless and impoverished, our increasingly ill-fed and ill-educated schoolchildren, our evermore neglected disabled veterans and chronically ill.

It’s up to us to finger those as hypocrites who have abused Jesus’ name to promote their personal bigotries, hatreds, and revelational fantasies. It’s up to us to finger them as hypocrites for claiming to follow the Prince of Peace by serving the God of War.

It’s up to the political left to talk more, much more, about spirituality and about Jesus. Protecting separation of Church and State does not require that religion be banished from public discourse. If it’s true what my friend said, that the Republicans have stolen God, then by continuing to let them control the religious conversation we'll soon let them succeed at stealing Jesus, too.

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Todd Huffman is a pediatrician and writer living in Eugene, Oregon. He is a regular contributor to many newspapers and publications throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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Amanda is a managing editor at OpEdNews and has worked with Rob Kall on the site since 2004. A retired research ethnographer specializing in organization and technological innovation and strategic business development, she now resides in Georgia where she builds and restores wooden and fiberglass boats with her husband, Tom, a retired electrical engineer. Amanda grew up in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on the 9AA that runs along the Ohio in an area that gave the world Larry Flynt, the Clooneys, R...

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Amanda LangAmanda is a managing editor at OpEdNews and has worked with Rob Kall on the site since 2004. A retired research ethnographer specializing in organization and technological innovation and strategic business development, she now resides in Georgia where she builds and restores wooden and fiberglass boats with her husband, Tom, a retired electrical engineer. Amanda grew up in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on the 9AA that runs along the Ohio in an area that gave the world Larry Flynt, the Clooneys, R...

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Steal - They Can't The Right Book of the Bible He's In

Why do these Right Wing Fundamentalist Wing Nuts preach Old Testament when the hero of their story is definitely NEW Testament? Are they confused or religiously illerate? When I'm not mad at them for their perceived righteousness and rightness to "live in glass houses and throw stones" [i.e. have their nose in everybody elses business telling them what the hell to do and believe] while ignoring a leader of the flock with his dick up their child's ass or a hand in the till...I have been known to feel a little sorry for them.

by Amanda Lang (23 articles, 13845 quicklinks, 431 diaries, 593 comments) on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at 3:10:53 PM