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Anti-Christianist and Pro
Christian
by Rob Kall
www.OpEdNews.com
Congressman John Hostettler made news yesterday by demonstrating
that he is an ignorant, contemptible Christianist. He asserted,
according to the Washington Post, that “the long war on Christianity
in America continues today on the floor of the House of
Representatives" and "continues unabated with aid and comfort to
those who would eradicate any vestige of our Christian heritage
being supplied by the usual suspects, the Democrats."
"Like a moth to a flame, Democrats can't help themselves
when it comes to denigrating and demonizing Christians," he said.
- I must confess, that it feels like I am at war with this idiot
and the traitorous Americans who have taken the wise teachings of
Jesus and distorted them into the ugly, hateful Taliban-like,
woman hating, freedom rejecting, democracy denying religion that
they practice. At the same time, I have enormous respect and
appreciation for Christians who honor, value and follow the
teachings of Jesus Christ, and Muslims and Jews who lovingly
follow their teachings as well.
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- It started with Augustine. He converted Jesus' teachings to
what worked for him to win a war and consolidate his power in
Rome. Since then, there have always been despicable, power hungry
people like Hostetler who have been willing to take the teachings
of Jesus and these sacred ideas, using them as a whorehouse
bed upon which they engage in the most degraded, despicable
profligacies. It is tragic that good Christians have to stand by
and watch these assholes use their faith in such an ugly way.
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- There's nothing wrong with Christianity that isn't the same
problem that Islam, orthodox Judaism, guns, nuclear energy and
water have in common-- they can all be misused and abused. And we
have a situation in the world where fundamentalists have taken
perfectly good teachings and spiritual wisdom from Christianity,
Islam and Judaism and twisted them into something dark, ugly and
hateful.
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- My own personal belief about heaven and hell is that they
start right here, before you die-- and these reprobate haters are
already in hell. The signs are clear-- self righteous,
sanctimonious judgmental condemnation of others, rigid, unkind,
unforgiving rules, beliefs that they are better, that they are
separate.
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- The first rule of any religion, in dealing with others, should
be respect for other people's beliefs. If the religion fails this
simple test, it is a failed religion and doesn't deserve to be
respected itself..
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- It would seem that Congressman Hostetler was pandering to
someone—perhaps some core constituents—or some imaginary
organization that would give him money or fund a Swift Boat
veterans type attack on his next election opponent. Fortunately,
he was intimidated into withdrawing his statement. Hostetler is a
contemptible idiot, who deserved the censure of the house of
representatives. It is a sad reflection of how far they have
fallen that they allowed him to simply withdraw his idiotic
comments
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- Every modern religion has enough writings so that fools,
whores and panderers can extract phrases that seem to suggest
support for whatever they damn well please. In a country where
there is freedom of speech, these corrupters of the words of faith
have the right to use those words in the service of their
misguided efforts. Somehow, these diabolical voices sometimes
ascend to temporary positions of power. They will never succeed in
the long term. But it would be good if there were some way that,
as a planet, people of good faith and loving kindness could come
together and figure out a way to neutralize these voices, to take
away the energy and power before they build such fulsome heads of
steam.
Why can't a multi-denominational group of spiritual leaders get
together and establish some basic rules and ways to handle these
Neanderthals? This is a problem that will not just go away. We need
brave leaders who can stand up to them and cast them out of the
temples, mosques and churches. Maybe a spiritual version of the UN
would work-- a spiritual peacekeeping force that would act like
immune system antibodies, rejecting dysfunctional, cancerous zealots
and their abnormal flocks before they do real damage. There would be
a risk of the peacekeepers becoming too powerful and too judgmental.
But with the history of religious excuses for wars, political
corruption and other insanities, it's worth considering.
Rob Kall is editor of
www.OpEdNews.com
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