If Jesus stated you cannot serve God and Mammon then why is greed good and materialism so worshiped in America?
If Jesus blessed the poor then why are the poor so despised in America?
If James, the brother of Jesus, wrote that the poor are God’s chosen then why do you have to spend so much money to get elected?
If Jesus cautioned do not exalt yourself for you will be humbled then why do Americans elect candidates who exalt themselves as Christians?
If Jesus warned do not swear by heaven, or God, or add anything to your word because doing so would mean your word is inadequate on its own, then why does the religious right always have to resort to invoking God’s name whenever they want somebody to vote their way?
If Paul announced that in Jesus Christ there is neither male nor female, Gentile or Jew, nor master nor servant then why have women, nonwhites and gays been treated as second class citizens or worse for so long?
If Jesus taught to do unto others as you would have them done unto you then do Americans want to be treated as they have treated Native Americans?
If Jesus advised condemn not lest you be condemned then why is the religious right so obsessed with damning gays to hell and back?
If the Bible gave notice that a house divided cannot stand then why is America so divided into feuding red and blue factions?
If Jesus cautioned not even to become angry in your own house because you risk the flames of hell then why are so many conservative Christian commentators always so angry?
If Jesus implored you to fear not and the Bible added that him who fears does not know God then why are most religious righters fear-mongers?
If Jesus instructed to love your neighbors as yourself then why do so many conservatives want desperately poor Mexicans to stay home?
If Jesus ordered to render unto Caesar and God each what is theirs, respectively, then why are there any lingering questions about separation of church and state?
If Jesus held the truth shall set you free then why does the religious right oppose the teaching of evolution?
If Jesus preached don’t pray publically like the hypocrites just to be seen but to go by yourself and pray in private then why does the religious right insist on praying loudly in public places like schools?
If Jesus condemned religious hypocrites for wearing special clothes to draw attention to themselves as holier-than-thou then why does the religious right dress in bumperstickers and buttons?
If Jesus blessed the poor then why are the poor so despised in America?
If James, the brother of Jesus, wrote that the poor are God’s chosen then why do you have to spend so much money to get elected?
If Jesus cautioned do not exalt yourself for you will be humbled then why do Americans elect candidates who exalt themselves as Christians?
If Paul announced that in Jesus Christ there is neither male nor female, Gentile or Jew, nor master nor servant then why have women, nonwhites and gays been treated as second class citizens or worse for so long?
If Jesus taught to do unto others as you would have them done unto you then do Americans want to be treated as they have treated Native Americans?
If Jesus advised condemn not lest you be condemned then why is the religious right so obsessed with damning gays to hell and back?
If the Bible gave notice that a house divided cannot stand then why is America so divided into feuding red and blue factions?
If Jesus cautioned not even to become angry in your own house because you risk the flames of hell then why are so many conservative Christian commentators always so angry?
If Jesus implored you to fear not and the Bible added that him who fears does not know God then why are most religious righters fear-mongers?
If Jesus instructed to love your neighbors as yourself then why do so many conservatives want desperately poor Mexicans to stay home?
If Jesus ordered to render unto Caesar and God each what is theirs, respectively, then why are there any lingering questions about separation of church and state?
If Jesus held the truth shall set you free then why does the religious right oppose the teaching of evolution?
If Jesus preached don’t pray publically like the hypocrites just to be seen but to go by yourself and pray in private then why does the religious right insist on praying loudly in public places like schools?
If Jesus condemned religious hypocrites for wearing special clothes to draw attention to themselves as holier-than-thou then why does the religious right dress in bumperstickers and buttons?
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