Those Evangelicals
I hate hypocrites. So today I researched Billy Graham a bit. (Long story) It turns out, he's not exactly one of those inane demagogues who preach hate and hoodwink average Americans into giving them money so they can live like Ken Lay and preach politics. Apparently, he preaches love, compassion, and understanding and is despised by the moral majority and the Christian Coalition precisely because of his message of compassion and dialogue. Among other things, they are mad that he doesn't try to abolish the graduated income tax, that he wants to speak to gays and that he doesn't deem it Christian to blow up and kill doctors who allow women to exercise their freedoms to life and liberty and health upon their own bodies. Truman may have called him a fake interested in his own fame, and this may be true, but at least he's preaching a decent message.
Impressed, I posted a message onto a religious site where they bashed Graham and the rest of American urban society for living in diversity and talking to one another. I posted this message under the user name of God. They made me answer all these stupid questions. So for enlightenment, God's full name is God Yawweh. God is a 59 year old woman (born the year WWII ended) with brown eyes, white hair, whose pets are people, favorite TV show is The Sopranos, lives in Jerusalem, whose favorite music is rap, and whose personal quote is "Peace be with you." You can reach God at God_Yawweh@yahoo.com.
The funny thing is that I'm religious. Aside from my college years when I have been lazy, I have gone to church every Sunday morning since I was born. I know Bible stories and allusions and I believe in the Holy Trinity. I just hate demagogues who preach ignorance and hatred for their own personal glory and wealth. What would Jesus do? Let me tell you, Jesus would not drive an SUV-dumbass! I love my SUV, but Jesus would walk around in his leather sandals. Jesus would not take your money so he could buy an estate next to John DuPont, he would give it to the homeless and sick and hungry. Jesus would not be a Republican because he would not be a Democrat, either. Jesus would not go around telling other people they're evil and are going to go straight to Hell because they listen to music with curse words or cohabitate with significant others or don't wear panty hose.
I just wish people would stop using religion as if it were something you should use, something to accomplish your own agenda and to substantiate your fears and prejudices.
Here's to all of us who try to lead our own good and decent lives, who try to be accepting and other people, who don't fear diversity, who understand the tenets of our government. And yes, I am including Billy Graham in this category of "us" (until I find out otherwise).
Impressed, I posted a message onto a religious site where they bashed Graham and the rest of American urban society for living in diversity and talking to one another. I posted this message under the user name of God. They made me answer all these stupid questions. So for enlightenment, God's full name is God Yawweh. God is a 59 year old woman (born the year WWII ended) with brown eyes, white hair, whose pets are people, favorite TV show is The Sopranos, lives in Jerusalem, whose favorite music is rap, and whose personal quote is "Peace be with you." You can reach God at God_Yawweh@yahoo.com.
The funny thing is that I'm religious. Aside from my college years when I have been lazy, I have gone to church every Sunday morning since I was born. I know Bible stories and allusions and I believe in the Holy Trinity. I just hate demagogues who preach ignorance and hatred for their own personal glory and wealth. What would Jesus do? Let me tell you, Jesus would not drive an SUV-dumbass! I love my SUV, but Jesus would walk around in his leather sandals. Jesus would not take your money so he could buy an estate next to John DuPont, he would give it to the homeless and sick and hungry. Jesus would not be a Republican because he would not be a Democrat, either. Jesus would not go around telling other people they're evil and are going to go straight to Hell because they listen to music with curse words or cohabitate with significant others or don't wear panty hose.
I just wish people would stop using religion as if it were something you should use, something to accomplish your own agenda and to substantiate your fears and prejudices.
Here's to all of us who try to lead our own good and decent lives, who try to be accepting and other people, who don't fear diversity, who understand the tenets of our government. And yes, I am including Billy Graham in this category of "us" (until I find out otherwise).
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