Here's what Jesus would think of today's Repugs.

[Brigid]

Based on Matthew 23, from the musical "Godspell."

ALAS FOR YOU


Alas alas for you
Lawyers and pharisees
Hypocrites that you be
Searching for souls and fools to forsake them
You travel the land you scour the sea
After you've got your converts you make them
Twice as fit for hell!
As you are yourselves!

Alas, alas for you
Lawyers and pharisees
Hypocrits that you are
Sure that the kingdom of Heaven awaits you
You will not venture half so far
Other men who might enter the gates you
Keep from passing through!
Drag them down with you!
You snakes, you viper's brood
You cannot escape being Devil's food!

I send you prophets, I send you preachers
Sages and rages and ages of teachers
Nothing can bar your mood

Alas, alas for you
Lawyers and pharisees
Hypocrites to a man
Sons of the dogs who murdered the prophets
Finishing off what your fathers began
You don't have time to scorn and to scoff
It's getting very late!
Vengence doesn't wait!
You snakes, you viper's brood
You cannot escape being Devil's food!

I send you prophets, I send you preachers
Sages and rages and ages of teachers
Nothing can bar your mood
Blind guides, blind fools
The blood you spilt
On you will fall!

This nation, this generation
Will bear the guilt of it all!

Alas, alas alas for you! Blind fools!!

[AllentownJake]

1. Some of the scenes I enjoyed most in Capitalism

Were the scenes with the Capitalism Jesus.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Just goes ta show ya,

that Jesus fella was no Christian.

[Faryn Balyncd]

3. It will be interesting to see how the "Conservative Bible Project" re-translates this to "remove lib

.....liberal bias."


The "Conservative Bible Project" is the "Consevapedia" project to indoctrinate home schoolers.


http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project


Somehow, they haven't got around to "removing liberal bias" from Matthew yet:


http://conservapedia.com/Matthew_20-28_(Translated)


(though on this page http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project , they advocate eliminating Luke 23:34 as insufficiently right wing.)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. They'll ad a new Gospel according to Gordon Gecko

[asdjrocky]

4. I played that roll in 88 or 89 summper rep.

That was my favorite song to sing.

[intheflow]

10. Hmm.

I've never pictured you as an actor kinda guy, asdjrocky. Kinda cool to learn this side of you! FWIW, I got sing "O Bless the Lord" in a 1980 rep group; my favorite part of that show was getting to pantomime one of the seven deadly sins in one scene. I was Sloth. :)

Worst part of the show: I never, ever, want to hear "Day By Day" again. Ever. :puke:

[elocs]

5. Jesus is a Liberal:

http://www.jesusisaliberal.org/index.html

We created this website because we believe the historical, Biblically documented teachings of Jesus
Christ clearly show that Jesus is a Liberal. His philosophy, based in compassion, equality,
inclusion, forgiveness, tolerance, peace and - most importantly - love, is 100% Liberal.

For 20 years we have seen the growing domination of the radical right wing evangelicals on TV, on
the radio and in the news, newspapers and magazines and in politics - claiming to own a virtual
monopoly on Jesus. They have redefined what He meant and used His name to advance their
radical right wing social, business, governmental, political and military agenda - or as President
Bush calls it their just and righteous Crusade. We strongly object and disagree.

We reflect the views of over 150 million Liberal, Progressive, Tolerant and Independent thinking
Christians, Catholics, and others of all spiritual paths, religions and traditions in the USA and
Canada. Together, we reject the radical right wing Republican evangelicals' claims that they alone
represent the will, expression and blessing of Jesus Christ. We believe it is high time someone
stand up for the Liberal, Progressive, Tolerant and Independent thinking majority's position that any
plain reading of His words, any genuine interpretation of His intent, outline a Liberal, Progressive,
Tolerant, Loving and holistic world view.

[Brigid]

6. Love this website!

Must get one of those t-shirts! :)

[elocs]

7. Here's another one for you:

http://www.liberalslikechrist.org/

If Jesus of Nazareth was anything, he was an extraordinary friend of the down-trodden, definitely a Liberal, whose advocacy on their behalf so infuriated the ultra-Conservative religious and political leaders of his day that they had him killed to prevent the public from hearing the very liberal teaching that you will see quoted abundantly in Jesus' own words on this web site !
Those who actually know what the Bible says about the life and teaching of Jesus recognize that far from being like Jesus of Nazareth, today's "Religious Right" are much more like the kind of clerics who battled this revolutionary prophet from the day he opened his mouth until the day they had him nailed to a cross. Although these people claim to represent Jesus Christ, they rarely quote his teaching or follow his example. What they do instead is use his name ("in vain") to promote their ideas, ideas which Jesus himself did not teach, and might well have opposed.

[Brigid]

9. This one is great too!

Aren't the internets da bomb? :)