In 2004, is there any difference between a Televangelist hack...

[UdoKier]

... and the garden variety preacher at a local church?

I used to think there was a difference, but judging by the way most of the churches fell into line after Bush declared unnecessary war... I can't help but think that most of them are just out to take in money and function as one of the many control mechanisms on our society. Sure, a very few churches mobilized vocal opposition to the war. Shouldn't they all have done so? Wasn't it a huge sin to attack a defenseless country for no reason?

Do the churches today do anything but tell people what they WANT to hear? Do they tell their congregations to STOP buying the damn SUVs because we are the stewards of the earth, and we are not to waste God's gifts? Do they tell them that as a society, we need to look out for the least of us? If it's the religious folks turning out in droves to vote for Bush, WHAT exactly are mainstream churches teaching people these days?

Is there some alternate bible of hate, war and stealing these people use? I just don't get it.

Is it those "Abundant Greed" churches turning people like this? The Baptists? I'm seriously asking because I just DON'T GET IT.