For the interested.

[Skidmore]

I posted this over in GD and someone suggested that I post it here too. I wrote this because I believe that the criticism of * and his regime frequently are not presented in the language or logic that those who support him among some religious groups will understand. If you are interested, feel free to print and distribute. I believe that this is something that needs to be said.

Here goes:

To my Christian brothers and sisters who support this administration

I want to speak to you who believe that Bush is sent from God and that what he has wrought in this nation is the work of a godly man in a way you will understand. Particularly I want to speak to the evangelicals and fundamentalists among you. This is for those of you who have left your prayer closets to make a spectacle of yourselves shouting "yea" in the public square. This message is for those of you who have forsaken the message of Christ for the tawdry, commercialized Walmart version of the faith sold by barkers on the television urging you to purchase God's mercy and compassion and some trinket for a donation. Men who profess to know the mind and heart of God, condemning their bretheren while living in debauchery and craven gluttony in splendor paid for by their followers.

Do not speak another word about "culture of life" and how this administration derives its authority from the will of God. Do not speak another word about the events of these days are occurring because Christ is prepared to return. After watching the hearing on Katrina this week, it became evident that this "God sent" president and his administration elected to drag their collective feet in responding to Katrina, and as a result is culpable in the murder of hundreds of our own citizens. This administration that says it knows what family values are and can speak for God was culpable in the ripping apart of families in a desperate situation--a large number of whom have yet to be reunited. This Christian administration has turned a blind eye to those left destitute and homeless as a result of this natural disaster, and a deaf ear to those who have asked assistance with salvaging their lives. They have abandoned the sick and the dead and have not assisted people with reclaiming the bodies of their loved ones. And then they lied about it. They dissembled and hid their sins for what they have done to their fellows is a sin and a shame to Christianity and the nation.

It is not unlike the destruction and lies that they have sown with the war in Iraq. What honor and glory is there is razing a city that was already destroyed? The blood of the sons and daughters of this nation are on your hands as you support the great lie that began this war. The poverty and destruction that has been sown in the name of God will be a millstone around your necks for you have not understood that nothing good comes from hatred and fear.

I say to you that this is not of God. God is not the author of lies, nor does he countenance the liar. When Christian leaders and their congregations countenanced the first lie from George Bush and his administration, they led you down the crooked path. They have joined an ungodly man and brought disgrace to our nation and to the Christian faith. I beseech you to look inward and examine yourselves. They have brought you to a place where you have been taught to worship power, material goods, and corruption. They have set themselves up as prophets and are false ones. Rebuke them for false teachings..

I beseech you to pick up your Bibles and read the sections that are the words of Christ, not the commentaries written by Paul and those who came after. They are interepretations of the words of Christ. The meaning of the word, Christian, is one who follows the teachings of Christ. Christ taught forgiveness and humility. He taught that peace and longsuffering were goals. He taught that wealth is corrupting and that you do to the least among us as we would have ourselves to be treated. Do not read the thunderings of the old Testament God for the teachings of Christ were the new covenant with man. Do not set yourselves up as arbiters and judges of your fellow man. Judgment is the Lord's alone and as you judge so shall you be judged. Do not set yourselves up as hasteners of the endtime. Did not Christ himself say that no man knows the day or the hour of his return? You are your brother's keepers and those you forsake now, and whose blood is spilled in the name of the power and the unholy alliance you have struck with corruption will cry out to God. On this you will be judged in this world and the next.

Return to your prayer closets and spend time within. You cannot continue to serve both God and Mammon. You cannot set yourselves up as God. Therein is your salvation and the salvation of this land.

[Bellamia]

1. How true........

but those who should read it, may never do so, as it could be seen as the work of the Devil. Your conviction and courage are admirable, never the less.

[trotsky]

2. Good luck.

I'm glad you're trying. :thumbsup:

[catbert836]

3. Glad that someone's trying

to put their faith into positive action, instead of whining "Persecution!" when just about anyone criticizes their beliefs.