We have in this country a dominate religion of evangelical fundamentalism which wall
ows in anger, intolerance, bigotry, selfishness, ignorance and most sadly, violence. I suppose it began in the late 1970’s with Jerry Falwell and Ronald Reagan teaming up to make Christ and Christianity political. This American hybrid finds even the words “peace”, “dogooders” and “bleeding hearts” offensive. Today’s American Jesus is a member of the NRA, promotes preemptive wars, stands with the executioners in our death rooms, sends out drones and missiles, looks out for the wealthy while calling the poor moochers and leeches and giving them a kick in the head. He even stands for denying the poor health insurance for crying out loud.
We are now talking about making the NRA belly up to the bar and take responsibility for the havoc they cause. Such havoc we can no longer let our children out to play even in broad daylight. We have to take them everywhere. They can’t even walk to school, or go to a movie by themselves any longer. Because of video games and movies you think? Come on.
If we can do it to the NRA, which will do little as they are an arm of the Republican Party, we could at least try to come to terms with our American corruption of Christ. Time for the media and the rest of us to stop being afraid and take these bastards on. It’s not about agnostics or atheism, it’s about peace, kindness, compassion, mercy, love and enlightenment rather than anger, hate, selfishness, intolerance, violence and ignorance which are the stalwarts of today’s American Christianity.
Oh and Merry Christmas