What really tickles me fancy red is the Christian right. People from this group generally tend to be wealthy and quite hypocritical. If you look at the popular Christians who have the ability to influence public policy, they are extremely wealthy and prefer laws or policies that will help them stay rich. {Read: Always pushing for lower taxes for the wealthy.} Not that I am envious of their wealth, but I do believe that the wealthy should be able to contribute to the betterment of society at large, not just themselves. {Read: John leans towards socialism in the political spectrum.}
Then there is the hypocrisy. Prime examples of our time? (1) Ted Haggart having a steady male prostitute and pot, while preaching that homosexuality is wrong and influencing public policy surrounding it. (2) Rush Limbaugh fighting tooth and nail to stay out of jail for his illegal Oxycodin addiction, after years of repeatedly preaching that illegal drug users should be sent away to jail. (3) Bill O'Reilly, who I consider an extreme right-wing conservative pretending to be independent, and his sick, sexual fantasies involving loofah. C'mon! Don't get me wrong; everyone has a skeleton or two in their closet, myself not excluded.
What really bothers me about Christians and their doctrines dolled out left and right is the hypocrisy that wraps around the crap they sometimes preach. {That is not to say that I disagree with all their preaching.} How many Christians have you come to know personally, including preachers who claimed to have graduated from some yada yada seminary, who actually consume shellfish like shrimp, lobster, scallops, and the likes on a regular basis? Quite a lot, I'd imagine. Hmm... Interesting how the Bible explicitly states that it is a sin to eat shellfish.
Why don't churches preach that men (or boys) who masturbate and waste their semen are subjected to eternal damnation, and that if semen were to leave the body (except in sex between married man and woman), he must get rid of his clothes and bathe with water, and be declared unclean and untouchable by a woman (or girl) till the next evening? Likewise, why don't churches preach that women (or girls) be deemed unclean and untouchable by a man (or boy) during the seven days of her menstrual discharge, and that she must burn her menstrual cloth (or tampon or pad in today's world)? Holy crap! I think I shook hands with a female executive, and now I wonder if she was on the rags or not, because I may be totally unclean!
To me, it seems like Christians pick and choose their sins. Isn't it in the Bible that states that all sins are sins, and that God does not declare one sin to be greater than another?
And why the hell is John going on and on about this?What got my panty all scrunched up was the fact that these very Christians are "mobilizing" their brain-washed troops to oppose and fight a
hate crimes bill that just passed the House of Representatives. With that, our idiot of a president Dubya is vowing to veto the bill should it reach the White House to be signed into law. Basically, this bill extends the coverage of victims of hate crimes to include those with sexual orientation and gender identity or disability. {Funny how Dubya is starting to get into a veto frenzy as soon as the Democrats won the Congress. So much for trying to go through two terms without a single veto.}
Now, don't get me wrong. I am not gay and particularly fancy of gay practices, although I at times do enjoy a little bit of girl-on-girl action, if you know what I mean. But I don't believe in dictating how others should live their happy lives. And I also believe that all people, gay or not, "are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." If a black person's rights are infringed upon because of his skin color, it is perfectly okay to go after those attackers under the hate crimes law. But what I don't understand is why we can't apply the same legal obligation when hate crimes are committed against those people who happen to gay.
Are these Christian evangelists trying to teach that hate is wrong, with the exception of hating gay people? Seriously! How f**ked up is that point of view? Why can't these haters just love one another, just like what Jesus taught? Who are we to judge other people? I guess I'm going to the depths of hell because I routinely wear clothes made with mixed fibers, especially when I run or participate in sports. Damn! In that case, I guess I better swing by Red Lobster® for their unlimited shrimp dinners before I kick the bucket just for good measure.
Labels: politics, religion
