It didn't take angry letter-to-the editor writer Rebecca Rochat very long to outline the major philosophical wrongs of the modern Republican party. Scroll down this page until you find "Things to believe to be a Republican." In one short blast she points out that according to RepublicansA woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but corporations can make decisions affecting millions without regulation. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals. If condoms are kept out of schools, adolescents won't have sex. Global warming is junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools. Driving up the deficit to fund a war based on lies will keep us safe, passing health care legislation that is cost effective and makes health care more affordable to Americans, is socialism.
It just makes no sense, does it?
What leads to this state of affairs in the GOP? An unwillingness to question their religious biases? Let's face it: religion is a key element in most of their platform these days. There is even a book on the market that makes the case that capitalism is God's own plan. And if you think the Iraq invasion thing is out of place in my suggestion, just recall that President W originally referred to his "war on terror" as a crusade. Although he later went out of the way to make the case that American is not at war with Islam, the Republican base clearly is.
Here is my take: modern Republicans = Christian Supremacists (with very few exceptions).
5 comments:
There is little doubt. A good summary.
I agree. Now, how do we stop them from running this nation?
The republicans out there quoting the bible and using it to justify their hate and discrimination are Faux Christians. They use Christianity, the same way Bin Laden uses Islam. There are some people who are real Christians, who actually practice the teachings of Christ; like being accepting of others and trying to help the poor etc.
Sad the "modern Republicans" calling up Christianity for reasoning why this or that, when Jesus from what I can tell was pretty socialist himself.
GMM - Yeah. little doubt. Wish it weren't true, though.
Diane - I don't know how to stop them. We can do our part, I suppose, to point out that their views are extreme. It's just that so many people lack the ability to discern this.
Rainlillie - Why can't biblical Christians do what the Christians in the Bible did - that is, concentrate on the Kingdom of Heaven while sojourning among the kingdoms of earth?
Doug R - And Jesus was a "girlie man" compared to the gun-toting "take our country back" thugs.
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