Hate in the name of Jesus

[gobear]

I’m not much in the habit of putting in links to blogs, but I came across this one today, and i had to pass it on. I particularly agree with this bit:

America. If only you would purify your hate. When we walk into someone’s country and wish to take what they have, let’s just take it. Why call it liberating the Iraqi people or Operation Iraqi Freedom? Call it stealing and steal it. If you want to kill someone, don’t refer to pre-emptive strikes or wars on terror. Kill them.

And if you want to hate homosexuals, Jesusland, just hate us. But don’t call it a “moral” or “family” issue, or try to legislate it and say, “I still support civil unions." And for Christ’s sake, please stop dragging Jesus into it. Hasn’t that poor man been through enough? Whether we believe He was the Savior or not, I think we probably all agree that He was a pretty nice guy that loved all kinds of people and never meant harm to anyone.

If He were alive to see this land today, I don’t think He’d claim it

It encapsulates the essence of the religious hypocrisy I see in this country.

[Lord_Ashtar]

I wholeheartedly agree that tons of stuff that happens in the name of Jesus probably makes him puke in his soup.

[Phlosphr]

@Lord Ashtar

I wholeheartedly agree that tons of stuff that happens in the name of Jesus probably makes him puke in his soup.

Am I the only one who thinks that was particularly funny.

And I agree with the OP as well.

[Ethilrist]

Yep. It’s like the Onion headline after 9/11, A Message from God: “Which part of “don’t kill anybody” didn’t you get???”

[Lord_Ashtar]

@Phlosphr

Am I the only one who thinks that was particularly funny?

I hope not.

[NurseCarmen]

I like to hate in the name of Bob. It really cuts down on the syllables. I’m considering a switch to Bo.

[Neurotik]

@NurseCarmen

I like to hate in the name of Bob. It really cuts down on the syllables. I’m considering a switch to Bo.

Tecmo Bo was definitely a god.

[FinnAgain]

@NurseCarmen

I like to hate in the name of Bob. It really cuts down on the syllables. I’m considering a switch to Bo.

Damnit, it’s “Bob”, the quotes are important!

On the OP, isn’t it disgusting that these are the ‘moral values’ we see? Gotta make sure them queers can’t marry, Jesus don’t like that!

[gobear]

@FinnAgain

Damnit, it’s “Bob”, the quotes are important!

On the OP, isn’t it disgusting that these are the ‘moral values’ we see? Gotta make sure them queers can’t marry, Jesus don’t like that!

Well, there are very few followers of Christ, who show love and concern for others. What we call Christians more often than not are the Pharisees that Jesus explicitly condemned, teachers and doctors of the Law who follow the letter, but not the spirit of the Law.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, 17 you hypocrites. You build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the memorials of the righteous,

and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have joined them in shedding the prophets' blood.
Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets;

When I hear someone endorse the phrase “family values,” I know that person is someone to fear.

[Miller]

@gobear

When I hear someone endorse the phrase “family values,” I know that person is someone to fear.

Indeed.

[FinnAgain]

I wonder if some memetic combat isn’t in order… we could possibly coopt the term ‘family values’ and make it mean actually valuing families, in whatever shape we might find them. Single moms, gay/lesbian couples, poly relationships, etc…

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

What are you, crazy, FinnAgain? Don’t you know that families come in one variety only? Dad as the head, Mom as his handmaiden, kids to carry on the proud traditions of the faith?

Anything else threatens the very foundations of civilization as we know it and as God Almighty has ordained from the day He tossed some land into the waters and turned the lights on.

Damned heathen… ought to bring back stoning…

[Lord_Ashtar]

@EddyTeddyFreddy

What are you, crazy, FinnAgain? Don’t you know that families come in one variety only? Dad as the head, Mom as his handmaiden, kids to carry on the proud traditions of the faith?

Exactly. Anyone who doesn’t follow the traditional family ladder is going to hell.

God → Father → Mother → Kids

Any other family structure is a slap in the face of all that is Good and True.

[Reeder]

You want to read about hate and bloodshed in the name of god…

Read about the crusades.

And yes the muslims remember the crusades.

[Dung_Beetle]

I had a “discussion” along these very lines with my grandmother yesterday.

Christmas night, we ran across The Birdcage on TV and Grandma got up and left. The next morning, she makes it a point to tell us all that she doesn’t watch queers and she doesn’t think there’s anything funny about homosexuality. Then she started ranting about how she has to change one of her favorite channels because Ellen Degeneres has that show on. I started in to debate with her, and next thing you know my very Christian grandma is so mad she’s practically spitting. I pointed out that all that hatred wasn’t very Christian of her, and she gave me the old “I don’t hate the sinner, I hate the sin, and what they’re doing to my country blah blah! This is not hatred, it’s anger!”

My mother pointed out that continuous cold fury and hatred look a lot alike.

[gobear]

@Reeder

You want to read about hate and bloodshed in the name of god…

Read about the crusades.

And yes the muslims remember the crusades.

Actually, the Crusades happened 800 years ago, so the Muslims must be fresh out of outrage is that is the worst they have to resent us for. Islam is every bit as bad as Christianity in sanctioning cruelty against others in the name of God.

[FinnAgain]

ETF: I don’t know what I was thinking, must’ve had a momentary lapse of blind faith. There is only one type of family, God said so, and it’s final.
What the heck was going on in my head, thinking for myself? Yeeesh!

[Chimpy]

No, you’ve all got it wrong ok. Jesus hated the fags, HATED THEM and they will burn in eternal damnation because their sin was hated by Jesus and they are too. You see the bible is mystical and doesn’t apply to fags FAGS DON’T DESERVE HUMAN RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY AREN’T HUMAN IN GOD’S EYES

[Zoe]

Dung Beetle, ask your grandmother if she prays for the homosexuals. That seems to take some of the steam out of my mother when she is on a rant about someone or some group. If she finds an excuse for not praying for them, then just tell her you’ll pray for her and pat her condescendingly.

~Grammy Zoe~

[Chimpy]

(I hit tab instead of caps lock) Just like marriage is between a man and a woman, a human is one who is attracted to the oppsite sex!!

This is all sarcastic for those who missed it.