After reading and listening to the disgusting nonsense of Christian Fundamentalists at the recent AIPAC circus - EXAMPLE HERE, I thought that this particular post might ring true. Particularly taking aim at these "highly moral" Christians that have devolved into animals.
Never in history has so much power been invested in an administration who's leader claims to be a "born again" Christian. However, the Church in the United States has always given the complete support of this country's less than "Christian" agenda.
Never in history has so much power been invested in an administration who's leader claims to be a "born again" Christian. However, the Church in the United States has always given the complete support of this country's less than "Christian" agenda.
The savior it (US Christainty) claims, was himself the victim of imperialism (instrumentally) and he supposedly stands in the midst of those who claim his name, but they support in fact the very spirit of imperialism that persecuted their savior. That which began in direct contradistinction to all despotic power outside of Christ's reign, throughout history has sided with the powers that have afflicted mankind. However, they (Fundamentalist Christians) materially support murderously rapacious Empire!
To be fair, throughout the ages the Church has supported tyrant's and kings as they lauded their divine right, and stood in unsullied robes at the death and destruction unleashed upon the people. It has been, and remains in many instances, an avid supporter of the doctrine of manifest destiny.
They blessed and prayed for soldiers at the beginning of our twisted history in the states, as they slaughtered innocent indigenous people - old men, women, and children post swift! Now they support the massacre of what they consider the "wholly other," in classic orientalist form, as if they were reading from the Nepoleonic "Description de l'Egypte," having sized up the whole of over a billion people and finding them wanting, and deserving of death.
The Church supported and encouraged the scourge of slavery. It was used as a tool to quell the natural uprising against this grave injustice. Slavery is but capitalism raw, there is little difference in the sentiment.
Using the bible to bless the view of the inferiority of races, and in the classic sense pronounce some to be made of gold, others of silver, and the remainder as iron worthy to be driven by the whips of their superiors. Such is the base and vile vision of the people of God?
They blessed and prayed for soldiers at the beginning of our twisted history in the states, as they slaughtered innocent indigenous people - old men, women, and children post swift! Now they support the massacre of what they consider the "wholly other," in classic orientalist form, as if they were reading from the Nepoleonic "Description de l'Egypte," having sized up the whole of over a billion people and finding them wanting, and deserving of death.
The Church supported and encouraged the scourge of slavery. It was used as a tool to quell the natural uprising against this grave injustice. Slavery is but capitalism raw, there is little difference in the sentiment.
Using the bible to bless the view of the inferiority of races, and in the classic sense pronounce some to be made of gold, others of silver, and the remainder as iron worthy to be driven by the whips of their superiors. Such is the base and vile vision of the people of God?
The church is used as "the opiate of the people," not that it needs to be such - but the powers that be rely upon it to maintain an oppressive status quo. It is the mere veneer of religion that is painted over the face of a capitalistic nightmare in the US.
It (the Church) has little to no prophetic voice today, and those who do are either killed or banished from her ranks. It is a collective Judas who sells his lord for filthy lucre!
It (the Church) has little to no prophetic voice today, and those who do are either killed or banished from her ranks. It is a collective Judas who sells his lord for filthy lucre!
The Church has sold you into bondage to the will of an elite few, it is a further blindfold (one of many) that keeps you in the dark regarding the designs of those who "know what's best for you." I do not discourage you from seeking God - but seek God in what is good and right for humanity. Anything which seeks to split the love of God from the love of fellow human beings is the ultimate heresy.
This includes those who seek to enslave and exploit others for their financial gain, it is not merely acts of individual hatred but that which is also state sponsored, it is not only the abandonment of the poor but the empowerment of armed aggression. In light of this truth, the church that sits in silence implies complicity - it is a mere shell with no substance! The very one they claim spews them with disgust out of his mouth.
This includes those who seek to enslave and exploit others for their financial gain, it is not merely acts of individual hatred but that which is also state sponsored, it is not only the abandonment of the poor but the empowerment of armed aggression. In light of this truth, the church that sits in silence implies complicity - it is a mere shell with no substance! The very one they claim spews them with disgust out of his mouth.
