No love for the Right
People cannot support torture while claiming to be Christian – they are mutually exclusive. Just like fascism and democracy. Sorry Mom, I love you and your pasta, but you and masses of other right-wingers out there and not the Beatles, homosexuals, Muslims, hippies or rappers, have undermined the footing of American democracy.
You have abandoned your own Christian values of humility, forgiveness and compassion and have empowered craven, greed driven politicians to frighten our nation into submission. It takes far more strength of character to stand for peace, than succumb to war. This is why Jesus was tortured and murdered by people who feared the truth. Fascists all of them!
via The Public Record, via Jason.
Ouch. Those are some strong words from Robert Corsini. While I can’t say it’s only war- and torture-supporting right-wingers that are contributing to our country’s loss of footing, they certainly play a part.
There is absolutely no justifiable reason for a Christian to support the inflicting of pain or death on another human. We have been commanded to love, no exception. On a related note: War is not, and never has been, a means of creating peace. Nobody wants to be in the midst of a war, so maybe we shouldn’t be getting into it (especially on other people’s turf) if peace is the end goal. If we hurt someone, we are protecting no one.
(I have to say, it is quite nice to feel 100% behind an anti-war, anti-torture worldview and be able to defend myself about it. Thank you, Jesus for President.)
I don’t think I want to know how to put war and love on the same page, let alone in the same paragraph or sentence. I hear the right wing pro-war, pro-torture spoken of as the obvious American Christian answer, but the underlying attitude is often more “strong man-macho-can’t-be-vulnerable-muscle-trucker” than “Jesus-suffer-for-peace-hope-sacrificial-unconditional-love”. Does loyalty to the US flag equal devotion to Christ? I don’t think so.
Bottom Line: WE DO NOT LIVE IN A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE VALUES OUR COUNTRY STANDS FOR ARE SELFISHNESS, PRIDE, AND CAPITALISM.
Living loyally to Christ, on the other hand, is messy and impractical. Did He say it would be easy?
I could go on….
Comment by Corliss Mock — July 29, 2009 @ 12:12 pmExactly, Mom! You really should read Jesus for President. It paints a beautiful picture of what the “politics” of Jesus look like.
Comment by Josh Mock — July 29, 2009 @ 12:16 pmI hope I am proven wrong some day, but I currently believe that it is my generation’s attendance to rhetoric rather than active/working faith that has led us down the path we’re on. We are guilty of preaching the gospel without living it out.
Comment by Corliss Mock — July 29, 2009 @ 8:04 pm