God has been hijacked by a political party;turned into political policy. He has been used to justify hate. He has been used to divide America. His love has been turned against us in the name of country, party, and policy.
His name has been taken in vain.
Sadly, the vocal minority that claim to most understand Him; the ones who scream loudest of pious intentions. Those "Christians" that stand in God's place to offer judgment of us all. They have lost their way; fallen from the flock.
They faithful have been tricked into worship of false idols.
Those idols take many forms.
Today these idols are known to us, the common man, as: The President of the United States of America, the burning cross, the hate-based epithet, the majority political party, the commandments on a stone tablet, and the misguided, yet perhaps well intentioned preacher on the pulpit.
We have forgotten the founding principle of love. It is central to all world religions. Love & respect of others. Nowhere does God teach hate as a condition for worship.
The faithful have lost God to hate. God has lost them to ignorance, gossip, and personal beliefs turned to scripture.
We have forgotten to believe in ourselves, to love ourselves, and to love thy neighbor...Without rules, restrictions, or conditions.
We have lost our way because we have ceased to use the brain God gave us to think and use in His service. We no longer critically consider the things we choose to blindly believe. America is ruled by faith.
How can something so deeply personal to each and every human being be mandated to the masses? How can George W. Bush, Jerry Falwell, Pat Buchanan, The Pope, or any other man know the intentions or the Word of God? These faithful men of power are after-all just men. Men with personal opinions. Men who were elected by others. They are not men of the cloth because God choose them, but because WE (well not me) choose them. We gave their words and personal belief system power. We granted them idol status. We allowed them to be worshiped, filled them with power, and corrupted them with greed and temptation.
Now we are lost in a land where the personal has become public policy. Where beliefs in things Holy have trumped science. We live in a land where faith has hijacked democracy, destroyed lives, and come into direct conflict with God's love & forgiveness.
We live in a nation where faith has been made the enemy. Not by the people, but by the politician. We have been divided by those idols we elected. Division is their power because in the majority we are apparently too simple minded to see we're being manipulated by our elected "Gods." In His name we are played against one another in a tug of war that we have no hopes of winning. Winning isn't part of the design. That would close the division and level the field.
Hate motivates.
Hate creates power.
Hate wins elections.
That is the true faith of America.
Faith in all that divides. We have faith in those that are like us, and contempt for all who are different. History of America and the world teaches us that this most human condition is what has caused wars, genecides, and created division...All in the name of God. Unity was his message, but we prefer to pervert that with our own agenda's and our personal beliefs.
We have lost our way in this nation of so-called equality.
As Barack Obama tries to bring attention to the faithful of America and his own idol aspirations; I ask that all who seek God's glory remember that He has cast Himself as the only judge of the people.
He has cast Himself the one who makes the rules. He has built all the rules on one common concept: Love.
So when the elected idols open their mouths to the faithful, do us all a favor and ask if the message they would like you to buy is consistent with the ideal of love thy neighbor? If it's not, then do God proud by rejecting this false scripture.
This image should serve well as a reminder of how it works and what your place in God's debate really is. This speaks to real mistakes made into policy by taking God's name in vain. Think about it!