Every day, when I open any news publication or blog or when I turn on the TV, I expect to see headlines and stories documenting what is happening here:
Fundamentalist so called "religious leaders" are often frauds who take people's donations, get our tax dollars, and teach against science and the environment. They are now rewriting the Bible, with no input from God. This new "Bible" takes out all "liberal" references, clearly relegates women to roles subservient to men, decides that God does not accept gay people and admits that this "Bible" is written to win arguments with liberals. Some of the members of these churches are in our Congress. They are representing the church and would uphold it before the Constitution. Their ultimate goal is to make America a theocracy, to destroy the Constitution, to give total control of America to the church and the worst advocate genocide for some. References below, including talk2acion
I understand that pious people belong to these churches and that not all of these churches do all of these things. Please forgive, as I do not mean to insult anyone who is sincerely worshiping in any way they choose.
Why is it important to "out" these faux preachers and their churches... because I live with Republican (neighbors) and work with Republicans (all). They do not want America turned into a theocracy. They would be appalled and sickened by what is happening. But guess what they say to me... they ALL adamantly insist, that now that Bush is gone, the Republican party is fine. There is absolutely no chance any of them will vote for any but Republicans.
Between talk2action.org and Conservapedia.com you may follow all of this, and as talk2action changes daily, to reference it directly is difficult. But they do keep stories about everything listed in the introduction if you click around the site. I am going to add quotes from Conservapedia at the end.
I sent a Republican/Independent to au.org a few days ago to see what Scalia and Alito say about the fact that they think the church should run America. (Enter their names separately in au.org search engine.) She read their statements, she looked all over the site, she called me baffled about why this bothered me.
She thinks the Republicans are great, the Bush nutty crowd is gone. I showed her the "litmus test" and pointed out that they signed on for VICTORY in Iraq and Afghanistan and eliminating the deficit. This is literally impossible. She said that tax cuts would create jobs. She said that we must stop the liberals from spending like drunken sailors. She said that lower taxes stimulate business.
It is my job to talk to people all day. Almost all are Republicans or Independent/Republicans. The "Independent" was a slap at Bush. They are once again in the Republican tent. They think that once everyone is back they can elect the good Republicans like the governor in Virginia.
I had decided I would not write any more diaries that went "I", I, I, I, It is not all about what I think. But I just saw Melissa Harris-Lacewell commenting on Rachael Maddow. There is now a healthcare ad that says that "just because someone is against healthcare it does not mean that they are racist". Then they have a dozen or so people sadly saying "I guess I'm a racist". As Melissa said this ad sucks all the oxygen out of the room and leaves no room to debate race in the way it should. It will anger some white people who are truly not racist and will resent being called racist (even implied). Jesse Jackson said that "You cannot vote against healthcare and call yourself black". This is the beginning of the ad (I think). What was he thinking? What the hell did he say that for? I want to scream. You do not give the Repugs this kind of easy shot.
I had to inject what I was seeing on Rachel as I wrote.
Back to the point, all this is to say: How long are we going to let evil hide behind God? I'm no Nate Silver (statistically I can't shine his shoes) but I do talk to a lot of light weight, silly, irresponsible Republicans. They did lose a fortune in the market, but if they can get a lower tax and no spend Congress they are happy to go about their lives as in the past, voting and ignoring politics.
We think the Republican party is small and it is. The voter base is huge. And do not discount the preachers who can tell their congregation how to vote. Yes, they are dying. But there are enough of them in Congress and on C Street that, just as we are about to win, WE COULD LOSE FOR GOOD. The Democrats are more split than Republicans. They are beginning to make great progress. We are going to have a Congress who is "against the gays"--against the women--against the birth control--15 to 20 children is fine with them. It is terrifying.
This new ad basically calls everyone who does not agree with President Obama's agenda racist. This will work. This will be very bad. This will be seen as applying to everything, not just healthcare. You just cannot call normal, kind, younger people racist and not get some backlash.
Now, if you are ready to be sick, get a big bowl to hold it and have a look at Conservapedia.com On the Bible page, if you click on "liberal" you will get the liberal brain page. Disclaimer: They do change the thing, liars all.
But before I go, there is evidence (a diary to come) that these preachers are so mesmerized by anything about sex that they consume more porn than any other group. Catholic Priests... those two words alone make me puke. http://saiu.org/...
Why are these people not on TV news? What are we doing? Why don't we call every news outlet and send them proof of this and demand that they take it on. These are not voting machines, not churches. These are men who have access to children. We can influence Congress, the media must take on the truth, how about outing these strange and evil people?
And , it's getting harder to tell who is who. There are now two huge churches here who target teens to 30 somethings. They make Sunday like a big rock and roll concert, they dance, they sing, the preacher is hot, they mention God a time or two and these people love it. Kids are NOT allowed. Then they vote cause "God is coming back soon so we need to help him". The most beautiful young girl, intelligent, sweet young girl, in a cult, totally unaware. It's all just fun to her.
Conservapedia:
Benefits include:
-mastery of the Bible, which is priceless
-mastery of the English language, which is valuable
-thorough understanding of the differences in Bible translations, particularly the historically important King James Version
-benefiting from activity that no public school would ever allow; a Conservative Bible could become a text for public school courses
-liberals will oppose this effort, but they will have to read the Bible to criticize this, and that will open their minds
-this project has a unifying effect on various Christian denominations, and serves as an important counterweight to liberal efforts to divide conservative candidates based on religion
That last benefit, finally all churches can use the same Bible.
and Third Example - Socialism
Socialistic terminology permeates English translations of the Bible, without justification. This improperly encourages the "social justice" movement among Christians.
For example, the conservative word "volunteer" is mentioned only once in the ESV, yet the socialistic word "comrade" is used three times, "laborer(s)" is used 13 times, "labored" 15 times, and "fellow" (as in "fellow worker") is used 55 times.
At the top of this page you will see "liberal" highlighted in the text, near the top. Click on "liberal" to see our socialist brain... it says that it is "satirical" but it's how they describe us throughout this joke bible, that millions could read.
The Conservative Bible Project is a project to render God's word into modern English while removing liberal distortion
s. The "liberal" in this sentence is highlighted in the text.