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Don't churches have enough to worry about in their own little world? (You know, things like the numerous child molesters in the clergy and their high-ranking enablers.) Why exactly do so many Christians blindly follow every right-wing wacko extremist wingnut "idea", seemingly without using their brains at all?
If "the lord is my shepherd", am I a sheep?
And where are the "left-wing" churches? You know, the ones that respect and follow Jesus's actual teachings about poverty, respect for others, etc.? Just about everything I hear from highly religious people smacks of anger, hate, intolerance, and fascism. Are these now understood to be "Christian values"?
I must say, I'm a pretty smart guy, but I continue to be absolutely mystified by the degree to which many Christian churches are becoming explicitly anti-American. Is this a Good Thing?
I imagine all this would be much clearer if we could fast-forward 200 years and read about it in a history book (if books and thinking are still allowed then). Plus, while we were in the far future we could read up on Bush's "greatest president ever" legacy!
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