Exclusivity, Intolerance, and Bigotry
Dear editor:
It is time for Americans to listen to what is really being said in the name of religion today. What they will hear is not the tolerance, love, and understanding of gracious, true religion, but the ancient, dangerous thoughts of exclusivity, intolerance, and bigotry. Listen carefully.
Ministers, preachers, and self styled religious leaders are calling for changes in our government to reflect their so-called pious beliefs. They want to change the face of our courts with judges who pass their litmus test of “Christian” morality, ethics, and thinking, even if that way of thinking truly isn’t Christian. And by the way, based upon these requirements, Jews, Moslems, Buddhists, and members of any other religion need not apply. This is an exclusive club wherein you have to agree with and think like “us”.
Some of these same ministers, preachers, and self styled religious leaders are demanding that their followers vote only for who they approve of as “good Christians”, and if they don’t they will be drummed out of the church. Here again they are showing their bigotry for anyone who disagrees with their view of America (and tomorrow the world.) Once again they want a single voice in our government that reflects their brand of Christianity, and other Christians, Jews, Moslems, Buddhists, and member of any other religion need not apply.
And once again the intolerance for knowledge is showing up in Kansas where so-called “good Christians” are challenging the accepted science of evolution since it differs with their interpretation of the bible. Haven’t we been through this before? And of course this isn’t limited to that one state alone.
What America is hearing isn’t the voice of the loving belief in true Christianity, but the exclusivity, intolerance, and bigotry of those who want everyone to be like, think like, and do like them. It is called control. And it is as un-Christian and un-American as anything can be. It is political bigotry masquerading as religion. It is nothing new. It has been tried and tried before. The sounds are familiar. You can hear the jack-boots marching, anthems singing, flags waving, intolerance of “the other” growing. Welcome to the world of Nazi Germany in 1932.
It is time for Americans to listen to what is really being said in the name of religion today. What they will hear is not the tolerance, love, and understanding of gracious, true religion, but the ancient, dangerous thoughts of exclusivity, intolerance, and bigotry. Listen carefully.
Ministers, preachers, and self styled religious leaders are calling for changes in our government to reflect their so-called pious beliefs. They want to change the face of our courts with judges who pass their litmus test of “Christian” morality, ethics, and thinking, even if that way of thinking truly isn’t Christian. And by the way, based upon these requirements, Jews, Moslems, Buddhists, and members of any other religion need not apply. This is an exclusive club wherein you have to agree with and think like “us”.
Some of these same ministers, preachers, and self styled religious leaders are demanding that their followers vote only for who they approve of as “good Christians”, and if they don’t they will be drummed out of the church. Here again they are showing their bigotry for anyone who disagrees with their view of America (and tomorrow the world.) Once again they want a single voice in our government that reflects their brand of Christianity, and other Christians, Jews, Moslems, Buddhists, and member of any other religion need not apply.
And once again the intolerance for knowledge is showing up in Kansas where so-called “good Christians” are challenging the accepted science of evolution since it differs with their interpretation of the bible. Haven’t we been through this before? And of course this isn’t limited to that one state alone.
What America is hearing isn’t the voice of the loving belief in true Christianity, but the exclusivity, intolerance, and bigotry of those who want everyone to be like, think like, and do like them. It is called control. And it is as un-Christian and un-American as anything can be. It is political bigotry masquerading as religion. It is nothing new. It has been tried and tried before. The sounds are familiar. You can hear the jack-boots marching, anthems singing, flags waving, intolerance of “the other” growing. Welcome to the world of Nazi Germany in 1932.
posted by Sam Schoolsky | 5:58 AM
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