"This just in. Focus on the Family has taken responsibility for the terrorist explosion that ripped a marketplace in Berkley, California. Seven were reported dead and dozens injured. This brings the 2009 total to 97 innocents killed by the army led by born-again Christian preacher, James Dobson.If these fictional scenarios had any truth behind them, would there be any doubt about who had declared war upon our nation? Let's say, too, that the Vatican was battling the Romans and that moderate Christian Americans were mostly silent in the wake of the horrors wrought by their Christian brethren. Would our media and our leaders tap dance around the common denominator behind all these events?
"Elsewhere in the world, rockets continue to rain down on the peace-loving hamlet of Greenwich Village. Pat Robertson, charismatic leader of the militant Christian organization, the 700 Club, has vowed to continue the rocket attacks until "Greenwich is turned to a heap of rubble." The fanatical Christian group has been at odds with this tranquil homosexual community ever since Robertson rose to power when the heavily Christian Moral Majority came to power and began screaming its venomous rhetoric in the mid-70's.
"Samaritan's Purse, the organization begun by Franklin Graham, son of the well-known Christian zealot, Billy Graham, has taken to piracy on the high seas. With a fleet of ships with a blood-soaked lamb emblazoned on the side, the junior Graham and his rabble have terrorized the high seas off the coast of Martha's Vinyard, hijacking toys and supplies destined for the impoverished children of Madonna and Brad and Angelina and the children in Oprah's schools."
It would be much easier, in this fictional instance, if the majority of Christians rose up and cited chapter and verse of God's word in opposition to the "terrorists," but if that majority remains silent, what are we left to surmise? They have given tacit approval.
In the mean time, our leaders continue to play Scrabble with terms and thereby remove the true identity of those who hate America and Americans. And the media lets them.
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LOL about Brad and Angelina's children. You should be a reporter!!
Wonderfully insightful! My problem is that I think some of these Christofascists are capable of terrorist attacks, although "In the Name of God."
Attacks of any kind upon people they disagree with would certainly meet with their tacit approval. It may sound totally mean-spirited of me, but I believe that during the worst of the AIDS crisis, when people were (literally) dying in the streets, Robertson, Falwell, Thurmond and Helms were dancing in the streets. They wanted something to attack homosexuals with and God gave it to them.
Thanks again.
Dan Vojir
http://thedevilanddanvojir.blogspot.com
Dan,
The "irony" of the fictional article is that none of those Christian organizations have either a) encouraged, or b) caused any violence against any people group. In fact, each organization, while standing opposed to biblical sin, has provided enormously in the realm of society and community service.
Not something you can say about Islam. In other words, "Christofacist" might be a bit severe a term, and if you feel their conduct contradicts the Bible, you might try arguing that point.
/r,
keith
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