The religious right used to support Republicans for their stands on “moral” issues that were important to them. Now, though, they support Rethuglicans just to keep them in power and to try and establish a theocracy. It doesn’t matter what sins Rethuglicans engage in; the point is to gain control of Congress. So, they support the treasonous former guy and candidates like Hershel Walker, J.D. Vance and other outrageous people running for any office with power.
Hershel Walker is the former football player running for the
Senate, to represent Georgia. The incumbent is an actual Christian, Rev. Warnock. Walker’s talk has been all exaggeration and
lies. He claimed to be a total opponent
of abortion. That alone would appeal to
the religious right but, more importantly, he was a Rethuglican. So, when truths were revealed about his lies
and hypocrisy, they rallied around him anyway instead of condemning him.
He was exposed as an irresponsible father, impregnating women and then
abandoning them to care for the children he helped create. He paid for at least one to have an abortion. Say what! So much for his right to life proclamation.
Paying for abortion should have been a deal breaker for "Christians", but it wasn’t. It didn’t matter to the religious right that they already had a real Christian practicing minister in place. The only thing that mattered was getting Warnock elected. What hypocrites the religious right are exposing themselves to be. But they don’t care.
I am angry about the way Christian teachings and beliefs have been hijacked and twisted not only by the religious right but now by fascist leaning “Christian” nationalists. Those people have entangled themselves in the Bible but mostly from the Old Testament. Some of the angriest and rigid verses are found there. There is some negativity in the New Testament but Jesus’ teachings revolved around love, kindness and care for each other.
I am not a devout quoter of the Bible and I don’t remember which book in the NT this story comes from but there was a passage in which Jesus was saying that he’d been turned away when he was in need. His followers were upset and protested that they’d always tried to meet Jesus’ needs. His answer (my paraphrasing) was that every time they turned away someone who needed shelter, didn’t share food with someone hungry, didn’t care for the sick, didn’t care for children, and acted with prejudice/racism against foreigners, they were actually turning Jesus away. His basic teaching was to love God above all and to love your neighbor as you love yourself.
Think about it. Think about the things you do for yourself to meet your needs. Then think of the homeless vets living under bridges, immigrants fleeing for their lives from a violent country, hungry children in families that can’t afford to buy all the food they need and are struggling just to keep afloat…the list goes on and on. There is much we can do to “feed my people” as Jesus asked.
These days, it seems only Democrats and some Independents are willing to do this. Rethuglican legislators vote against every single piece of legislation that would address the needs of most people in this country. Rethuglicans are no longer asking themselves WWJD. They are asking themselves: what must we do to gain the power to control everyone?
Daily Sound & Fury recently had a very good article about why fascist leaning politicians and voters have glommed onto “Christian” nationalism. I highly recommend reading it. Sadly, the people who NEED to read this most likely or definitely would not.
There’s another article from MSNBC Opinion that is also very good at explaining how and why Christianity is blended with nationalism. From this article, I learned a new term: dominionism. What is that? The article defined it this way: “Dominionism specifically calls for Christians to reclaim the “seven mountains of dominion” in society for God: family, religion, education, media, entertainment, business and government. “
This is serious, scary business. I absolutely do not want “Christian” nationalists controlling the education of my great grandchildren, nor do I want them involved anywhere else except for their own churches. I do not want a country with one religion only. That is fascism. And when you mix in the white supremacists and extremists, it becomes Nazism.
Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest. As for me, I am joining two phone banks. One is for my own representative, Andy Kim, and the other is for swing states/close races across the country. This is how I can fight back against the extremists. I can vote. I’m not feeling very optimistic today but I will keep fighting.
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