More American Jesus
I hope you caught the Daily Show tonight for a look at what I wish more blowhard moralists would be like. An evangelical Christian, Jim Wallis, was on promoting his book "God's Politics : Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It" which sounds like an excellent read. He asks the question I always wanted answered: Since when was Jesus pro-war, pro-rich and pro-Republican?
Now, I doubt he'd be a Democrat, but honestly, that's the point. While most people here won't have this problem, I figure I should say it anyway: If you think you have some sort of moral obligation to vote for a certain political party, you're in a lot of trouble. Normally, I'd be somewhat ok with that on the whole, but the problem is you're dragging me and actually most of the planet into your scarily misguided world.
January 20th, 2005 at 12:58 am
I watched it last night (I watch it almost every night). I thought Jim made some great points about morality in general. Caring for the poor is moral, caring for the planet is moral, caring for those around you is moral. But Republicans has masterfully framed the morality debate around gay marriage, homosexuality in general, and abortion.
After watching Jim Wallis last night I immediately came down to my computer and added God’s Politics to my library queue.