God is Not a Republican. Or a Democrat.

[coloradodem2005]

Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and others on the Religious Right
claim that God has taken a side in this election, and that
Christians should only vote for George W. Bush. The Bush-Cheney
campaign even told volunteers it was their "duty" to make church
directories available to their campaign.

"It is the responsibility of...every evangelical Christian
...to get serious about re-electing President Bush."

- Jerry Falwell, The New York Times, July 16, 2004

How has the love of Jesus, the Prince of Peace - and his good
news to the poor - been distorted by the pro-war, pro-rich
political agenda of the Religious Right? Our faith has been
hijacked, and it's time to take it back!

Click below to sign our petition and send a message to America
that God is not a Republican or a Democrat, and that the
Religious Right does not speak for you. Remind America that
Jesus taught us to be peacemakers, advocates for the poor, and
defenders of justice.

With your help, Sojourners will also place a full-page
advertisement in The New York Times, followed by local newspaper
and online ads across the United States.

Please forward this e-mail to your family and friends. Tell
faithful citizens to make their voices heard.

Sign the petition, support the campaign, and spread the word.
Together we can take back our faith!

http://go.sojo.net/campaign/fa_takebackourfaith?rk=R7a9ZRS1-j08W

[Speck Tater]

1. Just look at the way the world is...

Is this the kind of world a conservative would have created? No way!
Is this the kind of world a liberal would have created? Hell yes!

God is a liberal.
Q.E.D.

[Speck Tater]

3. In fact...

Next time a conservative friend invokes God in his defense just subtley move the coversation over to "the sorry state of the world today".

Then ask your friend, how he, as a conservative, would change the world to make it better. After he gives you a long list of things that are wrong with the world just point out to him that since that's not anything like the way God created the world then God surely can't be a conservative!

[Trajan]

2. God is not ....

Q.E.D.

[Speck Tater]

5. Just accepting the "God exists" hypothesis

for the sake of argument. One can reason deductively from any axiom without loss of logical consistancy. But if it's "Truth" with a capital 'T' you're interested in well then .....

[Cheswick2.0]

7. people who think they know the TRUTH

are regrettably the same whether religious or non.

[RedEarth]

4. Check this article out..."Falwell and his 'Christian right' have it wrong"

This is an older article, but continues to be relavent......

Falwell and his 'Christian right' have it wrong
By Rev. Jan Linn et al.

Published Oct 19, 2002
www.startribune.com

Enough is enough. When Jerry Falwell declares on national television that Mohammed was a terrorist and Christians believe there will be no peace in Jerusalem until the second coming of Jesus ("An alliance with political and religious overtones," Oct. 8), the time for silence on such religious arrogance is over.

Put bluntly, the Christian right that Falwell represents is neither.

It is not Christian in attitude or actions because both represent what Jesus spoke and acted against. Those who lead the Christian right are the Pharisees of today's Christianity. They play the role of moral and thought police, condemning to hell anyone whose actions they consider wrong and whose views are different from their own. Their religiosity runs a mile wide but their spirituality is an inch deep.

The Christian right is not right because it is intellectually dishonest. Falwell speaks as if he knows the Bible when what he actually knows is that which he already believes and imposes on the Bible.

He doesn't interpret the Book of Revelation, which he claims is the basis for his views on the Middle East, the fate of the world, the second coming of Jesus, and just about anything else he says he believes.

http://www.mediareviewnet.com/falwell%20and%20Christian...

Jan Linn has also written a book(which is an excellent read) called...
"What's Wrong with the Christian Right". Amazon and other bookstores carry it.....I highly recommend it.

[Cheswick2.0]

6. kick