An email sent by the principal of Spanish River High in
Florida told a mother who was asking about the curriculum for teaching the
Holocaust,
He followed up
later with, "I can’t say the Holocaust is a factual, historical
event because I am not in a position to do so as a school district
employee." He also added that he felt the same about slavery.
He later claimed the emails (note the plural signifying
multitiple emails) were hastily written and not very well thought out.
The local school district did not respond to further inquiries by Yahoo.
I am told by the Left that I am supposed to be sensitive and
accommodating to those folks of different views on Life. I am told by
many on the Right that facts do not matter. There are always alternative
facts.
Have we gone mad? Have we decided to collectively take
a stupid pill and deny the parts of Reality we do not like? Sure
looks like it to me.
Accommodating stupidity is not something I am at all
comfortable with.
Which brings me to my daily whine - Evangelical
Christians. Nobody knows how to warp the truth and re-wrap it into a
newer and better Truth than Evangelicals. Religious zealotry makes it
easy.
In an article in The Atlantic titled "The
Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Christianity" , Peter Wehner
starts off with a quote from Ralph Reed, Faith and Freedom Coalition founder
and chairman that reasserts what we heathens are still shaking our heads
over.
"There has never been anyone who has defended us and
who has fought for us, who we have loved more than Donald J. Trump. No one!'
The article continues with some of the excuses the
Evangelicals are using to cover up and justify their hypocrisy. Jerry Falwell
Jr, a well established Evangelical apple who never even left the Jesus tree
said,
"Conservatives & Christians need to stop electing
‘nice guys.’ They might make great Christian leaders but the United States
needs street fighters like @realDonaldTrump at every level of government b/c
the liberal fascists Dems are playing for keeps & many Repub leaders are a
bunch of wimps!"
Never mind that his reference to Dems as fascists is
wrong on so many levels and using commie or socialist would be a better fit, it
is obvious that of all the enemies the Evangelicals have to pick from, they
consider Liberalism to be the new scourge out to destroy Christianity and allow
Satan to rule us as he will.
Take a moment to consider what that means. North Korea, Vladimir Putin, Muslim backed terrorism, and even those evil Canadians take a back seat to Liberals in the Christian quiver of things to be afraid of. Again, Wow!
After a fine synopsis of the current political trend in
Evangelical Christianity, Peter Wehner then opens up regarding his own heart
felt Christian views and discusses how this trend is doing more damage than
good for the Christian movement. Sacrificing their ethical and
moral base for short term political gain will only hurt them in the end.
He reaches out to Karel Coppock, a pastor in the state of Washington who
was integral in his "Christian Pilgrimage".
Karel tells him this stunt the Evangelicals are pulling is driving away a whole
generation of potential Christians.
"We’re losing an entire generation. They’re just gone.
It’s one of the worst things to happen to the Church."
His concern dovetails nicely with my notion that the leaders
in the Christianity network here in the States are shooting themselves in the
foot and causing harm to their movement for years to come. And all
because the movement has become a one trick pony concerned not with overall
Christian values but centered only on Pro Life and the political power to
defeat the evil abortionists. Their notion that Life is only important while it gestates in the womb really negates all the possibility of good they could be doing by not inserting themselves into the world of politics. Just look to the Muslim world for how wrong it is for religion and politics to mix.
And people wonder why I hate organized religion.
Organized religion is where taking stupid pills on a weekly basis is not only
not frowned upon, but advocated.
Keep it 'tween the ditches
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5 comments:
The current crop of Trump-loving Bible thumpers have tainted the word "evangelical" to the point where increasing numbers of Christians won't use it to describe themselves. I've been wondering lately about one of the more liberal denominations, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (when it comes to Lutherans, they're on the left end of the spectrum), and if/when they'll find themselves pushed into a name change.
Paraphrased...
“Those who do not know/believe history (force) all of us to relive the (worst) of it.”
PipeTobacco
I think tRump is leading us to WWIII. So, so, very sad and horrendous.
PipeTobacco
I blame Falwell Sr. and Paul Weyrich for making abortion a political issue to get the bible-bangers involved in politics. Now they would vote for Satan himself if they thought he would pack the courts with Anti-Abortion judges to get rid of the EVIL Roe V Wade.
we're fucked
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