abra KADAVER

I find it rather funny that conservatives garner a great amount of their votes simply by saying that only Republicans love God and Democrats don’t (Uhm, I’m sorry? I didn’t know that you went into the mind of every liberal politician and found out what he believes). This, sadly, leads closed-minded, thoughtless voters to say “Ooooh! He likes Jesus! I like Jesus too! I don’t know anything about his platform or political beliefs, but he likes Jesus so I’ll vote for him!”

Hm…simply for the sake of saving our country from right-wing totalitarians, VOTE WITH YOUR BRAIN, NOT WITH YOUR BIBLE.

But while we’re on the topic, where exactly in the Bible does it say that Jesus Christ was a conservative? I’ve read almost all of the Bible in my lifetime (which most Christians haven’t), and I don’t recall reading a single passage where Jesus said that the rich should be given all of the breaks, or that you should despise and condemn someone for having beliefs that differ from your own, or that all things should remain at a political standstill. In fact, if you think about it, Christ rebelled against what most people of the time had always accepted as the norm or the status quo. He did not follow the religion that most people in his area followed (which is what a Republican would say you must do). He taught love and acceptance regardless of belief, economic status, or past actions.

Jesus ate with prostitutes, whom most people would throw out on the street, had disdain for money changers (capitalists), believed the rich should give money to the poor (not vise-versa), and preached that people should treat others as they wish to be treated. He rebelled against the stifling dogma of conservatives of the day, the Pharisees, and opposed their stoning sinners and quoting from Scripture.

Conservatives love to preach black-and-white views to fundamentalists who simply lack the ability to think critically.

Never once did Jesus say that the way into Heaven was to form a huge, successful business by walking on the backs of honest workers and forcing them to work for wages they can’t even live on. Never once did Jesus say that hate-mongering was the way to his Father. Never once did Jesus say that condemning homosexuals and the poor was the way to be a good Christian.

I don’t know about you, but I believe that Jesus Christ would have voted for a politician who thought that a little less money should be spent on defense contractors and giving tax breaks to big businesses; and a little more should be spent on that single mother down the street who’s working a full-time job and just can’t make ends meet, or on important things like (gasp) education. Speaking of which, it’s kind of funny that people who work in the educational system tend to vote Democrat – they’re educated.

My point here is that Republicans should choose their own religious figurehead to use to manipulate the masses. Clearly, the Jesus of the Bible was much more of a fan of loving and helping others than he was of condemnation and giving all aid to the rich.