Now You've Pissed Me Off!

"But is there such thing as a sincere liberal Christian, which says that we basically take this document and re-write it ourselves? Is that really Christian? That’s a bigger question for me. And the answer is, no, it’s not. I don’t think there is such a thing. To take what is plainly written and say that I don’t agree with that, therefore, I don’t have to pay attention to it, means you’re not what you say you are. You’re a liberal something, but you’re not a Christian. That’s sort of how I look at it."  Rick Santorum, 2008 interview with the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life.

Seriously, Rick?? Seriously??  You really want to go there with me??  K--let's take off the gloves and spar.

Let's start with the website jesusisaliberal.org  According to this site, "(Jesus) rejected greed, violence,
the glorification of power, the amassing of wealth without social balance, and the personal judging of others, their
lifestyles and beliefs."   Hmmm--that sounds pretty liberal to me.  And--Mr. Santorum (May I call you Rick? Or, perhaps, Dick??)--if you don't want us liberals taking what is plainly written and saying that we don't agree with it, perhaps you should take your own advice. Ah, yes, the judging thing.   Pretty sure, that Dick and those like him spend most of their time judging: judging President Obama, saying he isn't really a Christian; judging homosexuals and saying they are not entitled to the same rights as others; judging, well, basically anyone that isn't JUST LIKE THEM.


But, everyone knows that you can't take everything that is written on the internet as gospel.  Are there any BIBLICAL references that show that Jesus Christ was a liberal?  You bet your sweet patootie.    Let's start with peacemaking, because everyone knows that liberals are doves and conservatives want to bomb 'em back to the Stone Age. "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. [Matthew 5:9]  Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. [Matthew 5:39]  I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully use you, and persecute you. [Matthew 5:44]"  Well, maybe Rick skipped Sunday school that day.

How about Bible verses in regards to justice, because you know that liberals are soft on crime and good conservatives say to skip the trial and hang the bastard, he's probably guilty of something?  According to the Bible, :"If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to cast a stone at her. [John 8:7]  Do not judge, lest you too be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. [Matthew 7:1 & 2.]  Oops--there's that judging thing again.  Well, maybe Rick was on jury duty or perhaps stoning someone the day they covered those verses in church.

Well, how about in regards to wealth and that dreaded socialist philosophy of "spreading it around" a little.  Surely, Jesus wants rich people to keep their money and live in great big houses that they can build to the glory of  Him.  And, you know, play golf and polo and most importantly contribute to Republican presidential candidates. Sorry, Rick--wrong again: " In the temple courts [Jesus] found men selling cattle, sheep and doves and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. [John 2:14 & 15.] Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. [Luke 12.15.]  Truly, I say unto you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. [Matthew 19:23] You cannot serve both God and Money. [Matthew 6:24.]"


I could go on and on--but the website seems to be right.  Jesus was definitely a liberal.  SO--if Rick Santorum was right, it is impossible for Jesus Christ Himself to be a Christian.  WOWZA--it's gonna take a few minutes for me to get my head around that one.  According to former Senator Santorum, Jesus can't be a member of the religion that bears his name!  What does that make Jesus then?  An aethiest?  No--that doesn't make sense; Jesus most certainly believed in himself--he wasn't invisible or schizophrenic or something.  Is he a Muslim?  Nope--that can't be right--then we'd have to bomb him and burn his holy books.  How about Jewish?  Wait--he WAS actually King of the Jews--so maybe that's it.  Jesus was the founding member of Jews for Jesus.  


Glad we've figured out what Jesus is.  And I think it's also been made perfectly clear what Santorum is as well.   I'm not going to say that he isn't a Christian (although I'm sure he'd say that about me) because he IS--he believes that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that he died for our sins. That's all it takes, folks.    You don't have to be for this war or that tax or the other policy to be a Christian--you just gotta believe those two little things. Rick Santorum can add this issue to the long list of other issues for which he doesn't have a clue.

That being said: I urge you all to VOTE FOR RICK.   It would be so much to watch Obama kick his ass this fall in the general election.