What A Real “Come To Jesus” Moment Would Look Like
This is Sarah Palin’s latest contribution to the political discourse:
With so much at stake in this election, both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan should ‘go rogue’ and not hold back from telling the American people the true state of our economy and national security. America desperately needs to have a ‘come to Jesus’ moment in discussing our big dysfunctional, disconnected and debt-ridden federal government. [HuffPost]
Besides making an obvious plug for her book “Going Rogue,” Palin pushes her Christian bona fides down our throats as she goes on her usual anti-government, anti-Obama rants. But if America, including the right-wing nut jobs, were to have a real “Come To Jesus” moment, these are some of the things that could happen:
1. The GOP would finally admit that George W. Bush’s un-budgeted wars and tax cuts were two major factors in creating today’s trillion-dollar deficit.
2. Right-wing nut jobs like Rush Limbaugh would stop calling President Obama a socialist/communist and decent young women, like Sandra Fluke, “sluts.”
3. The Republicans would stop their war on women since they would finally get our Father’s notion of free will.
4. America would throw out their GOP representatives from the House much as Jesus kicked out the money changers from the temple in Jerusalem, disgusted at their greed and antics. AND,
5. The GOP would stop obstructing and start governing responsibly instead of putting their political ambition above the well-being of their fellow Americans.
So, hell yes, I’m all for a “Come to Jesus” moment for America. As for Palin, I would advise her to be careful what she wishes for.
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I’m not religious, but I have a lot of friends and family who are Christians. I, too, frequently wonder who the hell some of these GOP people are thinking of when they say things like that. I for one believe that if Jesus came and stood before them right now, they would see a man with his hands over his eyes, shaking his head slowly and saying ‘Where the hell did they come up with this stuff?!’
Throughout history many atrocities have been committed in the name of God. Case in point: The Crusades. A true Christian is at peace with himself. He does not try to push his religion down the throats of others nor does he judge as Jesus Christ taught. He knows that each person is accountable to his own conscience and to God. Like you, I’m not religious, but I think that human beings, besides the mental and physical have a spiritual component that is often ignored in our busy world. The center of this spirituality is peace, peace within so that it can be shared with others. Anyone who is an extremist, who uses the language of separation of “we vs. the other” is not at peace and therefore spreads division and discontent. This is one of the big problems with today’s GOP.