My very liberal politics: Republican Jesus
Republican Jesus? (Excuse me for being a progressive thinker, commonly known as Liberal. Not a Conservative who is of narrow vision and afraid of the future.)
Republican Jesus loves the rich. Ignore that whole "camel through the eye of a needle" garbage. Republican Jesus wants you to be prosperous! It's called "prosperity theology," and it percolates throughout the conservative religious fervor. God rewards the faithful with material wealth. This is very spiritual stuff. If your idea of spiritual is a McMansion that is.
But Republican Jesus is not just about love. Republican Jesus also hates and, man, does he hate!
Republican Jesus hates the poor. This the flip side of "prosperity theology." If God rewards the faithful with riches, then the poor are obviously NOT of the faith and deserve what they get. This is, in part, why conservatives hate the social safety nets of welfare, food stamps, and Medicaid, but not Medicare and Social Security because their retired parents need them. Those (and by "those" I mean those) people don't worship Republican Jesus and are unworthy of being helped. Besides if you feed them, they'll just breed!
Republican Jesus loves the rich. Ignore that whole "camel through the eye of a needle" garbage. Republican Jesus wants you to be prosperous! It's called "prosperity theology," and it percolates throughout the conservative religious fervor. God rewards the faithful with material wealth. This is very spiritual stuff. If your idea of spiritual is a McMansion that is.
But Republican Jesus is not just about love. Republican Jesus also hates and, man, does he hate!
Republican Jesus hates the poor. This the flip side of "prosperity theology." If God rewards the faithful with riches, then the poor are obviously NOT of the faith and deserve what they get. This is, in part, why conservatives hate the social safety nets of welfare, food stamps, and Medicaid, but not Medicare and Social Security because their retired parents need them. Those (and by "those" I mean those) people don't worship Republican Jesus and are unworthy of being helped. Besides if you feed them, they'll just breed!
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