Random Thoughts Against the Christian Political Right:

1. The USA was founded on Christian principles:

• Romans 13 says not to rebel against the King
• It would seem that the revolutionary was is in direct contrast to this.
• Paul wrote quite probably about Nero, a much worse king than George
• the preamble to the constitution was written for white, land owning, males, not a literal every man and woman concept of freedom

2. I find it funny how willingly Christians on the right would want to vote for John McCain

• He divorced his wife for a sordid love affair to a younger lady
• President Bill Clinton had an affair and the Christian right shouted "impeach, impeach"
• The lesser of two evils then only seems to be the republican instead of the democrat due largely to the abortion issue. Ironically, I know of at least 3 people who have been/are active in Crisis Pregnancy Centers who voted Obama, that is refreshing to me.
  
• It would only seem fitting to vote for someone whose moral life you wouldn't want to impeach, like Obama, but that would be too bad.
  

3. Too many people think that President Elect Obama is the/an antichrist

• This seems to be based largely on poor theology: a wrong eschatological framework
• This comes out of fake accusations that President Elect Obama is a muslim terrorist

4. Too many people think that the whole of the USA is going to change drastically

• New presidents rarely are able to change much.

All of this is to say that I am sick of the Evangelical Right and their complaining. I know not every person who voted McCain is like this. I just want to let this out. There seems to be an embedded understanding among Evangelicals that political activism is best fleshed out through voting republican. I think that is completely asinine and vacuous. It would be incredibly refreshing if the same people in my home state of California who voted against gay marriage, were to actually care enough about the sanctity of marriage to not get divorced. It would also be great if Christians decided that it is God who defines what marriage is and not the government. If a homosexual couple wants the same insurance rights as a married couple why shouldn't they get them? I am sickened because I rarely see any times in church history where the church actually showed the love of Christ to homosexuals. What if that happened? What if the church decided to love homosexuals enough to treat them as human beings? Do you think something might change? Evangelicalism seems too often narrow minded and based on one issue. I am tired of it. I want to see the church be a true force in the community, a force that seeks to change the world with the love of Christ. But it seems that Evangelicals cannot love the unlovely unless the unlovely becomes a straight white middle classed American. That is harsh, I know. But that is how I feel. The christian right has been caricatured here and I realize it. Still, the majority of contact that I have with this Christian right is so devoid of love toward those who are opposed to being good republicans that it sickens me. Why can't we love people? All that said, I do love the people in the church who are like this. I am sad that they make poor decisions and neglect what seems incredibly important to the gospel. I don't want to offend anyone who reads this, but no doubt I will. Sorry.

grace and peace