Woe to Those Who Call Evil Good

2. June 2009 by Frank.

and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.  (Isaiah 5:20 NIV)

That’s clear enough isn’t it?

Then why is it the extremists, the nut jobs, the fundamentalists seem to want to justify the evil of murder, premeditated murder at that?  I don’t care if you think abortion is murder or not, it matters not to me which side of the fence you’re on.  How can you approve of cold blooded murder?  I’m rather ambivalent about abortion, I wish there was no need for it, but there is.  This doctor wasn’t doing anything illegal.  No, he isn’t some kind of hero.  He’s got more guts than most, they’ve tried to kill him before.  Isn’t it ironic that he was gunned down while serving in a church?

But since when does god need your help in executing his judgment?

The same thing holds true with those who are desperately trying to lessen the impact of the Catholic child abuse scandal in Ireland.  By any rational moral standard this is an abomination of the highest order.  And yet the morons are out in force trying to sugarcoat it, to protect the monsters who performed the abuse.  Even the pope seeks to protect the abusers not the victims.

(2 Timothy 4:3 – 4 KJV)  “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”  This time is already here.  The religious right’s marriage to the far right political world has led it sufficiently astray that evil is being spoken of as good and good as evil.

When peace loving christian sheep are so fearful that they can twist their morals around to the extent they can justify torture to protect themselves, then something has gone seriously wrong with their faith.  The Wolves in sheep’s clothing who lead the right’s fear mongering know exactly what they’re doing.  The terrorists are going to get you, they’re in your back yard right now.  Oh, no!  In the mirror, the terrorist looks just like you!

When murder becomes a justifiable means of accomplishing your political goals, you have become a terrorist.  When you do it because you’re sure god wants you to execute his judgment upon the vile sinners like abortion doctors, then you’ve become a religious fanatic terrorist.  What makes you any better than any of those “Other” people who aren’t like you and don’t share your values?

All these things going on right now should have more moderate and rational christians up in arms.  Your moral high ground has been hijacked.  If your god isn’t powerful enough to protect you on his own then maybe he has more than just feet of clay.

You don’t really believe he uses evil to accomplish good, do you?

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