Southern christians, in their own eyes carrying out the lords work, call into question the whole concept of Jesus. If they are, in fact, following jesus, then jesus must have been a pretty mean-spirited, nasty guy.
After all, that is the way that southern christians act. Fortunately, if they’re right that the bible has any truth – which I doubt – then they will be first in line to burn in hell – where they belong.
Obama is the first “black” presidential candidate. At least that is what the press, the various campaigns, etc., are saying. Also, Barack does more identify with his black roots than his white roots.
But here is the rub. Barack is as black as he is white. His mom was white, his dad was black. He should be “grey.”
And there is the problem with the underlying racism in our society. Racism that may (or may almost) prevent Mr. Obama from winning the presidency over a tired, cranky, old white guy who should be spending his time in an RV in Del Ray.
A person can be white (e.g., both parents white), or something else. The something else is never white. It is Asian, Black, Jewish, Hispanic, Indian (US and Asian), etc. The “impurity” is the problem
And the bigger problem is that we look at it as an impurity.
Face it, America. We’re a racist, homophobic, xenophobic society. We have a national religion – unaffiliated fundamentalist christianity.
Maybe Jesus will save us – but I doubt it. We still measure a man or woman’s worth by their race, sexual preference, religion, etc. Jesus and god – ok, I don’t believe in either – aren’t going to bother with us as long as we buy into this crap.
