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1. On Anti-Gay Terrorism
Just this week 49 people died in this country's largest terrorist attack since 9/11/2001. A homophobic radical Islamic psychopath busted into a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida and calmly shot and killed 49 people / injuring 53 people. Reading the survivor's accounts of terror will give you chills. The horror these people had to experience is mind-boggling.
As with most mass shootings in this country the aftermath is essentially democrats trying to pass some semblance of common sense gun reform and the republicans block this legislation. The right say it's the damn Muslim's fault not the weapons. The left says it's not Islam it's just the weapon. Of course we rational Americans realize it's a combination of many of these factors.
We often hear cries from people in this country asking where are the "moderate Muslims" standing up and denouncing this sort of terrorist behavior as being wrong? Sure, there was some response to this from the American Muslim community. But I also ask simply, where are the "moderate Christians"at?! I asked several of my Christian friends on social media why they were so silent. Some it took well over 48 hours to even say the simplest of meaningless phrases --"we're praying for the victims". My father, who is Christian and I've written about before in my blogs, was awkward when talking about this terrorist attack. He never said "this is what they deserve for their sinful lifestyle" or anything but there is this biting of the tongue that comes across as obvious to me.
Now we're watching all these once openly bigoted Christian Republican politicians saying all these nice things about the LGBT community. Suddenly they love the gay community. After 50 of them were slaughtered by some ISIS-lover! Well, I say fuck that! Where have you been all along, moderate Christians?!! I'll tell you where they've been all along: They have been on the wrong side of history fighting against LGBT rights, denying equal rights to marry who they love. They have been fighting for transgender citizens to use the "correct" bathroom. They have been shaming gay and lesbians in they're churches and in their homes for their "sinful" lifestyle. They founded "curing you of your gayness" camps and sent their poor homosexual Christian kids there. They "pray the gay away" and force their LGBT loved ones into a closet of shame for their sexual orientation or gender identity.
The "moderate" Christians more often than not think they are so hipster and cool; they are "totally cool" with gay people and show their blood-cult love by rubbing shoulders with them while patting themselves on the back for not being part of those horrible "God Hates Fags"-type Christians.
... But yet they still think that acting on their sexual orientation (if it's with the same sex) is a SIN! The core of their very biological essence is an offense to God! Think about how mean that is for a second. Some also think that if they don't identify with their biological sex then they are living in sin. Now let me be extremely clear here to even the most liberal of Christian... if you agree with me that people have the right to be whoever they want and to love and be with whoever they want and it's not some SIN!... if you agree with me, even the most of progressive of Christians then....
OPEN YOUR FUCKING MOUTHS!!!
and start being vocal publicly AND frequently about allying yourself with these people who deserve equal rights under the law for whatever lifestyle they choose.
Why the crickets though? Seriously, where are the moderate Christians at?!
2. On Religion Being Taught in Public Science Classrooms
I've had several different discussions with a few Christian friends that accept evolution or say they don't but that it wouldn't affect their impenetrable faith *if evolution was true. Well, of course evolution is true. Any of us with the slightest of education in the biological sciences know this, but yet when Christians promote pushing religion in the public science classroom on school boards across this country, . . . not a fucking peep from these same "moderate Christians". Why is that?! These people are part of your blood cult not mine.... Speak up! I can't hear you! You need to stand up to this if you know it's wrong because many of these "moderate" Christian friends of mine scoff at the silliness of Young Earth Creationism but strangely don't really say much publicly against it when it creeps up in our public science classrooms.
I should be reading articles in "moderate" Christian publications denouncing the actions by the Christian fundamentalists who want to teach unfounded mythology as science in science classes in public schools. I should be reading these articles before reading them from atheist blogs or secular coalitions group publications. These people are part of your religion, your team, your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ... Call them out! and speak the fuck up when you do it, please!
Where are the moderate Christians at? Why are they so often quiet on this subject?
3. On Donald J. Trump
Lastly, another subject the "moderate Christians" tend to avoid publicly is Donald Trump. During the G. W. Bush years in the glory days of the evangelical political right of this country you could barely separate politics and religion in churches across this country to meetings in congress.
Apparently most of God's children in America choose a fascist as their candidate: Donald Trump. It makes sense, I suppose, since Yahweh is the Supreme Dear Leader Celestial Fascist. But most of my "moderate" Christian friends who deeply dislike Trump and don't support him will send out a tweet or facebook post from time to time denouncing Trump, but that's about it. They aren't organizing to "get out the vote" ... Why aren't more "moderate Christians" speaking out specifically against Trump .. as in the best way you can ** actually make the most difference - by telling your congregation and you yourself VOTING for Hillary. I hate Hillary too but clearly you cannot bitch and moan about Trump my dear New Christian friends if you don't fucking vote against him where your vote actually counts, in the general election. If I as an informed politically intelligent Bernie Sanders supporter have to suck it up and vote for the "lesser of two evils" then so do you, "moderate" Christian!
There are many ways you can bitch and moan about moderate Muslims, some of this is warranted but not all because Christians built this landscape of homophobia in this country with their own gloriously bigoted sweat and tears. This country is and has been overwhelmingly Christian. You all started this so if you REALLY are for LGBT people then speak the fuck up and support their rights. You can't have it both ways. You are either on the side of equality or you are not. If you are not. You are a bigot and you can fuck off.
In conclusion please by all means take a pause from quoting your selected "nice" Bible verses on twitter while ignoring all the bigoted, sexist, racist Bible verses. By all means set aside for a second discussing theological "problems" of your specific brand of blood cult dogma. Take a minute away from blogging about animated films or superhero movies and the parallels to your favorite antiquated old book of mythology and wake up to join us in the real world with real problems. Open your mouth and speak out against things you seem to only quietly support or are against. Make some noise! Or else we'll just brush you off into the trash bin of history where your ancient super-woo blood magic cult belongs. -- With the rest of the bigots and garbage human history.
Where are all the moderate Christians at?! That's a serious question. Anyone Christian want to answer it?
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