With god on our side?
So today thousands march to be “pro life” for terry schiavo. They march to ask govermnet to intervene in two families most peronal decision. The lawmakers and the president rush to legislate and equivocate over something that should not be a political issue. Is this all a smokescreen. It seems an ironic coincidence that the nation is focused and diverted to this issue on the anniversary of the Iraq invasion. An invasion which has killed 150,000 civilians. Its an estimated amount because according to the Defense Dept. “We don’t do body counts”. 150,000 people with hopes and dreams and wives and children and smiles and tears with salt that tastes just like the salt in mine. Our Judeo-Christian Values voting people are once again hoodwinked and fooled to believe that the issue is a lady in Florida. Many march with signs and Bible Quotes that read “Thou Shalt Not Kill”. And “God is the author of life”. If they really believe that then these people should also be marching tenfold every time there is an execution in this country. Every time there is a person killed by one one of our red white and blue tax funded bombs. …But for some reason I suspect that these are not the same protestors.
The chief architecht of this new bill being voted on tomorrow is Rep. James Sensenbrenner R-Wis. He said this quote:
“As millions of Americans observe the beginning of Holy Week this Palm Sunday we are reminded that every life has purpose and none is without meaning,”
So being a studious citizen I checked his voting record to see if he really believes this. 
After all Faith without works is Dead. And Ye shall know them by their fruit. Here are a few of his votes.
- Voted NO on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)
- Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
- Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
- Voted YES on prohibiting needle exchange
- Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1.
- Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
- More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty. (Sep 1994)
So actually he meant to say that all life has value except drug addicts, prisoners, and people who might get killed by a “hunter” with a semi-automatic at a Wal Mart.
So I checked my Bible and read:
“Whatsoever you have done to the least of thse my brethren..You have done unto me”
“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”
“Vengeance is MINE saith the LORD”
“Blessed are the peacemakers”
“You pharisees strain out a gnat and swallow a camel”
And ya know I have been meditating on the words of Jesus for my whole life. They mean something to me. And I personally cannot reconcile being Pro-War, Pro Death Penalty, Anti Needle Exchange, and Pro Gun with my image of Jesus. It seems inconsistent. Let us not be afraid to see the inconsistencies in our beliefs. We all have them. I’m a vegeterian …who wears a leather jacket:-) I mean lets acknowledge these things and at least admit them as confusing. Or grey areas. Let us not be afraid to be CHALLENGED or inconvenienced by our beliefs. If your pro life…go all the way with it man and march against the death penalty and the war. Don’t let some politician (or actor blogger define your faith. If your anti war and pro peace…Why are you hating your neighbor or chucking people the bird from your car on your morning commute. I don’t know man. Its late. So I’m going to read a book to help me fall asleep.
So I think of our lovely busy body congress meeting tomorrow. And I think of the prayers that will open the congressional quorum. And I think of where I can find a vegan pleather jacket and shoes. And I get out another book. Its a dictionary. And I find this somewhere after hell and hype and a little before hypodermic:
hypocrisy
n 1: an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction [syn: lip service] 2: insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
