20 January 2011

Freedumb


Freedumb of speech and freedumb to be a complete idiot.

Alabama's new governor went straight from taking his oath of office and headed across the street to Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to honor MLK, Jr.

I'm pretty sure MLK, Jr. would not have been honored.

More fuel to the fire for the rest of the country, let alone the rest of the world, to view the South with reproach.

In his speech, the new Alabama governor said "Anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm telling you, you're not my brother and you're not my sister, and I want to be your brother."

Jesus Christ! He's breaking all the rules right out of the gate!

Is he using his new office to advocate a religious conversion?

Did it slip his mind he's an elected official and that in America there's a constitutionally guaranteed right to "freedom of religion"? How about that old "separation of church and state"? He's walking a fine line.

And the old fear factor disguised as a way to witness. Was that an invitation or an exclusion? Oh, but he's apologized. Didn't mean to offend anybody.

For all of us still living in our own little world . . . there are over 2 billion Muslims and Hindus in the world. And there are over 1 billion Chinese of which 96% are not Christian.

There are almost 7 billion people in the world with only about 30% of them Christian. That's a whopping 70% who are something else or nothing.

Hello?! Does history always have to repeat itself? Do you ever think the tables might be turned? They have been before.

Can we all just respect each other and get along, for Christ's sake?!

Please.

1 comment:

  1. Erin and I were outraged over this and I think she nailed it with this when she posted a link on facebook:

    "Don't worry, folks. He's color blind. So if you happen to be a black Jew, Governor Robert Bentley will gladly see you as a neutral-toned soulless killer of Christ.

    The worst part? The vast majority of people in this country won't think there's a single thing wrong with what Bentley said in his speech."

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