God is talking to you, are you there?

God speaks.

God doesn't generally speak by raising his voice. Look at the bible. Look at Jesus. Jesus spoke softly, not loudly. Jesus spoke with compassion, not judgment. Jesus spoke first to the downtrodden, not to the leaders. Jesus offered hope, not criticism.

All of you who call yourselves fundamental Christians. All of you who claim to be born again. Listen to Jesus.

Jesus would not wage a war against a sovereign nation for oil. Jesus would not wage a war against a sovereign nation for political gain. Jesus would not lie or manipulate public sentiment to initiate a war; especially a war without purpose. So, what true Christian, what person who has truly accepted Christ into their heart, can support a President who would do so?

How can anyone not hold this infidel morally accountable? Jesus wouldn't campaign against bad leadership. Jesus wouldn't try to kill or coerce bad leadership. Jesus would ask questions, and he would lead by example.

And yet our so-called fundamentalist Christians act very differently from Christ. Not only do these people refuse to hold the President accountable, but they bow down to him as if he were a King of Kings. And why?

These fundamentalists believe in killing or coercing leadership that they think is bad. Look at the issue of abortion - look at the many people, staff and patients, who have been harassed abortion clinics. Look at how many people advocate the murder of abortion doctors, and look at how many abortion doctor have actually been murdered. Unlike Jesus, the American fundamentalist is blood thirsty.

Look at health and wealth fundamentalism. If you are not succeeding with a healthy and wealthy life, its because you aren't born again, or because you're stupid and lazy. Anyone who receives God deserves all the material rewards that they can collect on this earth. Those who can't collect material rewards have done something wrong. The only way to help the less fortunate is to introduce them to the fundamentalist's God. We can't give them money. We can't fund welfare. We can't provide them with good schools (unless they are Christian academies). We don't want them in our neighborhoods (unless they meet our social-economic status). Those fundementalists who break the law who "...haven't done anything everyone else doesn't do." They "...haven't really done anything so bad." They are being "...persecuted by the secular minority. "

How far is this thinking from that of Jesus? People came to know him and to love him because he respected them. Not because he made them rich materially. Not because he taught them a form of worship. And not because he was condescending to them or to others. To think of a human example, people were attracted to Gandhi in a way very similar to how they were attracted to Jesus. But this is not how the fundamentalist makes Jesus attractive.

No, the fundamentalist talks of the here-after but focuses on the here-and-now. How much American business today is self-trading within the church? How many people select their business partners/vendors/customers at church? On the other hand, how many fundamentalists offer support to others who are outside of the church? And, when they do, how often is that support predicated on first offering a sermon. Jesus let his behavior be the sermon. Jesus took care of the needs of others first. The destitute. The prostitute. The heathen. The saved didn't need his attention. The saved didn't need material reward, for theirs was the kingdom of heaven.

Fundamentalism has become a team, complete with mascots, cheerleaders, players, coaches, and lots of fans. Fundamentalism is self-serving. Like a family, fraternity, social club, or ethnic association, fundamentalism is about taking care of ones own - on a material basis. Fundamentalism is about better enjoying life through drama. The drama of identifying our team and identifying with our team. Likewise it is the drama of defining who is outside of our team. It is the drama of identifying and holding morally accountable those who are on the other team, while ignoring the moral accountability of our selves, or the members of our own team. So naturally, this group favors the President despite his limited powers of reasoning and his dogmatic thinking - this fits their own model. This group favors the President because he is one of them, the first rule is to protect one's own. This group favors the President because he supports and reinforces their prejudices and this is self-affirming and therefore rewarding to them.

Are you a fundamentalist? Are you born again? God is trying desperately to speak to you. He has given up on speaking nicely. You have challenged His authority over and over again. You have not only laid waste to the perfect world He created, you have continued to lay waste to your fellow man. Your fellow man that He created. Your fellow man who is as perfect and as imperfect as you. This is why God is speaking with a strong voice. This is why God is hurting the Conservative Crescent with Floods, Droughts, Wild Fires, & Hurricanes. Are you listening? Can you listen? Will you hear? It's time to change your evil ways.