Women’s rights, climate change, the current cry for war against Iran, and the economy, they’re all hung up in the same place:the GOP ideology and their false sword and shield of Christianity. I don’t see how “love thy neighbor,” the only commandment Jesus Christ ever gave, could be honestly interpreted to mean kick thy mother in the ovaries, stab mine earth with oil drills, and bloody my holy name with the sin of war. It seems to me that doing these things in His name is the ultimate in wickedness.
As a result of this warping of religion, solutions to the issues that plague us all and the common sense legislation that could easily lead to better lives for many of us, is being ignored. I don’t understand why we are so dead set on cutting off our nose to spite our face. I read the blogs, the news, the statistics, the studies. I lay awake at night puzzling away at the patterns, and the inconsistencies. I keep coming back to a single shoe string holding this mess together, the GOP’s God.
Always Question Authority
One of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority. ~ Hitchens
Always Question Authority 
Love this. Would just point out that there were 2 commandments Jesus gave, and it should be noted for the strength of your own argument, that these are the ‘Greatest’ commandments ever given by god: 1. Love God, 2. Love your neighbor.
If I were ever to concede that such a god and satan (combo) exists, it would seem Christians are on the wrong side of their own theology, everytime, as accusers.. satanic, even.
But I concede no such thing 😉
Some valid points raised here, and I completely agree with you, even if the world doesn’t.
Inimese,
Thanks for the comment, but please know that I did not pen the well-written article. While the author and I are in total agreement on the substance of the argument we have some subtle metaphysical and physical differences. Where she is “a full-fledged, card-carrying, God-loving woman,” I am a full-fledged, card-carrying, Anti-theist man.
In Reason,
Madison