Reply #58: let's see.... [View All]

[salin]

disdain for programs for the truley needy... nope, no humanity there and certainly not following the teachings of Christ...

trashing of the environment of corporate earnings... nope, no concern for the long term ability of humanity to survive and no concern for those being poisoned (as we get rid of superfund cleanup, etc.), and no following of Christian teachings about stewardship of God's creation...

willful agression and destruction on civilians of a country that posed no threat... most Christian ethicists agreed at the time (even before we knew the real state of nonintelligence backing the claims of WMDs) that the war did not raise to the level of "just war"... even the Pope warned against this war...

promotion of greed - hits both on promoting coveting, and raising greed to the level of idolotry (idolize the ammassing of wealth to the point where behaviors to get it defy all the teachngs of one's religion... for example, Pat Robertson investing in the diamond business though knowing the wanton killings involved, or his involvement in horse racing, etc; the justification of the actions of enron type accounting and corporate fraud - that is still running rampant -or the nobid contracts given in Iraq which have been used to gouge tax payers - and have no provision about hiring iraqis who face even higher unemployment in post invasions Iraq than in preinvasion iraq...

That and more - leaves me to continue to believe that we are in an era of false prophets that are leading "good" people to act in ways that betray their faith and lead them farther from God... and that those who continue to support the policies listed above - all of which there is plenty of information out there to back up each claim and result... makes it understandable that some question whether the humanity has been sold out within some supporters.