Furthermore...

Furthering the theme that I touched on yesterday...

I was just listening to a song by Woody Guthrie called “Jesus Christ”. The first verse of the song is “Jesus Christ was a man who traveled through the land, a hard-working man and brave. He said to the rich, "Give your money to the poor," so they laid Jesus Christ in His grave.” The song ends with the line “If Jesus was to preach what He preached in Galilee, they would lay poor Jesus in His grave.”

I would like to ask all of my Christian friends who love money, and who would deny shelter, food and health care to poor people to do a little serious self-examination. If a man were to arise today who said the same things that Jesus said 2000 years ago, what would you do? Would you accept what the man said, sell all that you have and give them money to the poor and follow him, or would you be the first in line calling for his blood? If you answer the former, then I have to ask... what's stopping you? He told us to do this all those years ago, so what's stopping you? You know what he demanded of his followers (Christians), so why aren't you doing it?

Another song by another artist who is vilified by the modern “Christian” right, Jim Croce, called “Which Way Are You Going?” includes the lines “One hand on the Bible and the other on a gun” and “You say you love the baby, then you crucify the man.” Jesus himself spoke poorly of people who pay honor to God with their mouths while not doing good works with their hands.

So I have to wonder... what the hell is wrong with you people?

Peace.

Randal