More Political Venting

I think it’s interesting that right wing tea party Christians want a Mormon for president.  They definitely believe Mormonism is a cult and I have heard numerous negative comments about the religion itself.  But hey, it’s a white man’s religion.  That’s right.  Most Mormons, up until the late 1970’s were taught that black people had a curse on them and that’s why their skin is dark.  OMG!!!

People like rules, people like laws. Laws of the land keep chaos from breaking out, most of the time anyway.  But also, laws can be distorted and misused to cause oppression.  Look at the punk band in Russia, Pussy Riot.  They were given two years in prison for a thirty minute bout in a church used by politicians that promote Putin, a rather disliked leader. 

 Laws, especially in religion,  keep people under the illusion that they are safe. 

And sometimes it’s not an illusion.  Sometimes it ‘works’.  Yet all things come to an end and the realization that true freedom, although scary (we seem to be afraid of ourselves mostly) is taking responsibility for our own actions.

Mormonism is filled with rules and regulations.  There are so many very clean cut Americans who follow the Mormon belief.  From my understanding, all the people who serve in the Mormon religion are “asked” volunteers.  Even the pastors do not get a salary.  If a part of the clergy “ask” you to do something, “you do it.”  This is a quote from a Mormon friend of mine.

It’s also interesting that the extreme right want freedom in some areas but not others.  Usually it’s about money and guns. 

So, apparently Romney is their man.  I find this interesting because again, most of the evangelicals that I know consider him to be part of a cult.  Let me clarify “cult”.  In Christianity cult was anything or any belief that oppressed and denied freedom of choice once you are a member of their church. If you didn’t follow their belief, well…there would be trouble for you in high places. 

That’s all sideline stuff really.  The real issue of my blog is that I am so disheartened about this country’s political division it doesn’t leave much hope in me for any sort of social redemption. Maybe we should go back to just not talking about who we would vote for and making it sort of a private affair.  You know, just make it between you and the voting booth.  I think there are too many egos involved to do that though.  It seems there are too many identities tied up with political meanderings for this to be possible.

I’m on facebook, and who isn’t these days.  I see people on there who are ‘devout’ Christians, who talk trash about politicians so much more than they talk about love of God. 

 Of course if you disagree with them they arrogantly dismiss you and consider you a “stray from the fold and going against all the founding fathers stood for.”  What’s with that?  They believe they stand up for“social justice”, but they pick and choose what they define as social justice based on scripture; their interpretation of scripture.  When I, or anyone else, show proof that there are other issues, like poverty, taking care of widows, single moms etc, they totally find their own definition again.  Wow…very frustrating. 

Now here's the good news.  Our daughter is a Christian and we have these discussions all the time.  She tells me that younger christians aren't like that.  She tells me younger Christians care about things other than guns, gay marriage and abortion.  She tells me the younger generation really do have a different perspective and really do want to stay tuned into the ideals that Jesus truly taught.

I hope so...and hope is keeps a heavy heart going.