No, my funk has not improved. And yes, I have called a therapist. Now I just have to wait for him to call me back.
But this for the morning rant--saw that the US House spent all yesterday debating and passing a resolution affirming the national motto (since 1956) "In God We Trust."
I would be as impressed with this as my conservative evangelical friends except that these same people love torture and did nothing to stop it. They love rich people and have done everything they can to make sure that the rich are never asked to sacrifice anything. They love guns, and at the state level are reducing regulations left and right to make sure that we have more guns in public.
And these same fuckers are cutting aid for the disabled poor! What in the holy hell is going on here? What possible fucking world makes sense where people of faith cut funding for people who need assistance to live in their own homes? Or to get to jobs? Or to simply make it through the day. What distorted vision of Jesus Christ makes that possible?
My faith hangs by a thread. I struggle each and every day to believe that God is somehow in the heavens watching this mess. And the people who should "Jesus" at every opportunity make life harder for the disabled, the poor, children and the elderly--and yet have the balls to make a public pronouncement about "In God We Trust."
Perhaps it should read: "You people have to trust in God, because we will do absolutely nothing to help you."
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When the great state of Michigan decided to paint "In God We Trust" on all buildings it paid some painter's salary for a day or so, so I guess that is economy development.
It makes perfect sense to me, but of course you know that my bias is toward thinking faith usually entails dishonesty or fraud of some kind. Not always or for everyone, of course. But communion is a two-way door, and when faith is so intimately intertwined with the acquisition and retention of power, the absence of this kind of behavior is what would really be extraordinary.
when faith is so intimately intertwined with the acquisition and retention of power, the absence of this kind of behavior is what would really be extraordinary.
That, of course has been the problem for centuries. We, who follow the One, Who gave up all His power to serve others have too many times succumbed to the temptation to wealth and power.
The Gospel is about giving and serving, not ruling over others, unfortunately Christianists have tarnished the Faith with Politics.
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