~By Ruth Ann Satchfield
There have been several stories going around that are being used to control the Christian vote in the upcoming elections. One talks about how the Affordable Healthcare Act favors Muslims at the expense of Christians, which is not true. Check here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/exemptions.asp
They are also passing around this:
"DEAR FACE BOOK FRIENDS AND FAMILY I NEED YOUR HELP "ATTENTION"
I WAS PICKING UP MY MEDS AT CVS/PHARMACY IN ORANGE VA WHEN THE GUY I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR MANY YEARS CAME TO THE WINDOW HE ALWAYS WEARS THE NEATEST TIES WITH BIBLE SCRIPTURE OR MAYBE A PICTURE OF THREE CROSSES THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL SO TODAY I NOTICED HE DID NOT HAVE HIS TIE ON AND SO I ASK WHERE WAS THE BEAUTIFUL TIES THAT HE ALWAYS WEARS AND HE TOLD ME VERY SADLY I AM NO LONGER ALLOWED TO WEAR ANYTHING PERTAINING TO MY RELIGION I WAS OUTRAGED HE TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE HAD MADE A COMPLAINT TO THE COM. THAT HIS TIES OFFENDED THEM WELL IT HAS OFFENDED ME THAT I WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL TIES THAT I THINK HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WEAR SO I CALLED CVS CORPORATE OFFICE AND LET THEM KNOW I WOULD BE SPREADING THIS SHAMEFUL ACT ABROAD SO PLEASE TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW SHARE THIS PAGE WITH EVERY FRIEND AND TELL THEM TO TELL THERE FRIENDS I AM ALSO STARTING A PETITION TO MAKE THEM LET HIM HAVE HIS TIES BACK WE HAVE TO TAKE A STAND THIS IS CRAZY AND IT HAS TO STOP WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO TAKE A STAND PLEASE, PLEASE STAND WITH ME AND LETS SPREAD THIS EVERY WHERE UNTIL SOMEONE SEES THIS AND MAKES THIS WRONG RIGHT THANKS."
It is not new; I read this months ago. Internet searches reveal no news stories about it; shouldn't there be at least one? Why do intelligent people fall for obvious ploys to control how we vote?
Statistics reveal that between 78-84% of us identify as Christian in the U.S. ( http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-myths-fastest-growing.htm)
(http://religions.pewforum.org/reports) That leaves the rest to be divided up among the other religions or no religion. So why do Christians feel persecuted? How is it possible for the majority to be persecuted by the minority? The Christians have been promoting the "fact" that our forefathers wanted our country to be a Christian nation, but the truth is that they did not! Please see http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/myth.html. I have written about the reasons before, and you may find this work on my blog at Wordpress.com/ras2709 or Ruth Ann Satchfield. This country is set up with laws to prevent anyone from making our government controlled by the Christian population, and some of that group are frustrated at not getting their way at the expense of everyone else.
But why do right-wing Christians fall for all of these ploys to control their votes? The Republicans play into fears propagated by... the Republican Party. Along with right-wing pundits, the Republican Party and people like Rush Limbaugh instigate a deep contempt for and fear of people who are not just like Rush: blacks, browns, women, and people of different nationalities, sexual orientation, or religion. They also instigate jealousy of others. Republicans make you believe someone else is getting more out of your tax dollars than you are, and at your expense. By instigating fear and jealousy, they instigate hate. This is their method of keeping the American people divided and many of the people voting Republican against their own interests, due to a lack of personal research. Why is this working on Christians? In the Bible and in the teachings of Jesus Christ, we are taught that hate, jealousy, and even fear are tools of evil, yet the Republican Party uses those exact tools to control their Christian members.
We are also taught that we are descended from Adam and Eve, so that means we are all related. It does not say that blacks are related to blacks, and whites to whites. It says "all." When we deny our brothers and sisters, do we not also deny God? Pardon my preaching, but I am descended from preachers on many sides of my family, so it comes naturally. In researching my own ancestry, I followed one branch of my family back to Wooden Odin, and from him, there are links on the internet that take his heritage back to Adam and Eve. When you get that far back - whether technically-accurate or in general - the interrelationship of all mankind becomes clear.
The messages put out by the Republican party are not Christian. How many of you ate at Chik-Fil-A in support of "Christian" CEO Dan Cathy? We all were told that he was being persecuted for his Christian beliefs, but nothing could be further from the truth. The person you turned out to support was helping to put a Ugandan government in power, one whose policies are to kill all gay citizens of that nation. Do you consider this Christian? Would God? If God makes us all in his image, how do you justify supporting such vitriolic hatred of any of God's creations? You paid your money to eat at that restaurant, and some of it was used to support this most un-Christian activity. (http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/five-reasons-chick-fil-a-isnt-what-you-think/politics/2012/08/01/45437) (http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/chick-fil-a-profits-are-supporting-ugandas-kill-the-gays-bill/politics/2012/08/01/45430)
Why are we so easily misled by these false claims that Christians are being persecuted? Why are any of us supporting a political party which uses the tools of the devil to control? I do not understand. Can this be justified?
www.snopes.com
[Look for more blogs from Ruth Ann Satchfield in the near future]
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