Killing the Good Samaritan

As many people have complained to me about lumping Christians '(in the real sense of the term) and the psycho-paths that use the name 'Christian' to refer to themselves, I would like say that they're (mostly) right. Jesus would be sickened if he say what 'his' followers were doing today. (However, I do maintain that the tales of celebrated rape and murde in the Bible don't help the real Christians' case.)
So, on killing the good Samaritan. A long time ago, in a land far away, a liberal, or perhaps a communist terrorist, but either way a crazy madman was talking to his radical followers.
One asked what he needed to recieve eternal life. He was told by the madman that he must, among other things, 'love your neighbor as yourself.'
The confused acolyte asked what this meant.
The madman told a demented tale about a guy, a Samaritan immigrant, who, as all those that hailed from Samaria at that point in time, was an outcast in this land.
Another man was walking down the road, got jumped, robbed, and nearly killed. A priest walked by him, and didn't want to bother in the affairs of 'those people,' and crossed the road to avoid him. An upper-class religious leader approached, and did the same. But this outcast came upon the beaten man. He bandaged him, took him to an inn, and paid for his stay until he got better.
The madman pointed out that it was the Samaritan that was the nieghbor, thus would inherit eternal life. By default, the Levite and the priest go to Hell.
Now much later, in a land commonly called America, the State is now making it a felony to aid people coming from other lands to seek a better life. People have actually been jailed for leaving water in the desert, becuase it might save the life of a foreigner without documentation. Providing medical aid, giving food, or any of the most basic humantarian tasks is now illegal. Many leave water because they feel religiously compelled to do so. We need more of them, and less of those Christian Fascists that would rather watch people die than help them- Jesus said (by default) that they will go to Hell. It will be those risking their freedom following the words of Jesus that spend eternity with him. The rest, I believe, are spoken of in Jeremiah 48:10, where Christians (and Jews) are called to shed the blood of those who have usurped the name of the LORD. (I think we, lik Bush, should ask God what he wants us to do to the Minutemen.)
So anywho, if you follow the laws of the Bush Regime, you will NOT recieve eternal life.
The [Just a sidenote- Michael Moore did an episode of 'the Awful Truth,' in which someone laid down on the side walk, playing dead, to see whether people from England, the US, or Canada would be the Good Samaritan first. They thought the UK won, but it turned out it was an immigrant. Then Canada eventually won, while scores of suits and skirts walked past the 'dead' man on a busy street in New York. Maybe it's cuz we have more evangelicals.]


Isaiah 58. verse 7 commands us to welcome immigrants. not a bad chapter, although Isaiah was a fucking psycho.
6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. 12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

Jeremiah 48:10
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Is God inciting revolution?

Money vs. God: Pat Robertson's duel

It's been all over the news recently. Pat Robertson, perhaps the most well known and by far the nuttiest evangelist, said that the stroke that Ariel Sharon suffered was God's wrath upon him, citing some obscure Old Testament verse about giving up the land of Israel. Robertson blames the health problems on Sharon's decision to withdraw settlers from the Gaza Strip, which is perhaps the only not-evil thing Sharon has done in his entire life. After Robertson's stupid remark, the Israelis struck back. The Israelis cut off the plan for Robertson's capitalist venture in Israel, then Pat Robertson and God apparently changed their minds.
The capitalist press thoroughly covered this, as they always cover whenever Pat says anything so stupid that it gets the worlds attention, but they did not explain the reason WHY God and Pat changed their minds. Simple: money.
When the Israelis cut off a venture that would make Pat Robertson millions of dollars, God changed his mind. Who is more important, God or Money? Pat Robertson has made up his mind. And if you look around, so has the rest of Christian America. If he felt so strongly that God told him this, as he believes everything else he thinks comes fro God, how could he change his mind. Did he decide that the Bible verse about giving up the Gaza stripo was misapplied? Was he wrong even? When you touch a rich Christian's money, they will admit many faults.
God is only the excuse; Money, profit is the reason.
I like Jesus. I really do. I agree with most of what he said even. So, in closing, I would like to quote him, directed at Mr. Robertson of course, "You have turned my father's house into a den of thieves."
TN

Bob Avakian on Pat Robertson's absurd 'kill 'em all' death penalty views

So I didn;t write this one, but it's written by some guy who it turns out writes quite a bit of stuff, and is quite influential in the struggle against theocracy amoung many other things. It's along the same lines as what I write, so I feel it is quite appropriate to post it here.

Pat Robertson leaves the opening to include not only those convicted of things like first-degree murder, but many others as well, in a very broad and "elastic" category of people who should be executed because, in the judgment of reactionary theocrats like Robertson, they somehow "defiled the land" through "unseemly acts" that turned god against his favored nation or "destroyed the fabric of society." And it is necessary to place this in the context of American society today, in which, through conscious government policy as well as the "normal operation" of the laws of capitalist accumulation and competition, whole sections of people are being consigned to the ranks of "unemployables," people for whom the only viable alternative within this system may be participation in the underground economy. With this in mind, we cannot avoid recognizing that the logic of Robertson's call for applying "the biblical model" for crime and punishment involves an unmistakable suggestion of a "final solution" against the masses of people in the inner cities as well as preparation for the use of extreme repression, and even execution, to punish a broad array of activities which today are treated as minor offenses or as no crime at all.
Here, too, the question must be posed: however much things might be framed in terms of "crime" and "criminals," given the reality that it is increasingly Black people, along with Latinos, who make up the prison population in the U.S., and given the whole reality of white supremacy and all the atrocities that have accompanied it throughout the history of the U.S., is it possible to believe that policies of mass extermination--through state-sponsored execution and/or in other forms--would be limited to those sections of Black people, and other peoples of color, who have actually committed what today are regarded as serious crimes? It is relevant to reflect on the implications of the statement by a speaker at a "conservative conference" in 1997 who, as Andrew Sullivan reports, not only denounced abortion and birth control but also "bemoaned that nonprocreative trends among white Europeans was leading to `race death.' " This blatant white supremacy--and the view that white women are breeders for the "white race"--is consistent with the logic of race war openly preached by Christian paramilitary forces and Nazi skinheads. And (to borrow Richard Pryor's phrasing) "the logical conclusion of the logic" of race war is genocide. In thinking about all this, it is worth keeping in mind that the "legitimate"--and prominent--fascists in America today include not only theocrats like Pat Robertson but also old-line, unreconstructed and unrepentant southern white supremacists, such as Jesse Helms.
(From “The Truth About Right-Wing Conspiracy... And Why Clinton and the Democrats Are No Answer.” Read the whole article at revcom.us)

Christian pro-terrorism group staulks doctor, adds to hit list

Much information that we see contains subtle messages that are intended to be read in different ways by different groups. Many such things exist on the pro-terrorism group "Operation Rescues'" website.
An article entitled 'Prayer Walk At Abortion Worker's Home Turns Violent' was about two Christians engagings in staulking and harrassing a doctor. The act of violence it turns out was the doctor's husband kicking a sign that accused his wife of being a murderer (which you can see when viewing the picture was in the man's lawn, making it a perfectly legal act) and pushing away the camera that a Christian was pointing at him. The site puts up two pictures of the 'rampaging man' who 'assaulted' the Christian Fascists.
An angry neighbor was spoken to about why the staulkers were in her street, which she promptly told them to get off of, god bless her. A photograph of her was shown, with the caption "this angry woman did not understand why striking a peaceful man is wrong." More ironic is that this same group calls for massive executions of people who don't live by fanatical Christian standards.
The message between the lines, for those acquainted with OR, is that these people are now on the hit list. The founder of this group, Randall Terry, repeatedly calls for the murder of his opponents. His group was connected with a group that put out a hit list for women's doctors and their sympathizers, and claimed martyrdom for those who carried out the killings. The 'Nuremburg Files' hit list provided Christians with the knowledge of where to find abortion providers and sympathizers, and a number of them were killed or maimed by fanatical Christians. As this group is the largest and most visible of the pro-terrorism faction of Christians, these pictures are meant for the hands of those who would kill for their hatred.
Conservative? My ass. These people are Nazis.
here's their article- http://www.operationrescue.org/?p=301

Randall Terry, human scum

I was looking around at Operation Rescue's website, the site of the group founded by Randall Terry, one of the most overt Christian Fascists today. Randall Terry openly speaks of creating a fascist Christian state, and executing en masse women's doctors and their supporters.
He faced a racketeering lawsuit for his role in promoting murder and harassment on clinics, he agreed to refrain from actions against women's clinics.
Here's a few of my favorite sayings from him:
"Let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good.... If a Christian voted for Clinton, he sinned against God. It's that simple.... Our goal is a Christian Nation... we have a biblical duty, we are called by God to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want Pluralism. We want theocracy. Theocracy means God rules. I've got a hot flash. God rules. -Terry, Head of Operation Rescue, from The News Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Aug 15, 1993
"When I, or people like me, are running the country, you'd better flee, because we will find you, we will try you, and we will execute you. I mean every word of it. I will make it part of my mission to see to it that they are tried and executed... If we're going to have true reformation in America, it is because men once again, if I may use a worn out expression, have righteous testoserone flowing through their veins. They are not afraid of contempt for their contemporaries. They are not even here to get along. They are here to take over... Somebody like Susan Smith should be dead. She should be dead now. Some people will go, "Well how do you know God doesn't have a wonderful plan for her life?" He does, it's listed in the Bible. His plan for her is that she should be dead." -Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, at the Aug 8, 1995 U.S. Taxpayers Alliance Banquet in Washington DC, talking about doctors who perform abortions and volunteer escorts.
"Intolerance is a beautiful thing...There are people that are politically correct that want to say the cardinal sin of the hour is intolerance and I think that is a bunch of junk." Randall Terry, Operation Rescue.
I think it is safe to say that the 'pro life' camp is by far the 'pro death' camp, and we should be sure to refer to these people as such. Promoting murder and calling themselves pro life, hypocritical Christians. We shouldn't expect anything different from Them.
It was ironic that Randall Terry was the leading figure in the Terri Schiavo case, where the Christians attempted a sort of coup de etat, maneuvering in congress to impose Chistianic law, complete with middle of the night session in the House.
Of course the OR praises Bush for annointing Myers and Alito, claiming that this means "Roe v. Wade, you days are numbered." They may be right.
One of the links on the site was to "christiangallery.com." Terry's website advertises this as "the best known most visited Christian website on earth. (Including Nuremburg files)" After looking at the website, I concluded that if this indeed was the most visited Christian website on earth, it would be time to start collecting forty bottles, rags, siphon gasoline, and make maps of all the churches in my area. But fortunately, true to his nature, he is a straight up fucking liar, and we can spare armed struggle against the Christian Fascists, for now at least. I suggest you check out the site and see for yourself.
But for those of you who don't feel like looking at it,
The site boasts that they were the publishers of the 'Nuremburg Files,' a site with names and addresses, separated into categories of women's doctors, clinic workers, judges, and pro-choice activists. When any of these were murdered, the names were shown with a line through them, if they were wounded in an attempted murder, they were shown in grey.
Another interesting part of the site was an image with Michael Jackson opening his mouth for a small penis.
The top of the site shows a nude picture of Jesus, covered in blood and being attacked by dogs. The accompanying article explains that he is being killed by the same dogs that murdered him 2000 years ago at Golgotha. This is thinly veiled accusation toward the Jews. Only anti-semites even use the term "murder" when talking about Jesus these days, the rest understanding that Jesus came to earth to die and be resurrected. The article encourages Christian men to "take up arms" to defend the body of Christ, since Jesus is less powerful than some Christians with guns. There's a few other underlying anti-semitic tones in there, most only to be caught by anti-semites, such as "USAsrael," referring to the conspiracy theory that the Jews control the US and most other world governments, and are working to form a one-world government, led by the antichrist. People like Falwell and Robertson play into this, claiming that the antichrist must be a Jew.
My favorite was the picture of an man with outstreched arms, one arm grasping a rifle and the other a Bible, standing over a corpse, shouting "God's Law Will Be Established!" over the face of Paul Hill, the Christian who murdered a doctor and his bodyguard. Killing for Jesus. The article below exalted him as a hero, and indirectly tells their followers to go and do likewise. If they do, there is an apt Biblical principle: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life. If more doctors are murdered, then the Christian demogogues that inspired them should be held accountable
Why does Operation Rescue promote this site? Because they are pro-death Christian Fascists, that is why.
Until we understand that anyone who claims pro life and promotes killing is our mortal enemy, that these people are taking control of the government more and more every day, that they are now in the process of creating legal means to carry out their evil deeds, that one day we will have to fight fire with fire, we are not safe, our rights are not safe. If Terry, or people like Terry are ever running the country the way they want, I cannot say for sure what will happen, but it won't be the abortion clinics getting bombed.
(Go buy a gun.)
TN

Pat Robertson's at it again...

"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: If there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God. You just rejected him from your city," Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club."
Pat Robertson is one of those people who still believe that extremely natural and explainable phenomenon are the work of these things that we cannot see (unless they really like us, need to tell us something, take mushrooms, or wander in the desert for a while.) This has been a common belief throughout history, in almost all human societies. These were attributed to some sort of spirit usually. This type of belief is part of what is commonly called Paganism. Enter Monotheism. Now there is only two of these spirits; one, the good guy, for convenience sake we'll call "God," and the bad guy "Satan," or "devil" interchangeably. Now is it not only easier to pinpoint to cause of every single action, but it is also easier to have one spokesman for this God. Everything happens as a result of this God, so if something bad happens, then it is the result of God's wrath, which the spokesman will tell us about, or mischief of Satan, and the spokesman will know that it is because we are not close enough to God.
Back to Pat. He's a guy that regularly tells people who suffer from natural disasters that it is because God was unhappy with the way the people lived in the city, where Satan lurked around every corner (I forgot to mention, these guys can be almost EVERYWHERE at the same time, they're amazing.) For example the Bible tells a story of a city where there was only one good guy left, Lot, so he destroyed the city. The good guy threw his daughter into a street to be gang-raped by a mob, and the rest of the city was gay, so you can see why God saved Lot and killed the rest.
Robertson attributes almost all disasters that kill a lot of people to the wrath of God. Ironically, Osama bin Laden and Pat Robertson made the same comments about the tsunami in South Asia. Not that they hold similar beliefs or anything. Pat even claims to have prayed away hurricanes from cities. Of course he blamed the people living in the ghettos of New Orleans for the deadly predicament, while the suburbanites obviously were not sinners, at least not enought to die for it. So it IS true that God eats at the table of the rich.
So now that Dover has removed from office the all school board members that wanted to teach thinly veiled creationism instead of science, the Christian citizens of the town should leave, because they know God will strike. (I wish that happened where I live- all the Christian Fascists exiting the city en masse... someday) Actually, I live in an area where we don't really have natural disasters, so they would have to be really stupid to flee, but I wouldn't put it past them.
Well, here is one person on behalf of science and furthering the condition of humanity expressing my gratitude to the voters of Dover for 'voting God out' or 'voting science to stay,' whichever you call it.
There still is hope, but school boards and the government are different. We should make our stand wherever it finds us, through whatever method need be.
TN

Name that Christian!

!) Who was considered one of the greatest reformers in history by Hitler, and a model was used for the plans of the German Reich Church? Wrote the basic blueprint for Kristallnacht? Wrote the book "The Jews and Their Lies," in which he said: "What shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews? Their houses should be destroyed, they must live in misery and captivity, their books should be taken from them, their synagogues burned, and what does not burn must be covered with earth so that no man will ever se stone or cinder of them again"
(Hint: there is a denomination of Protestantism that still bears his name, and most churches in the US follow the trend in Christianity he established.)
See answer in comments.

God is in New Orleans

So much I could say, but you have probably already heard...
You can see now how 'pro-life' the pro-life camp is.
You have seen how they sit by and watch as the poor are drowned in a hurricane, and then send in the army not to save them, but to shoot the ones who 'steal' from abandoned grocery stores.
Now they have the same 'contractors' who run death squads in Fallujah making billions off the misery of the Iraqi people doing the same in 'our' country. They 'security contractors' have been given shoot-to-kill orders and immunity for when they use it. Bechtel and Halliburton, well known for both their powerful positions in the US government and their overt corruption (about 15% of our tax money given to them is under investigation for fraud.)
You have seen the Christian run government, local, state, and fed, not only sit back and watch people die, not only prevent people from coming from across the country to help, but actually take action to kill survivors who brought food from flooded stores to starving people.
How much more pro-death could they get?
Well, now to opiate them, they are bringing overtly Christian-fascist Pat Robertson to New Orleans to tell them that it is their own fault. The Christians now chuckle that God finally cleaned up the slums.
Ask yourself, are these Christians that run the government pro-life or pro-death?
How much farther will they go?