May 06, 2005

Jumping On the Bandwagon

Just because this one really frosts our cookies, and our religiously fervent friends and relatives should take a look at the latest example of Faith Gone Wild!:

According to this dKos post, Democratic Baptists are being excommunicated from the East Waynesville Baptist Church unless they repent the sin of not voting for pRezNit God Talks To Me. We echo the sentiments of our peers, in that:

- this is illegal activity for a religious organization that claims tax-exempt status;

- this is highly immoral activity for anyone who truly believes in their particular brand of religious insanity faith;

- this is blatantly offensive activity if you believe in the Constitution, that the rules should be enforced equally for all, and that those who lead congregations do so because they have a greater insight into their faith.

Now, we don't want to tar all flavors of religious activity with the same brush, but didn't we hear about a military recruitment drive being held in a church recently? Wasn't there some sort of mass-mailing being sent to church members by the Republic National Committee (RNC) just before the 2004 presidential election*?

For those of you whose faith is important in your life, we have to ask: Is this really acceptable behavior on the part of a religious leader?

View the video of this blasphemous edict here.

* - the issue here being collusion between religious organizations and the Republics. How did the RNC get mailing lists of congregation members? Is this the sort of activity that religious organizations should be engaged in? And, if we were foolish enough to join a congregation, would our name and address end up in the hands of the RNC?

Posted by (: Tom :) at May 6, 2005 07:26 PM