God Mit Uns

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 1 v27

The problem is that man makes God in his own image.

Nowhere is this more apparant than in the US evangelical churches. For many of them, their religion is only there to validate their way of life, their views, their prejudices. Their belief is quite simple:

We're rich. This is proof that we're blessed by God. If we're blessed by God then we must be right. If we're right, then you are wrong.

This means that their theology has to be quite contorted at times, which is one reason that they spend so much time on creationism, homosexuality etc and less on such pesky verses like;

Luke 12:15 — “Then he said to them, ‘Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.’ ”

Mark 10:21 — “Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ he said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’ ”

When was the last time you heard a fundamentalist preach on this verse:

Luke 3:11 - "He who has two coats let him share with him who has none."

As the fundamentalists build their own larger churches and a self-enclosed society they just become more inward looking and further and further away from the teachings they profess to follow. Indeed their belief that the almighty is like them, only more so is positively blasphemous.

God Bless America, they chant over and over again. Shouldn't that be God Bless Everyone? Of course not, they've decided that they alone are God's chosen people - sorry Hebrews, but you've been replaced - and only they are fit to receive the holy thumbs up.

The Republican right has managed to tie in these voters to bring them electoral success, but is all this about to change? Palin has been playing up to the religious right, including their Godly racism and divine hatred of people who are different. Remember, God is like them so anything different is sinful and satanic.

In truth, whatever God may be, I can't see him being like them; ignorant, narcissistic and just plain wrong.