Sea of Scarlet

I want to start this post out by saying that I love this country. America has for so many years shown the way to the rest of the world, innovating in ways that for us modern people hard to even notice, much less grasp the importance of.  However, my first duty is to God, and I have noticed lately that something needs to be mentioned in our own house.

In politics these days Christians are on the ascendant. They control most of the Republican party, which directly controls the entire Congress, the Presidency, and most Federal Judges are Republicans or appointed by Republican Presidents.  One could say that more than almost anytime in it's history, America is a Christian nation.

Torture is an unmitigated moral evil. I have no understanding of any sort of truly Christian theology in which torture is not a grave moral sin.  So here we are in what can arguably be considered the most "Christian" of political times and for the last five years we have been torturing various suspects around the world.   Where is the outrage?

I would think that Dobson, Falwell et. al. would be among the first to stand against this horrible practice. What happened when Gays started getting married in one state?  There was a huge response, sermon after sermon, direct mail fundraisers, email alerts, pressuring politicians to create a constitutional amendment. The President authorizing torture in the name of America? The silence is deafening on the Christian Right.  What does that tell us?

Somehow something has changed in American Christianity. We no longer believe in the gentle Shepherd from Nazareth, we have put our faith in politics, guns and bombs.  We have lost our way on a sea of scarlet sin, and have no one to blame but ourselves.

God, the Father of all, Whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth; deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; and in Your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before You; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Comments

[alwayslate]

see: http://christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=1990

[societyvs]

I agree 100% monk. Where is the outrage from the Christian community over such atrocities? I think we have an responsibility to make sure these things get heard. We can't have a 'war' attitude anymore, we can't afford to align Christ with death and atrocity, not the Christ I read anyways. Love oue enemies doesn't sound too much like someone who dislikes Muslims?

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