Oct 09 2008
Religious Intolerance Running Rampant
A few weeks ago, I bloggged about an attack on the owner of a store called The Country Goddess. Crystal was attacked by a woman throwing kerosene on her and then trying to light her on fire. Police are investigating, but so far, there have been no arrests.
So today, I was catching up with Crystal whern we heard from another patron that something similar had happened elsewhere. Wondering if it could be related, I investigated.
This story came out of Michigan. Apparently, a professor there had his students reading Arthur Miller’s play, “The Crucible”, a play about the Salem Witch Trials. One of the students assumed that this meant the professor was a witch and doused the professor with holy water and had a lighter, reportedly saying they should “burn the witch.”
You can read the story here.
Strangely, I think this is a product of the religious intolerance shown in our election debates. Mitt Romney was vilified because he is a Mormon. Attempts have been made to “smear” Barack Obama by claiming thast he is a Muslim.
What the hell happened to religious freedom? Since when did it become okay to discriminate based on religion? You might remember that this country wasx founded by people fleeing religious persecution. Sure, they were debating the way to practice their Christianity not Christian versus Wicca versus Muslims versus whatever else, but this is ridiculous.
I’m ashamed of many members of my country and my faith. What happened to God is love?
That last sentence is exactly how I feel. I think that’s the number one lesson to take from christianity, yet it seems like so many christians ignore it.
God’s love isn’t gone, but by and large it’s been hijacked by the “religious right”. When you start substituting holy war for preemptive assault, you’ve lost your faith. It’s getting worse every day, and the story above yours on the front page is from a website called “christian politics”. It’s my personal opinion that religious beliefs mixed with political philosophies never turn out to be a good thing. Again, just my opinion.
Great post, as always
Cheers