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Gee -- I was raised Catholic, and we were brought up to get it right the first time. I guess the sentiment that being "born again" as a requisite for being truly religious just doesn't cut it with me. Hey -- if you want to be born again, if that works for youn, fine -- just get out of my face, because freedom of religion is a two-way street.
Certainly, powerful conversion experiences have been around for thousands of years, and some people are utterly transformed by them.
On the other hand, these experiences seem to have been codified, and are requisite for membership in certain churches, and when it becomes mandatory like this, I think it is safe to assume a varying level of committment to one's vows. Again, hey, whatever.
But I guess what bugs me are the people who preach about how evil other Americans are, and judge YOU harshly, and send YOU to jail for making the "wrong choices", or righteously bomb people -- when THEY get caught doing some pretty seedy stuff -- like that Chenowyth harpy who had railed against Bill Clinton's immorality, who was discovered to have had an adulterous relationship while serving in the House -- all she did was say, "I've discussed it with the Lord and He's forgiven me."
Aw, isn't that special? How convenient. Obviously, to them, "Jesus" is just another stick to beat YOU with, and apparently His primary duty is cloaking THEIR sins....
We can anticipate that Mr Rove will attempt to paint Kitty Kelley as some raving loony -- which is very untrue. IF they can get anything to stick, all george and The Virgin Mother Laura have to say is that "Jesus saved me from all that."
How nice that George and Laura got away from never facing the consequences of their drug use, and drunk driving (unless you count running your boyfriend over) -- and didn't end up in jail for long sentences because people like them have passed legistation to harshly punish "drug terrorists."
I think its marvelous that people can make changes in their life -- but what really pisses me off big time is when AFTER they escape legal and personal consequences for their behavior, they go on to harshly judge and punish others, OR expect that they should be regarded as totally pure and unsullied, and that their past is irrelevant. If the hypocritical creep had used his "transformation" to help others, that would be different -- but all it seems to be for him is to keep him from having to face responsibility for shitty stuff he has done, and disown it.
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