The very best thing I read today

[whosinpower]

PLEASE - if you have a chance, take a few moments and head over to Dailykos.....

a christmas message

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/22/05236/361

I will not snip any of it - go and read it yourselves....well, OK - here is the intro.....

I've been reading some of the noxious media tripe about attempts all over, I guess, to put the "Christ" back in "Christmas"....
I'm sorry, but I'm still waiting for them to put the Christ back into Christianity.

[LSparkle]

1. Thank you for this

Democrats ought to be speaking like this -- especially those of us who are Christian and who feel our religion has been hijacked by the right. We liberal Christians are the true followers of Jesus of Nazareth -- we have TRUE compassion, real empathy; we want our country to work for ALL OF US, not just for ourselves or for a few elites. The hypocrisy of these selfish, competitive, judgmental, SO-CALLED CHRISTIAN Repugs should be exposed at every opportunity.

[RUDUing2]

2. excellent...fundies would do better to concentrate less on Christ and more

on Jesus.

[Walt Starr]

3. If I had heard somebody preaching about this Jesus when I was eight

I'd probably be Christian today.

[LSparkle]

4. That's what I did hear when I was a child

and that's also why I'm so depressed by how the RWNJs have made me practically ashamed of my faith. Fundies take the Bible so literally -- it's maddening that they overlook what Jesus actually did, the people he chose to associate with and the way he treated them. The way they act, I wonder if they just memorize the verses and don't think about what they mean.

[whosinpower]

5. You know

That is exactly what I was thinking as I read tht post. That isn't to say that I am or do not feel spiritual...but christianity and the church somehow miss the point to me....in their actions.