The Beatitudes: A Neo-Con Nightmare. (GRAPHIC HEAVY)

[Clark2008]

1. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.


2. Blessed are the meek: for they shall posses the land.


3. Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted.


4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.


5. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.


6. Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God.


7. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.


8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Beautiful. Thank you.

[ourbluenation]

2. That was amazing...thank you.

[dogday]

3. Wonderful

very heartfelt.... Nominated

[DistressedAmerican]

4. Even As A Raging Athiest, I'll Nominate This! Great Post.

Hope the freeps get a good look while lurking here!

[newscott]

8. I'm one too but

those are probably the most imporant words ever uttered by a human being.

Whatever you think of his "followers" Jesus was the real deal.

[Clark2008]

9. Raging atheiest or not, the words are beautiful to live by.

Thank you for having the openness of mind to read them. :hug:

[DistressedAmerican]

12. As Noted By newscott. Jesus The Man Was Great! Briliant Even!

I have never read in his words what the fundie nut jobs do!

[Clark2008]

15. LOL! I like your graphic!

My b/f would get a laugh out of that, too - and he was raised Jewish!

:7

And, you're right, Jesus was a wonderful human being, whether one believes in His divinity or not. He still preached and lived by the most blessed creed.

[DistressedAmerican]

29. Nothing Like A Little Jesus On A Trailer Hitch! What Are They Thinking?

Bizzarro!

[Clark2008]

30. Sounds like a Country & Western song

"I spent my life a'drinking, drove my truck into a ditch.
But I'm not reformed, coz Jesus is on mah trailer hitch."

:rofl:

[DistressedAmerican]

33. That is TOO Damn Funny!

Stop it! You're Killing Me!

[Clark2008]

34. And next time a fundie confronts us with idiotic "facts," we can

just preface any and all of our remarks with:

"Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch!! Are you that stupid?!"

[bottomofthehill]

5. Speaker Thomas P (Tip) Oneill

In the Speakers book Man of the House, he says the greatest political speach ever given was the Sermon on the Mount. He truly believed in its message. So should we.

[indepat]

6. Graphically demonstrates how the neocons make a mockery of the beatitudes

and everything we should hold sacred for that matter.

[Clark2008]

10. This came about as a variety of things this morning.

I posted the Beatitudes on another post, which made me think about them, and I was also discussing how I was raised in the church with my b/f, who is a Jew turned agnostic.

We were discussing how people are so cruel and judgmental, particularly when it comes to love. People like my father who disowned me when I married an Arab back in the 90s. He has never even bothered to see his beautiful grandson, even though I've been divorced from his father for three years, now. All this, despite the fact that my parents raised me to believe that Jesus was love, all about love.

Its so ironic that the theo-cons hold so much stock in the Old Testament and rarely bother reading or quoting or living by the words of the man who made their very religion possible.

[indepat]

22. Irony and mendacity and duplicity and reichous sanctimony

[DIKB]

7. I've always loved the beatitudes

Even after leaving the christian faith. I especially love the fact that these so-called christians in this country ignore them, and live the opposite.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. Brilliant and Beautiful! Thank You! n/t

[frictionlessO]

13. Pagan crying here.... bless you.

If only the right wing would focus on the Beatitudes instead.

[Al-CIAda]

14. nominated. nt

:thumbsup:

[Papillon]

16. Thank you, this is great.

It brings tears to my eyes. But, I don't recognize the person in 6. Can anyone help me out?

[Clark2008]

21. Scott Ritter

and before him is Margarat Hassan.

[Papillon]

24. Ahh, I guess I haven't seen very many photos of him.

He's one of my heros.

[lonestarnot]

17. OMG... goose bumps! Thank you!

[StrafingMoose]

18. Didn't Carter...

Accept to massively fund "Islamofascists" just to bleed the USSR ? That's not much of a peacemaker move considering the repercussions of this 20 years after, but at least he did recognize the weakness of our economies because of it's dependence on oil.

[Clark2008]

19. It's still better than starting an unjust war.

And, he did try to bring the waring Israelis and Palestinians together, for what that was worth.

[DerekG]

42. Jimmy Carter is not deserving of the title "peacemaker"

His administration funneled some ten million to the repressive Salvadorian regime, whose death squads murdered thousands of civilians (including Archbishop Romero and four American nuns).

Carter was simply one of the more "restrained" administrators of the Empire.

[Toots]

43. I don't think so do you have a link?

What has Carter done since his Presidency? What have any republican presidents done? I suspect you will not have a reply.

[StrafingMoose]

46. eh?

Are you really asking me if Carter funded the Afghanistan's Mujjahidin ? Are you really asking me a "link" for this?

[Alizaryn]

20. Great Job

Perfect choice of pictures. (I need to go and find a kleenex now...)

[leesa]

23. That's great. Thanks a lot.

[Hidden Stillness]

25. This is a True Understanding

Beautiful thread; it connects the Scripture to the real world that surrounds us, as religion is supposed to do. All true, too. You might also add the story about Jesus throwing the moneychangers out of the Temple, and relate it to Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, the entire Republican Party, etc. From Matthew 21:12-14, the story of throwing the "capitalists" out, and it ends, "It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves." Then, as a contrast, this sentence: "And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them" (and didn't even charge them a fee!).

The Spirit of God calls all people to the deeper meanings of things--but the oppressors are always the same few groups, and the same few sins.

[troubleinwinter]

26. I seldom tear up.... I am typing through tears.

You have shown truth and what is real.

[berni_mccoy]

27. AWESOME

Thank you!

:kick:

[jaysunb]

28. nicely done !

:toast:

[faithnotgreed]

31. pure love

[DistressedAmerican]

32. Kicker!

[bettyellen]

35. .....

[understandinglife]

36. Very well done. Bookmarked and Nominated. Thank you.

Peace.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

37. I recognize Cindy, Jimmy, and Sybil.

Who are 4 and 6?

[bettyellen]

44. fitzgerald, who is investigating the rove leak is #4

and 6 is Ritter from mass maybe. hmmm.
sorry, i'm not up on him. :)

[Gemini Cat]

38. Thank-you

I'm putting this post on my favourites and I will show it to everyone I know.

[DemReadingDU]

39. Very nice, thanks for sharing!

[GOPFighter]

40. The beatitudes are different in the...

...King George Version of the bible. It's been changed to blessed are the rich, for they shall buy their way into heaven; cursed are the poor for they suck tax money away from the rich; stupid are the merciful for they fritter away their time helping the undeserving while they could be working a second job to earn more wealth...etc.

[Clintmax]

41. Excellent post!

Nominated!

[bettyellen]

45. kicked by an agnostic.

lovely post, clark. thank you.