HYPOCRISY MOCKS DEMOCRACY

HYPOCRISY MOCKS DEMOCRACY

This outrageous declaration of a rather predominant right wing Christian spokesperson and televangelist, Pat Robertson, to assassinate Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez is a flawless example of hypocrisy. And I for one am not surprised at all that conservative so-called Christian group leaders have not responded. They most likely, silently agree.
And if it is even considered to have any sort of intelligence behind it, it is just one more nail in the coffin of democracy in our country....with the blatant Neo Nazi attitude of justifying murder, for any reason. Although we claim to be a Christian-founded democracy, it is statements like this from people who claim to be Christian that shows the problem of allowing someone in power, or a spokesperson for our nations’ religious right, to use Christianity as a sword, and calling it ‘righteous’!

Perhaps someone else would, but Jesus, the Prince of Peace would not conquer the American Indians, nor slay the non Christians as we did during the Crusades. He would not hang African Americans from trees till they died as the Christian KKK has done, and he certainly would not assassinate anyone. When will we begin to wake up and see that today's 'Christianity' is not what it Christ intended, at all? And we as a country who claim it as our 'ethical' foundation, are basing ethics on hypocrisy, especially if Christianity continues to think war is righteous, Priests can molest and continue to be a Priest, and we can justify any sort of attack on any other country, as Christian. It is not.

Pastor Robertson’s thoughtless words must sound obviously hypocritical to everyone.... one would think! They have nothing to do with Jesus’ true message which was far removed from violence, not to mention that it strongly advocated forgiveness as a ‘way’ to obtain eternal life in Spirit, and peace, being the result.

Jesus said; “Seek and you shall find,” not “Seek and destroy.” And he stood firmly in his beliefs when he spoke of our brothers, whether we see them as an enemy or not when he implored us to learn to “Turn the other cheek’ not “Turn the missiles to his other cheek.”

If we are so threatened by the 'evil' of everyone else but us (sarcasm), let's be honest. We can protect ourselves without going outside of our country and purposely killing other human beings or threatening revenge and retaliation for similar threats to our own nation’s officials. Ask any survivor of a Nazi camp; the only true freedom is within ourselves, and can’t be given nor can it be taken away. One can find this out by finding a peace within despite terrorist acts without oneself.

But the purity of Christ’s true message, far more outlasting than any government or person on earth does need to be corrected when it is defaced by hypocrites such as Robertson.
So, please, Mr. Robertson, you silly man, either stop calling yourself a Christian, or stop speaking at all!
Diane L. Perretto