In 2006 a killer who said he hated God entered an Amish school, probably prepared to rape and kill the little Amish schoolgirls. 13 year old Marian Fisher, in an effort to save some of the other girls, stepped forward and told him "Shoot me first." And he did and killed her. Then her 11 year old sister Barbie stepped up and said "Shoot me second." And he did, but she survived. He killed a total of five girls, but several survived and he didn't rape any of them. And he reportedly told the remaining girls "Pray for me" before killing himself. Even this God hating killer could see real Christianity in these heroic girls. This is what real Christianity is. Jesus Christ had led the way and then told us to "Deny yourself, take up your cross daily, and follow me." We're supposed to be living lives of self denial - fasting, praying, and giving alms to the poor.
But the Republican idea of Christianity is "Me first" not "Shoot me first." I understand the average net worth of the delegates at the Republican National Convention was $500,000. Elisabeth Hasselbeck would be a good example. Married to a pro football player, and with a big salary herself, she is working hard to elect John McCain president. And McCain doesn't want to raise minimum wages for the working poor. He wants to preserve three huge tax cuts that primarily benefited wealthy folks like McCain and Hasselbeck. He wants to keep military spending where it is, which is more than all the other countries of the world spend combined. Then when it comes to balancing the budget he wants to make the "tough choices" regarding Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other programs for our poor and needy people, just as Bush has done already for almost eight years with disastrous effects on our poor and working class. Keep outsourcing million of jobs overseas. Keep allowing millions of illegal aliens in to drive wages down and take jobs from American citizens. No plan for our estimated 700,000 homeless people, half of which are veterans. Just let them stay homeless. "Me first." But real Christianity is "Shoot me first." See http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/issues/4a3ab6fe-b025-42b1-815b-13c696a61908.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
