MORE ON THE TEN COMMANDMENT CONTROVERSY:
Fundamentalist Hypocrisy

From Seattle-based columnist Geov Parrish:

(Alabama Chief Justice) Moore sure seems to want the attention, fame, and power. What was that about “Thou shalt not covet”?

Of course, that’s only one of the Ten Commandments, and the problem isn’t just that Judeo-Christianity’s core Old Testament moral code has no place in a secular government, nor in the courtroom, offices, or building lobby of a man sworn -- on a Bible, no less -- to uphold that country’s decidedly secular laws. No, the problem is that most of us these days, including many self-identified conservative Christians, continue to cheat, steal, and make out with their neighbor’s spouse. The whole thing reeks of self-righteous hypocrisy.

Moore and his brethren, in failing to observe the legally required separation of church and state that is part of Moore’s sworn duty, invariably claim that they answer to a higher law. Therein lies the rub: which higher law, and what happens when they don’t?

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Given that fundamentalist theological positions usually seem to run counter to what much of the Bible actually says, it's very tempting for me to think that they never read the Scriptures. Having once been among their number, however, I know that most dedicated Jesus Nazis pore obsessively over the Bible as if it were an addictive drug. I have my own theories about how their doublethink functions, but I continue to be amazed by their weird logic that makes love tantamount to hate.

If Jesus were alive today, he'd be in the streets, arguing with these self-righteous bullies. They'd probably kill him for it, too.

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