Theology of Republicrats
Utopian society is desired by all the major political parties, it seems. Each attacks the other to gain the higher “moral” ground, in an endless cycle of nipping at the opponents’ heels. Once examined, it seems to be a sort of theology.
What was in times past the bastion of conservatism, the Republican party has seemed to denigrate into a moderate-to-right system of espoused beliefs and adherences, but without any true conviction. Many will say the right thing at the right time to appease the conservative block of people, albeit Catholic, Evangelicals, Moralists, etc. All the while, without any conviction or moral compass of their own, they will concede and compromise when the heat is turned on from the left.
Democrats, on the other hand, taking the cue from the ilk of Saul Alinsky, stir up angst and feelings of disenfranchisement among their constituents and voters, thereby assuring the votes from the non-thinking left. They play to the whole “why is your lot in life keeping you back – don’t you know the ‘MAN’ is out to get you?”
“Theology” in it’s simple definition (as I see it) is the “Study of God”. (I know it’s a conglomeration of two Greek words “Theo” – God, and “logos” – word, but bear with me.) The “theology” of these Republicrats is more of a “system” or “religion” of sorts. Their “god” in this sense is a Utopian society. This Utopia is different depending on who you talk to.
To Democrats, it’s a place where magic fairies visit children and give them $20 for each tooth lost, (which never goes up due to inflation which should never happen). It’s a place where everyone owns their own home, everyone earns 6 figures, everyone has this, that, and the other. It’s a place where there’s no “mean old Wall Street men” and no “cursed Capitalists”, but a safe place where all is happy and rosy. There’s this big, benevolent government in the sky that pours money onto it’s citizenry like rain, with no thought of where this money comes from. When one looks at this, one has to indeed look for the man behind the curtain.
To today’s Republicans, it’s a place where all people become “moralists” and will have the same definition of “goodness” and “badness”, regardless of religious or social background. A good Mormon, Catholic, Baptist, or Jew will have the same Deistic view of God and/or religion, and will view society through the same lens. There’s a broadbrush of sorts onto “spirituality”, and with a nod and a wink at election time to the right people, they usher into office their own sense of foolish views.
The issue here is that these views are a house of cards, once examined with an open mind and a critical eye. The democrats’ view of utopia is just one of a socialist state. IF all people were the “haves” in an equal and moral society, it would be just a pipe dream, because the biggest thing “worshiped” in that society is the government itself. Necessarily then, you will have “haves” and “have nots”. Those in government (haves), those not in government (have nots). You can keep this version of Utopia, I don’t want it. Jesus said, “the poor you will always have with you”. Does this excuse us from lending a hand to the poor? No, but He said something very interesting. There will ALWAYS be “have nots” in whatever society man creates for himself. That’s the truth, no matter what is done.
Today’s republicans are not far better. This “wink and nod” business to the different conservative voting blocks is very bad indeed. For example, how does a “moderate” (really a democrat who is registered as a republican in name only) all the sudden become “conservative” at election time? This is what we had in the last presidential election. Even with the nomination of Bush in 2000 the RNC set up a moderate as a conservative. Bush had pluralistic views of God (in that Christians and Muslims worship the same God – see Nightline interview, Dec 2008), strange fiscal ideas (bailouts, etc), and militarily was incompetent at best.
This republican “wink and nod”, and broad-brushed, pluralistic religious view is very telling. Jesus said that there is a “narrow way that leads to eternal life”. Are these words hard to hear for many? Yes, they are. That’s why He also said, “but there is a broad way that leads to destruction”. It is interesting to note when Republicans identify themselves as Christian, they seem to not want to take the “exclusive” role that Jesus espoused and taught. At least many of them today are like that. I was shocked (but shouldn’t have been), when Cynthia McFadden from Nightline asked George W. Bush, “Do you pray to the same god as the peaceful Muslims?” to which he replied, “Of course, God is a god of Love”. Upon further questioning, she asked Bush, “Does bin Laden pray to the same god?” Bush replied, “Oh no…he prays to something else, because our god is a god of peace.” And there you have it. This view of “God is Love and Peace” is this moralist “high ground” of sorts that is the Utopian view of Republicans. God help us. The road is indeed narrow, not broad as the “Utopian Republicans” would have you believe.
I believe there’s a proverbial “rolling in the grave” by our founding fathers. This country is denigrating rapidly into a socialist, secular, pluralistic, God-hating state. It all is caused in my opinion, but the theology of Republicrats. I guess voting “the less of two evils” is truly what one has to do.
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