All is Tolerated - EXCEPT RADICAL CHRISTIANITY That Is...

This is a VENT that I posted on a listserv, and I wanted to share it with you all:

I have wanted to comment on this for a minute now, but since this campaign and many commentators on TV have driven me to do so. The Evangelical Christian is the only group left in America that is severely criticized and discriminated against because of their religious beliefs. I heard a commentator say (actually the new gal Rachel Maddow on MSNBC) say out of her mouth that if you believe that God has a hand in world affairs that it was an issue with anyone running for president because they are to "radical" or "extreme."

The absolute nerve of these God hating people...

So I guess folks in this country say "In God We Trust" WE don't really mean it. We don't REALLY want God involve in our affairs... UNTIL WE SCREW UP THAT IS or there is some tragedy.

The first words you say are OH MY GOD.... interesting isn't it? We only "want" God when it is convenient for us, and when he fits into our little schedules. Funny if God did that to us how would we fare? Not very well IMHO.

This is the GOD of the universe.... are you out of your minds? I really think so.

It has become cosmopolitan to bash Christians who have a fundamental belief that the Bible is the literal word of God, and that every word in that Bible is true. It's OK to be a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Catholic, a lukewarm Christian (cause they are not all radical and stuff) and anything else but an "evangelical."

A soror sent a quote about Sarah Palin being an evangelical like it was a BAD THING. While I'm not voting for McCain, a lot of people I know ARE based off of the way the liberal media treats them and those who continue to sneak in these attacks against Fundamentalist Christians, NOT TO MENTION that Republicans (even though I know they are frauds half of the time) continue to speak out on issues that us evangelicals care about while the dems seem real lukewarm about them.

Yeah I do NOT believe in the THEORY of evolution... I believe the bible is the LITERAL word of God.... I believe God has a hand in human events when he is asked to intervene... I am pro-life regardless of the circumstance in which the baby is conceived.... I believe a man named Jesus walked this Earth sinless 2000 + years ago died on a cross for my sins so that I may live.... CURRENTLY anti-death penalty though I believe the Bible when it says we pray for our leaders (no matter how dumb they are) the sword is given to them to protect.... and I believe that one day if my life depended on it, I will NEVER DENY HIM.... JESUS IS LORD.

Yep I'm an extreme over the top, JESUS FREAK.

I also have two degrees working on a third, Black woman.

So what? I still have a vote in this country, and I'm seriously tired of people belittling what I hold dear. That is all.