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Rarely do I venture into American politics in these blog posts, but the increasingly right-wing political extremism of the Republican Party, as it cements its ties with Christian fundamentalism, becoming, in effect, the political wing of the Christian theocratic and anti-science movement, is worth commenting upon.
First a little test.
Supposing, just for the moment, that Jesus were to return, and was pretty much the way he is portrayed today in his social attitudes, given the following choices, which would he be most likely to go for?
- Would he:
- favour giving even more money to the rich?
- favour giving money to the poor?
- Would he:
- favour leaving the sick to fend for themselves as best they can?
- favour helping the sick to get better, regardless of their income?
- Would he:
- favour sending more people to prison for longer?