And of course it’s human nature to be hypocritical now and then. Everyone is a hypocrite at some point in their lives. So maybe it doesn’t mean much to say that Christians in the Religious Right are being hypocritical. They are, after all, human beings, and a certain amount of hypocrisy is expected. One may as well say they eat, or they drink, or they sleep … these are all things that human beings do. It goes without saying.

So Christians might defend themselves against the accusation of hypocrisy by saying, “Yeah … so what? We’re hypocritical.”

The problem for them is … unlike other kinds of people, Christians live under a special injunction against hypocrisy. They were explicitly told by the founder of their own religion, Jesus Christ, never to be hypocritical … ever. There are several instructions to avoid any hypocrisy, within the pages of their Bible. This means when they’re caught being hypocritical, they need to stop doing it immediately.

Wanna bet they won’t, in this case? If any of them refuse to stop their hypocrisy, what this means is that they’re putting their own anti-abortion political agenda ahead of the clear and simple spiritual instructions left to them by their own deity.

You see, being part of the Religious Right isn’t about being a Christian at all. (Even if they say so, and even if it appears to be the case.) It’s all about political power and control over society. Don’t let them fool you into thinking this about “saving babies” or “preserving life” or any of that. It’s about something else entirely … that is, to force everyone to live according to their standards and their rules.

This means that, when they say they love freedom and they don’t want government to control people’s lives … well, that’s a big fat steaming load, and yet another example of their flaming hypocrisy. I suggest they crack open their precious Bibles to Matthew 7:21-23 and study those words really hard. Because IF their Jesus exists and IF he really said that, then they’re in deep trouble.

all religion is, is BLATANT HYPOCRISY.

with a little racism and prejudice tossed in to the mixing bowl.

a recipe for disaster? I think so.

The disruption it causes is the point of the ritual. It’s disruptive so that you have to notice what’s going on. This abortion one is just silly, of course; there’s nothing wrong with abortion and most of these people are Pro-Birth or Anti-Abortion, not Pro-Life. They’ll make you carry your child to delivery and then where are they after that? They really don’t care if you and your child die, they just don’t want people to kill what they think is human life… somehow… wackos.

I agree with the point of this article, which was the hypocrisy that will (and I mean “will”) occur when the Day of Silence rolls around again. But I’ll be ready to deal with that, for sure.

On a side note, I have a button on my backpack that says in big letters, “May the fetus you save be gay.” I get a lot of dirty looks for that one.