Moralicians
This is the new word I'm going to give to people like Fred Phelps, and others who stand on the moral platform and abuse Christianity. I've decided that Phelps is not Christian: he doesn't follow Jesus' main doctrine of love. I mean, maybe I misinterpreted the Bible when I studied it as a kid. Maybe I was taught incorrectly. I thought Jesus' message was love and forgiveness and helping the less fortunate. That's my version of Christianity. I reject Phelps' version, the one where you ignore Jesus' teachings and persecute anyone who doesn't conform to the antiquated views of the First Testament. I don't think he can really call himself Christian, since he doesn't abide by Jesus' desires. So now I've decided to call him Moralician: he is an extreme Moralician.There are lesser forms of Moralicians: people who call themselves Christian, but are really concerned less with Jesus' desires and more with the Bible's laws. Those are the people who think it is more important to persecute people for what they are doing wrong, than paying attention to what Jesus wants. They aren't really Christian either. They're not psychotic like Phelps, but they're certainly deluded in their belief that to be a Christian, you don't have to follow Christ, you just have to stop people who don't share your personal and/or church leaders' moral beliefs. They petition for constitutional amendments banning gay marriage, they blindly elect a government that is slowly stealing their human rights right out from under them and with their permission just because that government promises to help them persecute non-Moralicians, they decide that you can't watch a TV show that involves cursing because other people can't figure out how to just watch something else, they decide not to teach your children the best scientific theory to explain a huge human mystery because it doesn't comform to their religious beliefs, etc..
Sigh. I remember when having morals meant you were a good person. It meant that you stood up against the persecutors and the bad guys like thiefs and murderes. I'm sad to say that now, most people who flaunt their morals are thiefs and persecutors. "Morals" has become a bad word because of bad actions, and that's really sad.
P.S. One may try and consider the best option for dealing with radical Moralicians like Phelps, and here's my advice: ignore them. Any attention whatsoever lauded onto people (you know, like blog...oops) just encourages them. It gives them fire, because it affirms to them that they need to work harder to spread their word. Plus, they're not worth the energy it takes to turn your head in their direction. Phelps' website is www.godhatesfags.com, and someone has put up a website at www.godhatesfredphelps.com. Both of these sites are stupid, and the godhatesfredphelps site is probably worse than Phelps' site because it acknowledges him.
posted by Jen @ 3/02/2005 09:12:00 AM
2 Comments:
AMEN sister! I agree wholeheartedly.
Except about the anti-Phelps website...I think that's hilarious.
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