This guy is one half correct. He does not have the insight nor the courage to admit that christianity itself is perverted...But, it's a step to recognize that evangelical fundamentalists are dangerous!

"At a flexing point in human history, America's perversion of Christianity is destroying the world, says Rev. Dr. Robin Meyers, a Christian minister and peace activist. We cannot sit out this critical time, he warns -- our actions count, inaction is complicity.

Right-wing extremist Christians and politicians have distorted and corrupted the worldview Rev. Meyers deeply loves, and he holds them personally accountable for a long list of offenses. Worshipers of Christ have replaced Followers of Jesus. The idolatry of nationalism has overwhelmed Jesus' radical love of neighbor. An un-Christian, unrecovered alcoholic is the fountainhead of lies pouring out of America's government. This same President's political party shamelessly corrupts the teachings of Jesus with unethical, immoral behavior in the interest of money and power.

Americans who, regardless of party, have the creeping feeling things are not going the way we all want them have a wealth of positive, pro-active things they can do, Rev. Meyers says. First, instead of being immobilized by genuinely terrible truths, form what he calls communities of dignified indignance. Make Levees Not War. Break our addiction to stuff and use less of it -- stuff is killing us and the planet. Back real Democrats who care about working people and the poor instead of blaming them. Raise the minimum wage. Stem the growing gap between rich and poor which threatens the whole society -- tax the rich, not the poor.

Dr. Meyers' genuine hope springs from two very deep wells: Egalitarian Christianity as practiced by followers of Jesus in the 1st-Century when Christianity was dangerous, subversive and radical; and a strong sense that our actions matter in the face of what he boldly calls American fascism.

Both as a professor of rhetoric and as minister, Dr. Meyers does not use "the F-word" casually. Fascism, he reminds us, means corporate control of everything with the blessing of the Church, as Mussolini understood when he named it. It's unmistakable. Control by special interests. Cronyism. Fraudulent elections. Use of fear to control the population. Mass media amplifying corporate and political lies to protect the privileged few. These and more profoundly anti-democratic actions are simply a cover for making more and more money and holding on to it.

Yes, today's terrible reality in America has put the world in very very dangerous shape right now, Rev. Meyers declares. Rise to the occasion! Fear not! We've been in a dangerous place before, and human beings have jumped to the next level of consciousness. We can do it again, he believes. Even in America." http://www.paulagordon.com/shows/meyers/



This guy is one half correct. He does not have the insight nor the courage to admit that christianity itself is perverted...But, it's a step to recognize that evangelical fundamentalists are dangerous!