Dark Pearls of Wisdom

Look at the Funny Christians

When I was a kid, I traveled with my folks a lot, and we would often listen to recordings of old-time radio shows. Fibber McGee & Molly, Amos & Andy, The Shadow, the Jack Benny Show, and others played often and I still remember some of the funniest riffs. One from Fibber McGee & Molly was when they took Fibber’s little niece to a museum to see famous paintings. At a painting of Christians being fed to Nero’s lions, the little girl began to cry.

“Oh, are you sad because the people are being killed for believing in Jesus?” Fibber asked.

“No,” said the little girl. “I’m sad because there’s a little lion in the corner who isn’t getting any.”

That’s funny.

What isn’t funny is when someone looks at other people’s religious beliefs and denigrates them for their devotion. It’s usually to make themselves appear smarter, better, faster, whatever than those who believe. It’s condescending and infuriating when it happens to you. It’s even more infuriating when those who are doing it are trying to sell you something.

The democratic party realized a while ago that many of their candidates failed to appeal to religious voters because democrats were perceived as being anti-religious, and especially anti-evangelical Christian. This perception was drawn from years of promoting legislation that went against Christian values, as well as a steady stream of anti-religious/anti-Christian statements, satire, and general attitude. The hard-core left is particularly well-known for venomous and arrogant anti-Christian material. In short, many Christians looked in the democrat’s “big tent” and didn’t like what they saw, and went elsewhere.

And so began a top-down push from democrats and democrat candidates to embrace religion. For some, this was a no-brainer as they had (and still have) strong Christian beliefs. For many, however, this was an uncomfortable exercise at best, and the transparency and hypocrisy of the act was offensive to both believer and unbeliever. Still, the democrats have pushed forward, loudly proclaiming that God is not a republican (which is true) and that, in general, liberals are just as religious as conservatives (which is not).

But not everyone has gotten the memo.

The daughter of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and democratic example-of-diversity-in-chief, has recently finished up another movie project. Her others have been well-known (if not well-received) documentaries on the 2000 and 2004 elections, and she’s famous for injecting herself and her liberal opinions into the features. Of course, the editing is slanted to give her an edge in conversations with conservatives that she doesn’t naturally enjoy, and she’s well understood as a poster child for liberalism and the democratic left.

Alexandra Pelosi’s most recent venture takes her among evangelical Christians as a kind of tour-guide and classification expert, like a Crocodile Hunter with superiority issues.

“Crikey, that’s a Pentecostal, and he’s really mad. Look at the way he’s puffing himself up with religiousness to frighten an aggressor. It’s so great to see them in the wild!”

She makes her way sophisticated, liberal way through red-state territory, giving blue-staters a view of their lesser brethren. Not only does she condescend, but she mocks and distorts those she’s looking at through the microscope, like a scientist derisively sorting through bacteria. She even has the gall to say that she doesn’t do this, though it’s plain in her voice and attitude.

When you look at the democrats this year and in the coming years, remember, this apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree.

http://www.denverpost.com/ostrow/ci_5062334

posted by Neal5x5 @ 4:19 PM