suddenly once again

"I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?"' Bachmann said at a campaign event in Sarasota, Florida on Sunday. (msnbc.com)

Religious superiority, moral indignity, God directive…suddenly once again, the name of the Lord taken by those who have decided He/She has spoken to them and only them is being bandied about. And this selective conversation has been used as a method of maligning, misinforming, strangling and separation. Suddenly once again, God has entered the world of politics but as a bully, a prejudiced predictor, a one dimensional divisive who denies, destroys and divides.

I am a man who believes in God. If you ask me I will share why and how, if you do not want to know then our conversation can be about 8 million other topics. I am a man who prays to the God I believe in, and in my life I have witnessed miracles that for me I can only define as coming from the God I believe in. If you want to hear about them I will share, if not then we can chat about 10 million other things. I am a man who is troubled that this world seems to have gotten more about greed then good, more about me then you and more about mine and not yours. Those concepts need no asking and I will openly share my opinions on all of them. I will talk about the poor, the minority, the downtrodden, the troubled and when I talk about them I do so hoping that men/women will try and find a commonality to first agree these are important issues and secondly to find consensus on solving theses issues. I am hoping that those who do believe in a God or Higher Power or the will of Mankind can take that belief and make a difference. I will never say that God is human enough to pick and choose sides based on our own biases and bigotries.

When Michelle Bachmann states God is angry with politicians why doesn’t she mention how those same politicians who speak for God want to deny Universal Health coverage for his creation? Why doesn’t she state that in her own legislative district LGBT kids are being bullied by God fearing citizens and no one is trying to stop that harm? Why doesn’t she state that poverty runs rampant and those with little to no income can not afford to raise their kids, God’s gifts to the human race, and that the lives of the young will remain tortured and tormented. Why doesn’t she state the elderly can not live on less and that the end years of their lives are made of misery and loneliness? Why doesn’t she state that if we are all made in God’s images those who look black or brown, or love the same gender should find God’s love and equality for all? Why doesn’t she state if abortion is bad that we should spend more time and resources on educating the parents, providing health care, include education so all of those children enjoy the life God seemingly created? Why doesn’t she push for environmental policies that will save the lives of man instead of environmental practices which only line the pockets of corporations?

I grow tired when the politicians claim God as their ally, and that God is a Republican or a Democrat. I grow tired when God is just a convenient way to demonstrate hate, fear and loathing. I grow tired when God is used to divide, exclude, reduce and ridicule.

Suddenly once again it is about God. Suddenly once again it is about God with those who scream his name as their own savior ignore any and all responsibilities to make this world better. Suddenly once again, it is about My God not your God. Suddenly once again, God is a good reason to hate, to blame, to destroy. Suddenly once again, God!