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Date Posted: 05:42:21 01/20/13 Sun
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Post 320 A: Idiocracy, part 4.
Tonight I will start by correcting a misconception. In my last post (319 A:) I spoke of "supervisory overreach" and the hesitancy to use any force in Law Enforcement. This should be viewed only in a workplace situation. As for myself, off duty, I carry a fire arm. If someone should wrongheadedly accost me off duty they might get something considerably more than being sprayed with mace.
I also in post 319 A: often wrote "wealth" when I meant to write "wealthy."
USATODAY.com "Rich get a lot richer, outpace middle class"
"Average after-tax income for top 1% of U.S. households almost quadrupled, up 275%, from 1979 to 2007, the CBO found." 10/27/11
'The Cult of the Wealthy'
Recently I had been engaged in some studies of Ancient Rome. I had noticed the ancient early Christians were in opposition to the Cult of the Emperors. The Cult of the Emperors was based in the idea, probably taken from Egypt, that the Emperor was a living god.
In case you hadn't noticed, it seems the United States has taken the place of Ancient Rome. But, with one very big difference. In our U.S.A. Rome those who call themselves Christians are very much in favor of the Cult of The Emperors! Oh yes, my dear reader, very much so.
What was an Emperor? An Emperor was nothing more than an extremely successful nobleman, a.k.a Patrician. In Roman times a nobleman was called a 'Patrician,' a common free man was called a 'Plebeian.'
Todays Christian has the same Cult, only now one might call it 'The Cult of the Wealthy.' The common everyday right wing, Republican voting Christian has had it drilled into him/her by Fox News that "Rich people are Good," and "Poor people are Bad." "But the rich are the job creators," they repeat over and over and over again. Yes, but the jobs the Rich are creating are in China, India, and South Korea.
The ancient Christians went to the lions rather than call Nero a god.
I wonder what the Christians of old would think of the Christians of new? I do not think they would be impressed. I certainly do not think the Christians of old would be proud of the Christians of the new.
It seems to me the new Christians have new gods. They seem to worship the Dollar Bill, Fox News, and the Republican Party. In that particular New World Order.
End Post 320 A: www.voy.com/40560/ teltalheart is Michael D. Barnes.
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