John, that made me think that after all our country has given the religions and religious leaders in America, perhaps it’s time that we enlist them in the fight to make our democracy into a role model for countries that want to be democracies. What would happen if the pastors, ministers, priests (and the rest) actually taught The Golden Rule to their flocks using literary references that they might better relate to. I suggest that they use Children’s Highlights classic (and my favorite) feature, Goofus and Gallant. They could show how Goofus would do shit like storming a library with other Goofus comrades while menacing the librarian, of course, without masks. Or they could tell the story of hundreds of Goofuses colluding in a treasonous insurrection. The Gallant counterpoints would write themselves. My belief is that the vast majority of Trump cultists would claim to be Christians (regardless of the choices they make). Therefore, their religious leaders should have a pretty good chance of influencing their behavior by shaming them with their stupidity and frightening them with Hell. Since we lack a sufficient number of progressive leaders, we need our religious leaders to help lead our poorly educated into at least thinking about the other guy before they do something else stupid. Owning the libs is not how to get to Heaven.
The Golden Rule... All this madness and it really comes down to just that.
John, that made me think that after all our country has given the religions and religious leaders in America, perhaps it’s time that we enlist them in the fight to make our democracy into a role model for countries that want to be democracies. What would happen if the pastors, ministers, priests (and the rest) actually taught The Golden Rule to their flocks using literary references that they might better relate to. I suggest that they use Children’s Highlights classic (and my favorite) feature, Goofus and Gallant. They could show how Goofus would do shit like storming a library with other Goofus comrades while menacing the librarian, of course, without masks. Or they could tell the story of hundreds of Goofuses colluding in a treasonous insurrection. The Gallant counterpoints would write themselves. My belief is that the vast majority of Trump cultists would claim to be Christians (regardless of the choices they make). Therefore, their religious leaders should have a pretty good chance of influencing their behavior by shaming them with their stupidity and frightening them with Hell. Since we lack a sufficient number of progressive leaders, we need our religious leaders to help lead our poorly educated into at least thinking about the other guy before they do something else stupid. Owning the libs is not how to get to Heaven.