Was
Jesus An Evil-Doer?
By Mickey Z.
19 January, 2007
Countercurrents.org
Everyone knows George W. Bush
loves Jesus. You might even say he's crazy about him. As governor of
Texas, he went as far as to proclaim June 10, 2000 to be "Jesus
Day," for chrissake. "I urge all Texans to answer the call
to serve those in need," Dubya declared. "By volunteering
their time, energy or resources to helping others, adults and youngsters
follow Christ's message
of love and service in thought and deed."
Everyone also knows George W. Bush does not love evil-doers. "Our
war against terror is a war against individuals whose hearts are full
of hate," the president says. His administration has also made
no secret of its disdain for so-called "domestic terrorists"
and "eco-terrorists," and they have the recently passed Animal
Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) to prove it. Oddly, the AETA is one
of the many places where the whole "Jesus Day" thing comes
back to bite Georgie in the ass.
Twelve years of Catholic school did more than just inoculate yours truly
against blind faith and irrational belief. It also drilled a few memorable
Jesus moments into my overcrowded head, e.g. from John 2:13-16: "When
it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
In the Temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves and
others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of
cords and drove all from the Temple, both sheep and cattle; he scattered
the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those
who sold doves he said: 'Get out of here.'"
Matthew 21:12-13 tells a similar tale: "Jesus entered the Temple
area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned
the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
'It is written,' he said to them, 'My house will be called a house of
prayer but you are making it a den of robbers.'"
Hmmm...the AETA specifically targets anyone who "intentionally
damages or causes the loss of any real or personal property (including
animals or records) used by animal enterprise, or any real or personal
property of a person or entity having a connection to, relationship
with, or transactions with an animal enterprise."
What would Jesus do? According to his number one fan: at least a year.
Mickey Z. can be found on the Web at http://www.mickeyz.net.
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