The Jesus Factor

If John Kerry loses the most important election in my lifetime it will be Jesus' fault. Well, not him personally but the group of people who say they are evangelical christians or born again who will vote for Bush without looking at what he truly believes. When did saying that you believe in Jesus give you an automatic pass on the sins and the havoc that you create in this world? After the first debate I listened to a couple of callers to c-span and I heard the scariest thing . A young college woman from Tennesee said she is voting for Bush because he is a christian. This bothered me because I see nothing of Jesus' teachings in George Bush's actions. Doesn't the bible say beware of false prophets? I know that Bush hasn't claimed that he is a prophet but he does claim to be a follower of Jesus Christ. But there is nothing of Jesus' teaching in his actions. Didn't Jesus teach that you are supposed to love your fellow man. How much love is Bush giving to the American people when he increases the amount of pollutants he allows for his fellow men to breathe in the air or drink in the water? Or when he signs a law that allows the U.S. to outsource torture to other countries. Or when he uses lawyers to get around the Geneva Convention so that our government can legally torture people? Or when he cuts funding so that the poorest among us can't have health care? Would Jesus relax regulations so that more feces can be allowed to stay in our food? Would Jesus endanger millions of workers across this country by reducing OSHA standards that protect people in the work place? Would Jesus be trying to create more weapons of mass destruction? Would Jesus favor tax cuts that mainly benefit the richest in our country while sending people to die in a war for profit? This doesn't sound like the Jesus that I learned about in Sunday School. Actions speak louder than words. Instead of listening to what Bush says I wished the christians in our country who are giving Bush their vote would heed this advice. Every christian I have ever met loved going to chuch, but our president doesn't attend. Bush said he reads a passage from the bible every night but the last time I remember someone asking what passage he was reading he couldn't answer the question. Would Jesus say every life is precious but then send soldiers to a war without basic necessities such as body armor and vehicles with floors, doors and ceilings? Would Jesus sacrifice individual people in favor of corporate dollars? A friend of mine sent me an email that said that God looks at the sum total of our lives. When God looks at George Bush's life he will be judged not on what he said but on what he did. I hope that everyone who would vote for him would examine him and his policies in reality of what he actually is instead of what you want him to be. Bush has caused great suffering on this planet his actions has killed thousands. I personally don't believe he is a man of Christ, but that decision is for each man to make. The fact that he will use Jesus to justify the evil that he has wrought makes him seem more like the devil. Maybe the only pertinent question is : Who would Jesus vote for?