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July 12, 2007
Multicultural Abomination in the US Senate!
You knew it had to happen eventually. All this tolerance and multiculturalism in a liberal-dominated Senate was bound to result in some wacky brown-people's religion being treated as if it was as legitimate as the official religion of the Founding Fathers, Christianity. And sure enough, thanks to that liberal Senator Harry Reid, and despite the fact that our national motto says "In God we trust" and not "In gods we trust," a Hindu has actually been allowed to pray to the false Hindu non-monotheistic god in the Senate. Well, hellfire and damnation! You can watch the "abomination" for yourself here. Thank the good Lord three blessed and brave Christian soldiers were on-hand to stand up for Jesus, though the pagan liberals who are determined to sell out our country to the Devil promptly arrested the three brave protesters. What is the world coming to when Hillary Clinton and Harry Reid refuse to allow a Navy chaplain to pray "in Jesus name" but welcome Hinduism to the floor of the U.S. Senate!
Lord, I apologize for that. That was just plain disrespectful to all them good church ladies and gents.
Read just a little further and you will find out that the reason Reid would not allow the chaplain's prayer was because the chaplain was not from his district and the reason Clinton would not allow it was because the official Senate Chaplain, one Barry Black (a Seventh-Day Adventist), is usually the one who delivers the opening prayer on the Senate floor. They felt that adding another Jesus-prayer really wasn't fair to all those millions of Americans who pray to Someone Else and that since the good Chaplain, who is almost always the one praying, couldn't do it this time maybe it was a good idea to let one of those other Americans have a turn so their faith could be honored, too.
Rajan Zed, the Hindu in question and a resident of my hometown of Reno, Nevada, spoke of peace and prayed for unity in the Senate. He addressed his prayer to the "Supreme One," and prayed for comfort for the family of Lady Bird Johnson, who passed away yesterday.
Lest you "Christians and patriots" out there feel concern about the taint of Hinduism spreading to your elected Christian representatives, take note that only two senators – Reid and James Inhofe (who was there to make a speech on the Fairness Doctrine) – were even present. And what can you expect from that Mormon, Harry Reid, anyway. I mean, he thinks our blessed Lord is Satan's brother! There's your sign.
I don't think anyone could say it better than Jeffrey Dinsmore:
Hindus … aren’t those the guys who worship elephants with twelve arms and stuff? Well, guess what, pagans … YOU JUST GOT SCHOOLED BY THE POWER OF JESUS. Freedom of religion does not give you the right to believe that elephants have twelve arms. It just means that you can worship Jesus anyway you choose.
I do believe Jeffrey was joking. Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries, a pro-Israel Christian group, is not joking, however. In fact, she is really upset about it. She says we are "one nation under God -- not one nation under 300 million gods, small g." And then, confusing American history with Jewish history, and tying in the whole Falwellian terrorism-is-punishment-from-God meme, she says:
When Israel went straying and worshiping other gods, very, very serious consequences came down upon her. I think that America is at a turning point. The head of Homeland Security himself, [Michael] Chertoff, said he's very concerned about some sort of a major strike here this summer in America. And so instead of turning to the God who defends and protects America, just like Israel we go chasing off after other gods who cannot protect us.
Markell has a supporter out there in the blogosphere:
I bet their prayer booking for the year is about full. They probably have lined up Jane Goodall to pray the first Chimp prayer, the Pope praying in Latin that we all go to mass, Al Gore praying to Madonna to save the earth from Hillary, a Mullah praying for the overthrow of the United States and Jimmy Carter praying to be relevant.
I don't care who you are, that's funny right there.
Maybe not so funny for these Christians is the fact that it is very possible that much of what they believe about Jesus was actually borrowed straight from the Hindu religion. Oh, yes. I'm not making this up. Aside from the obvious similarities between the words "Krishna" and "Christ," numerous other striking similarities exist.
Krishna is the second person of the Hindu Trinity. Both were called the Savior and the Son of God, were sent from heaven to earth in the form of a man, were immaculately conceived after being fathered by a spirit, had adoptive human fathers who were carpenters, were of royal descent, and were visited at birth by wise men and shepherds who had been guided by a star. Angels in both cases issued a warning that the local dictator planned to kill the baby and had issued a decree for his assassination. The parents fled. Mary and Joseph stayed in Muturea; Krishna's parents stayed in Mathura. And it goes on. Krishna was born while his foster-father was in the city to pay his tax to the king. Jesus was born while his foster-father was in the city to be enumerated in a census so that "all the world could be taxed." Both were placed in a manger after birth.
As adults, both withdrew to the wilderness and fasted, were identified as "the seed of the woman bruising the serpent's head," were "without sin," existed prior to coming to the earth, were considered omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent, performed many miracles including the healing of disease including leprosy, specifically were said to have cured "all manner of diseases," cast out demons, raised the dead, selected disciples to spread their teachings, were meek and merciful, were criticized for associating with sinners, encountered a Gentile woman at a well, celebrated a last supper, and forgave their enemies. Jesus was called "the lion of the tribe of Judah." Krishna was called "the lion of the tribe of Saki." Both claimed: "I am the Resurrection." Both descended into Hell, and were resurrected. Many people witnessed their ascensions into heaven.
Krishna came to bring about a victory of good over evil and to cleanse the sins of human beings. Ditto for Jesus. Some traditions have Krishna suspended from a tree, others nailed to a tree by an arrow, and still others have him crucified, leaving holes in his feet hands and side. Stories of Jesus' death include is crucifixion and his having been hung on a tree.
Both Christians and Hindus believe in heaven and hell, a day of judgment, a general resurrection, the need for repentance for sin, salvation through faith in the Savior, a believe in angels and evil spirits, a past war in heaven between good and bad angels, free will, a "new heaven and a new earth," "living water," fasting, and being born again. Both refer to God as the "Word" or "Logos." Both rely on religious texts that specifically mention that "all scripture is given by inspiration of God," "all scripture is profitable for doctrine," and "to die is great gain," among others.
Once again, it would appear we have found a basis for ecumenism. You see, dear Christian activists, you have no reason to be upset at all. Just combine Hinduism with all that sun worship stuff we have already discovered is shared by most of the world's religions and you get – voila! – Christianity!
Posted by Becky at July 12, 2007 03:33 PM