Where Jesus gets bad coverage

I am not sure when it became so scandalous to be a follower of Jesus Christ, but watching network news makes it obvious that it is. 

I am a follower of Jesus, not just a believer. I am not going to forget about all the snarky comments about Sarah Palin's faith and the attacks on her because she too is a follower of Christ.  I am not going to pretend that there is any value in watching a news broadcast that belittles Jesus at every opportunity and then compares their favored candidate to him. 

If you are a Christian and like to think that you can separate your faith from your politics or your character, I believe you are luke warm at best.  If you can claim to follow Christ and vote against his teachings, you are being deceived. If you are comfortable hearing a fellow Christian being drug through the mud and Christian teachings being made fun of, I am questioning your faith and you should, too.

Sarah Palin is not qualified to be Vice President simply because she is a Christian, but being a Christian surely does not disqualify her. The media wants you to think its ok for leaders to be Christians as long as they check their beliefs at the door when they go to work.  WHY?! Why does praying about your decisions make you less qualified? What does seeking God's approval make you a nut unfit to lead, but seeking Europe's approval makes you sophisticated? What is faith if somebody does not take it seriously - it is hypocrisy and that is what the media is comfortable with in their politicians. If the media can't find hypocrisy in a candidate, they question their character?  When they do have to confront their darlings hypocrisy, they question your character and my character (remember - everybody lies about sex and character does not matter?).

Sarah Palin is Christianity on display. She is not perfect, but she is devout and committed to her faith.  She will govern in accordance with the principles of her faith and that gives me confidence in her ability to govern!  She has put Jesus out front and it is obvious who Jesus's opponents are by the way they are attacking her. Here are some of the classless criticisms.

She is unqualified because her daughter became pregnant out of wedlock.

Her best qualification is that she never had an abortion.

She won't have time to raise her children.

Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor.

She believes the war on terrorism is a Holy War (obviously its only ok for the terrorists to believe this because it puts the US on the unholy side).

She is unfit to lead because it is unbecoming a woman to be a hunter and own a bear skin rug (God gave us dominion over the animals!).  Pamela Anderson made a brilliant statement on this (google to discover the sarcasm).

She is unfit to lead because she is friendly to Israel. 

These are the attacks related to her faith. The attacks on her record, policies, and experience are just as ridiculous, but at least they are in the political arena.  Let us compare the record of Sarah Palin and Biden and Obama.  A fair comparison will be very flattering to Governor Palin.

I will take it this a step further. Let us compare the patriotism and faith of the candidates - side by side. How have they demonstrated patriotism - Palin has enacted lots of benefits for her National Guard soldiers who have served in Iraq and has performed exemplary as the Commander in Chief of the National Guard. Her oldest son is an active member of the military headed to Iraq.  Obama has refused to wear a flag pin or pledge allegiance to our flag and skipped an event with wounded warriors in favor of shooting basketball.  It seems they could not get the cameras into the hospital, but they could get the cameras to the gym.

Who is more sincere in theirfaith?  Governor Palin has lived her faith and has been pro-life in the kind of circumstances that cause some pro-life people to become hypocrites.  Obama can't bring himself to say that Jesus is the only way to Heaven, but claims to be a Christian.  Biden has been asked to search his soul before he takes communion because of the contradiction between his faith and his political views.

If that comparison makes you uncomfortable, WHY?????? 

I have criticized John McCain for his policies and votes, but there is much to admire in the man and his service to our country. Now, I have to admit that McCain's selection of Palin has won me over - I'm going to donate money and vote and had no plans to do either. But it is Palin that is stirring my political energy to support her and as a fellow believer, I can rally around her with every fibre of my being!  Where are you?  Don't be afraid to vote according to your faith. I am supporting a candidate who is extremely qualified and shares my faith in Jesus. If you have more faith in government than God, then just be honest and say that and vote your faith.  If enough people share that faith in government, it will be the death of our country, but at least we will know where we stand as a country. 

And before anybody emails me to tell me how offended they are as a believer, please point me to the Biblical basis of your beliefs without trying to twist scriptures to fit a secular world view.  I am done being polite at the expense of the truth.