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  • Doesn’t anything socialistic make you want to throw up? Like, great public schools or health insurance for all.
    How about Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God,” and so on. Not exactly planks in a Republican platform.
    For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But often, with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And, of course, that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere.
    “Blessed are the merciful” in a courtroom?
    “Blessed are the peacemakers” in the Pentagon?
    Gimme a break.

    Speaker: Kurt Vonnegut
    Source: If This Isn't Nice, What Is?
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    Posted: 27 Jun 2014 at 2:47 PM
    Posted By: Puck
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    Tags: beatitudes, christianity, conservatism, irony, socialism