Beg the LAW-uhd For Forgiveness...

As a rule, Evangelical Protestants and I are not pals. First of all, I don't like fundies, even if you do hold the same God as I do. Second of all, I have serious issues with Calvinist theology and the overall wateriness of the Protestant outlook (Here's a historical note: the Church didn't start putting together the canon of the New Testament until 200 AD, long after anyone who knew Jesus was dead. Therefore, they relied on TRADITION to determine what got in. Therefore, Sola Scriptura is bunk). Finally, they're the kind of Christians that lead people to mock Christianity (well them and the priests that like the young boys).


But more to the point, they've become as irritating and self-involved a lobby as any on the left. The Washington Times reports that Evangelicals and Social conservatives are annoyed at Bush to the point of sitting the election out. Does anyone remember when people voted for the interests of the country as a whole, rather than the interests of their thrice-damned legislative agenda? Do the angry Prods not realize that the President has been a trifle busy these past three years? Once again, I go to Lileks, from yesterday's post:

Oh, sure, Bush is fine on the foreign affairs stuff, and yes, there's a partial-birth abortion law, and the tax cuts were nice, and come to think of it, Sept. 11 wasn't followed by blow after blow after blow, for some reason. The nation endures, at least at press time. But that's hardly enough. Where's that bill requiring 60-foot Ten Commandments monuments in every capitol rotunda? Let Kerry win. Teach the GOP a lesson, it will.

I expect this kind of crap from ACT UP and Greenpeace and other little scream clubs that refuse to look at their goals within the context of a larger world. But religion is supposed to offer a sense of perspective, a sense that the fullest Truth is above and beyond you. These Pharisaical wankers are going to take themselves out of the game because the going hasn't been smooth enough for their liking. Good thing Jesus never thought of that.


On the other hand, I should be ashamed of myself for being surprised. After all, when it comes to creating schisms, nobody's better than a Protestant.