Republican Works

By their works ye shall know them. And every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire."

--Gospel of Luke 13:26

I am not a Christian.  However, there is no question that the WORDS of the man described in the Christian Bible as those of Jesus are as powerful and timeless as they come.

Today, I simply want to let the words of Jesus speak for me.  Let us see the WORKS of the Republican Party; and let us see how truly withered the fruit of "God's Own Party" has become.

THE WORDS OF JESUS: Hypocrites! You, who will never enter the kingdom of heaven, bar the very way to those who long to go in. You travel across land and sea to gain one proselyte; and when that person is won, you make them two times more the child of hell than you are yourselves. Do you not merit great damnation?

You steal from the poor and the widows; and then, to conceal your true intentions, you make long pious prayers."

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "Your vision extends not one inch in front of your face. Piously you strain a gnat from your wine, and proceed to swallow a camel. Self-righteously you clean the outside of your cup, while inside remains the grime of extortion. How blind can you be! First take care of what is concealed within. Only then will the outside be clean."

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they shall be called sons of God."

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink."

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "I was in prison and you came to visit me."

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice,

for they shall be satisfied."

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's.  Render unto God what is God's."

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "You have heard it said, "It is only right to love your friends and hate your enemies."

But I ask you to love your enemies. Bless those who curse you. Show goodness to those who hate you. Pray for those who despise and mistreat you."

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

THE WORKS OF THE GOP:

THE WORDS OF JESUS: "Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God."

The Works of the GOP:

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I've had it with the hate.  I've had it with the sanctimony.  I've had it with the selfishness.  And above all, I've had it with the hypocrisy.

By their WORKS ye shall know them.  Well, THESE ARE THE WORKS OF THE GOP.

It's time to hew down their tree and cast it into the fire.  It's time for a new direction.

And those who continue to eat of its rotten fruit and--still worse--to strew far and wide the seeds of this Tree of Iniquity with their Republican votes, should hide their faces and repent evermore of calling themselves Christians.

For they are nothing of the sort.