CAN YOU TELL ME?

Can you tell me WHY...

People who claim to love DEMOCRACY try so hard to keep others from voting in one?

People who claim to be CHRISTIAN ignore the teachings of THE CHRIST in how they live, particularly His CENTRAL COMMAND TO LIVE AGAPE LOVE WITH OTHERS?

People who value laissez faire capitalism, begrudge anyone else getting "hand outs", but are more than happy to receive "entitlements" from the government that they despise... and claim "no regulation", but want to legislate private relationships and persons' bodies?

People who claim to value being "self made", refuse to acknowledge all those, including government infrastructure and practices that got them where they are, and do all they can to hold others down, without any help from the same?

People who claim to value "free trade" do all they can to keep other nations down, economically?

People SCREAM when something is unfair to them, but adopt a "survival of the fittest" attitude when they are intentionally doing what is UNFAIR to others?

People who wear their patriotism on their sleeves, value corporations buying the government they support through "Citizens United" and other "American rights"-centered PACS and organizations?

People whose ancestors were immigrants here, many without invitation or regulation, want to deport others on whose backs our economy has thrived, who have come here for the same reasons?

People who want ALL THINGS for themselves, begrudge anyone else anything else they might get for themselves?

People who sit in the pews and breathe in the Sanctuary air week after week, hearing the Good News of Jesus (if their preachers are preaching it), do all manner of immoral practices the rest of the week around their greed, lust for power and thirst for prestige and position?

People who are pastors, priests, imams and rabbis teach on minute lessons that SEEM TO glorify greed, power and prestige for self, while ignoring the bulk of teaching on love, acceptance, peace, justice and valuing community?

People do not so much value what they DO HAVE, but whine about what they WANT and do not have, also begrudging others who get just a little frivolous stuff - when they have so much more?

People blame the victims of economic injustice who are "below" them in the economic strata, but do not look at those "above" them on it who have created the injustice and exploit them in it?

People believe God wants them just to "get their praise on" and give their tithes, so they ignore the plight of brothers and sisters they are COMMANDED by Jesus to AGAPE LOVE (self-less committed action on behalf of the other), while believing they are "good with God"?

Why?  I really want to know!
Pastor Jamie