The Aspen Times reports that two days after the election, monks, rabbis, swamis, gurus, the ubiquitous Joan Campbell Brown, and other assorted spirituality proponents got together to plan how to “heal the nation.”
Organizers said that the religious voice of the Fundamental Christian Right has dominated the country for several years and it represents a minority of Americans.
That’s why the initiative conducted an extensive search to find respected leaders from the Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, contemplative Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths — who aren’t advocating for the superiority of one faith, themselves or their churches.
Rather, the intention is to draw upon a collective wisdom to reflect on how to address the most pressing issues facing the nation — the economic crisis, increasing poverty, environmental degradation and climate change, and the fear that has permeated the nation since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
In the photo, the religious Tower of Babel “prays for peace.” Note the symbols in the background. New Spirituality proponents are hoping to capitalize on the election of the new “messiah” to bring about the spiritual transformation they have all been calling for for so long.
Sometimes this all feels like something out of a B-grade end times movie: a new (false) messiah the world idolizes, New Agers braying about their Orwellian “Department of Peace”, a female talk show host helping elect the President because the collective IQ of the nation has sunk to dangerous lows, a fawning media helping to promote “messiah” as though they have all been brain washed, and so forth and so on. Unfortunately, it isn’t a bad dream, a B-movie or anything else make-believe. It’s the world we’re living in, Christians, and we’d better get prepared for it.
P.S. In the quote from the Aspen Times above, fundamentalist Christians are sneeringly described as a “minority.” Hey, Joan Campbell Brown and company, aren’t minorities supposed to be treated with even GREATER respect by your types? Do we need to remind you of the importance of minority voices? Aren’t you the people constantly grizzling about the mistreatment of religious and ethnic minorities worldwide? Something for you and your pagan friends to think about, and while you’re at it, just remember that your 1st Amendment rights to meet in Aspen were established because of the courage and faith of Christian fundamentalists.
