A Comedian Take on Religion and Jesus

I ran across John Fugelsang who gives a progressive Christian view of religion and Jesus.  I much prefer a comedian's take on issues than the more combative debate forms.

Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and crooks; who never spoke English; was not an American citizen; anti-capitalism; totally anti-death penalty; anti-public prayer (Matthew 6:5); but never once anti-gay; didn't mention abortion; and was a long-haired, brown-skinned, homeless, middle-eastern, Jew?

Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself 'Pro-Life.'

·         Loving the Second Amendment while opposing the NRA is every bit as natural as loving Jesus while opposing Westboro Baptist Church.

·    Jesus never called the poor 'lazy,' fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes or asked a leper for a copay.

·         People get God and religion confused. I think God is a bit too hip to join any of his unauthorized fan clubs.

·         My mother was an ex-nun, and my father was a Franciscan brother, so I grew up believing in Jesus the way anyone would believe in Mom's first husband.

·         Blaming Obama for Iraq violence is like blaming Daniel Craig because Octopussy sucked.

*     America doesn't have an abortion problem - it has an unwanted pregnancy problem, and an abortion symptom.