dear catters,
I got a rare but welcome PM after a humorous post of mine that satirically showed Obama doing the very things that got Jesus in so much trouble.

the PM message...
"Do remember that Obama is only human, though he may well be the best one we've got
going!"

I am now going to step outside of the satire box and tell you candidly what we are witnessing and what we are about to do.
We see a revolutionary who is being assassinated in character and perhaps in body as well. We will ultimately deny him.

I am an atheist who views Jesus as a man, a revolutionary man who challenged the empire and NOT just a benign good guy with empathy and hippy notions who just happened to have a very influential father.
So don't think I am denying your beliefs or that I am am calling some one new the son of God.

Jesus got murdered on behalf of the people without an official voice, the poor, the exploited and the outcasts. He called them the meek while today we might call them the people who get shit on all the time with trickle down super capitalism theory or the next neo con strategy for world domination.

In today's coarse language Christ said that not only am I your champion, so is God who loves and favors you more than the assholes who are shitting on you. That is a revolutionary thing to do. It was beautiful. It caught on.

The more the Roman empire burned the revolutionaries or fed them to lions the more resistance blew back against the regime.
The more killings there were the more converts and terrorist groups came forward to resist the empire. When soldiers became Christian converts they would not fight anymore.
The empire of wealthy men agreed "Something has to be done!"

That "something" is to co-opt and pervert it. Invite the followers of Jesus in and promise them power, money and all the converts they want. Com'on in and sit down boys, we will give you a seat in the empire and grant you all the success you can imagine. You will have power and the means to convert people anywhere you want. With the power of the State and the Church you will have the power of wealth, genocide, armies and special schools to assist us in spreading the glory of the Lord.

As a result countless Jesus like revolutionaries and innocent people have been crucified, tortured, burned, given intentional disease, starved, and converted.

Co-opting the "word" today is not just the domain of the Vatican which can not be prosecuted for crimes against humanity from the Inquisition through WWII and their tacit support of Hitler, today we have the Evangelical Right who are the holy arm of the Republican party and the new Empire of Multi National (Off Shore) Corporations.
(note that they are always off shore and out of reach of our control and regulation)

Who today is challenging the corporate world Empire? It is not Hillary or John.
You will get to witness in your life time NOT just the epic campaign of race, gender and economic war issues ... you will get to see the empire and the co-opted church crucify yet another Jesus like revolutionary.

Some of you are ready deny him. Some of you already have. Some of you will do so later.