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                   An Invitation to a Crucifixion.

A friend of mine said to me the other day,
"Do remember that Obama is only human, though he may well be the best one we've got
going!"

Before I tell you candidly what I think we are witnessing and what we as a civilization are about to do, I forewarn you that some may think I am saying Obama is Jesus Christ?
- GIVE ME A BREAK while a very few will be reminded of the path the US has taken in the Middle East.
No, I speak only of the courage and danger of overturning the money lender/changer's table. I speak of the revolutionary idea of not killing the innocent and the meek. I speak of the meaning of some very old teachings that have been twisted into a 180 degree U turn. I speak of human nature's character flaw. I speak of your money and the impossibly wealthy people who want it all. I speak of the daring dream of change.

What I see today is a revolutionary man on the corporate owned television channels who is being assassinated in character and perhaps eventually in body as well. Like those who came before him, we will ultimately deny him and silently watch the crucifixion.

Historically I view Jesus, the man, as a revolutionary man who challenged the empire and NOT just a remarkable miraculous guy who happened to have a very influential father.

Jesus was executed at the hands of the Roman Empire (note that it was not yet the Holy Roman Empire). Jesus was 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 spit on all the time with trickle down super capitalism theory or the next neo con strategy for world domination or the Chinese policy of harmonization that arrests and executes people who exercise 'free speech".

That Jesus declared himself King of Jews or the son of God was not the issue. The Romans let many cultures carry on with local religions as long as they got their taxes. What sealed Christ's fate was attacking the money lending and stealing financial and political institutions.

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 'aftholes' who are 'shipping' on you. That is a revolutionary thing to say. It was beautiful. It caught on.

The more the Roman Empire burned the revolutionary Christians 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. All they needed was a buyout and a merger.   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 protection of the Church you will have the power of wealth, armies, genocide and special schools to assist us in spreading the glory of the Lord's word. There were countless committees to determine what to include and what to redact from the Lord's word until finally a contract was agreed upon.
The new corporation was called the Holy Roman Empire.

As a result of this unholy merger, countless Jesus like revolutionaries and innocent people have been killed, tortured, burned, given Small Pox, starved, and even converted.

Co-opting the "word" today is not just the domain of the Vatican which is immune for crimes against humanity, be it the Inquisition or their WWII tacit support of Hitler.
Today we have the Evangelical Right who is recognized as the holy arm of the Republican Party which in turn serves the new Empire of Multi National Corporations who writes laws that Congress then approves.

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. This revolutionary has been so bold as to say the Empire has gone too far and has cost you too much and that some of you may even be bitter about it. It is not just about a livable wage anymore, it is about a livable planet.

Some of you are ready to deny him. Some of you already have. Some of you will do so later. Some of you will carry on his words after he is gone. Far too many will think that my words were sacrilegious, when in truth nothing could be further from the truth.
I love the church goer but not always the church, I hate the spin but love the spinner, I respect the teaching but not the guy who teaches 'God asked me for your money".

I ask only one thing of you. That is to think for yourself while we go through the coming slow motion media crucifixion.