American Christians these days are continuing their fight to force their theology on the rest of the nation. The growing number of pagans, Wiccans, atheists, agnostics, Humanists, Buddhists, Muslims and others of different worldviews has them running scared.
Congress passed a resolution Wednesday, reaffirming "In God We Trust" as our national motto. Amid pressing concerns over our economy and foreign affairs, this is what our representatives found urgent--letting everyone know that the loudest mouths in this country belong to Christians.
Some atheists claim that the resolution pits all believers of any god against atheists, singling us out. But anyone who thinks Congress really believes the God it trusts in is any other than the Judeo-Christian God in the Bible is deluded. This resolution makes any non-Christian American into a second-class citizen.
Florida lawmakers, upset by attempts to stop high schools from promoting Christian prayers at football games have gotten a bill through committee that will allow student-initiated, student-led prayers at non-compulsory school events.
This is nothing more than an attempt to force Christian prayers on everyone at football games. Who else stands up and prays out loud in large groups? Atheists? Certainly not. Muslims? It's not their way. Pagans and Wiccans? Nope. It's only Christians who insist on public prayer and this is just another way to get them to the microphone to show the rest of us how pious they are.
In many schools across the nation, Christian prayers are still said during graduation ceremonies and the Christians in charge can't wrap their heads around religious freedom well enough to understand why it's wrong.
In Utah, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear their case, lawmakers and cops are determined to keep enormous crosses, honoring fallen officers, on public property. Legislation to keep them where they are is now being considered.
Christians insist the crosses are only meant to honor police officers. But if they want to honor cops, why do they insist on doing it with the main symbol of Christianity? Because they're Christians and they do not care that millions of Americans are not.
A true memorial to their fellow cops could be created with any other type of monument--but they insist on their crosses because they are determined to let everyone know that this is a Christian nation and Utah is a state full of Christians.
When you have to stand up in a crowd of diverse individuals and ask them all to remain silent while you beseech your deity, you've clearly lost confidence in your faith. When you have to put huge crosses on the highway to show people how Christian you are, you've turned your faith into a sideshow. And when you have to force a trite Christian motto, honoring your god, onto a religisously diverse nation, you show us all how impotent your god really is.
In their constant battles to show the world how faithful they are, Christians are only succeeding in showing their desperation.
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