From the blogsite 'Beliefnet' comes the following story:"Any time the citizens of a state, particularly a democracy, invoke their faith to pray for the demise of those they oppose politically, we should be concerned. When the call for such prayers becomes one of the most popular Google searches in the country, we should shake, especially those of us who believe in God, prayer and the Bible. Psalm 109, verse 8, went viral this morning in just that way.
Among the world's top Google searches today are phrases that contain the words "Psalms 109 8", and "Psalm 109 8 prayer for Obama". For those of you who may not know that particular verse, it reads "May his days be few, may another take over his position." And before anyone excuses this toxic use of scripture as nothing more than the wish that President Obama not be re-elected to a second term of office, the next verse in the psalm reads, "May his children be orphans and his wife a widow".
In fact, the entire chapter is about the prayed for death of an evil person. Not to mention that anyone who knows enough Bible to have thought about this verse in particular, surely knows the entire chapter and appreciates its message. Pretty scary stuff. (more)..."
The evangelicals of this country are one contributing factor to my extreme aversion to organized religion (the fanatics of Islam, Judaism and the Catholic faith's stand against homosexuality, sex education and abortion are the other factors).
Evangelicals are now selling t-shirts, cups, bumper stickers, etc, with the above quoted psalm - and that takes the cake - and has severed any vestige of possibility of my re-joining any organized faith.
'Cause if praying for the death of your president, the death of gays, killing people who perform abortions, exercising racism, violence and exclusion is what makes one a Christian, Muslim or Jew - I'd rather rot in hell first.
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