Tolerating the Truth by Carol Wolman

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Tolerating the Truth by Carol Wolman

John 16:12-15   ¹²I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.  ¹³Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.

The truth is that the fate of life on planet earth is hanging by a thread.  Massive climate change, exhaustion of resources, massive pollution- especially radioactive pollution-, are threatening the biosphere. 

The situation has become much worse since the ascension to the throne of George W. Bush.  His popular base consists more and more narrowly of the "radical religious right".  They make up in zeal what they lack in numbers.  They are ruthlessly aggressive in furthering their agenda, which is to hasten the destruction of life on earth in order to bring about the Second Coming.  They can't wait to join Jesus in the New Heaven and the New Earth.

This suicidal psychotic fantasy, the rapture cult, is fostered by "Christian" hatemongers who are close to the Bush White House.  We are looking at an unholy trinity prophesied in the Book of Revelation- the beast (corporations), the dragon (the US military) and the false prophets (the promoters of the rapture cult).  While the faithful wait for pie in the sky, the robber barons are plundering what's left of the planet.  It's an old trick, and people still fall for it.

The truth is that Jesus has been hijacked and turned into a logo by the rapture cultists.  They have surrounded His name with emotionally appealing false doctrines that have no basis in scripture- antiabortion, anti gay marriage, the rapture- and abuse His name to intimidate followers and opponents alike. 

I have been called satan  for daring to disagree with them, although no one can contest my devotion to bringing the Bible to the peacemakers.

The truth is that the way to peace on earth lies with the Prince of Peace.  The swamis acknowledge Him as one of them, the greatest of all.  The Muslims acknowledge Him as a great teacher and prophet.  The Buddhists recognize Him as a manifestation of the compassionate Buddha.  Gandhi incorporated His teachings into his nonviolent politics.  New Agers talk about Christ consciousness.  Everyone on the planet has heard of Jesus by now, and is inspired, to some degree, by His story.

Jesus taught the law of love.  He made His reputation by healing people and raising them from the dead.  He upheld marriage and protected children.  He fed people, body and soul.  He loved life, promoted life, said He was the life.

Life, not death.  The most heinous crime of the unholy trinity is their blasphemy, presenting Jesus as a deity of wrath and destruction, and blocking His true followers from connecting with the Prince of Peace.  How many of the unbelievers have been put off by the tyranny, the stupidity, the venality of the churches, and their alliance with the corporados?

The truth is that we must find a way to reclaim Jesus and the Bible for the peacemakers, the sustainers of life on earth.  We must start to see ourselves as peaceful warriors in the army of the Prince of Peace, as we fight for a habitable planet for our descendants. 

Can we tolerate the truth?  We need Jesus if we are to win this battle of Armageddon.  We need His words of truth, we need His wisdom and courage.  We need His example of self-sacrifice, so that we may have the strength needed to defeat the kings of the earth and their armies, allied with the corporate monster.

In the name of the Prince of Peace,  Carol Wolman