Falwell speaks on how to serve Christ!

In today's Asheville Citizen-Times, Jerry Falwell comments on his appearance at a conference in the area. In the interview, he says, “It is impossible to serve Christ while disobeying and ignoring the clear teachings of Scripture, ...”

He and many others just like him continue to harp on issues like homosexuality and abortion, trying to make them the most important issues facing the world. And it is working because he knows people will listen to his demagoguery without thinking for themselves.

Falwell wants to talk about what the scriptures teach: Okay, lets talk about what the Bible really emphasizes:

Thirty thousand children will die today in the poorest parts of the world! Nine thousand people will die of HIV/AIDS today, and almost all of them will be poor! It would cause one to wonder if the real biblical issues matter at all, or if the chosen rhetoric is simply to get people to go along with the quest for power and control.

Yonce Shelton, national coordinator and policy director of Call to Renewal, says, (This religious fundamentalist influenced) "Congress is working on annual spending bills that will cut more than $200 billion from family and community supports such as health care, education, housing, nutrition, and more. When people play by society's rules but can't provide for their families, there is a problem. In September, one week after Congress takes the final vote to cut billions from social programs in 2006 (and after they hope the outrage has died down), they'll vote on a separate budget bill expected to contain more than $100 billion in new tax cuts heavily favoring the rich. As in the past, social program cuts will be made in the name of fiscal restraint even though the new tax spending would increase the deficit by more than $100 billion over five years. Many leaders won't connect the dots publicly. In addition, like the recent tax cuts for the rich, new cuts probably won't really help low- and middle-income families. Help for struggling families was taken out of the 2003 bill at the last minute behind closed doors. Why should we expect anything different now, even though with poverty on the rise for the past three years it doesn't look like the so-called "trickle down" effect has helped?"

Why is it that so-called Christians continue to ignore what followers of Christ should be "harping on" and what the scriptures really teach?