Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut writes (In These Times)
(as noticed by Matt Bivens of the Nation)

Many years ago, I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonable America so many members of my generation used to dream of. We dreamed of such an America during the Great Depression, when there were no jobs. And then we fought and often died for that dream during the Second World War, when there was no peace.
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How about Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes?


Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.


Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.


Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. …


And so on.


Not exactly planks in a Republican platform. Not exactly Donald Rumsfeld or Dick Cheney stuff.


For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere.


“Blessed are the merciful” in a courtroom? “Blessed are the peacemakers” in the Pentagon? Give me a break!

Vonnegut actually makes a good point. Where are all the Christians asking to have the Beatitudes posted everywhere? Much more Christian than the Torah's 10 Commandments, right? Perhaps "Christians" are not really followers of Christ and his teachings? Ya think?