http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/11/18/hair-shirt-and-flogger-not-included/
Rick Santorum is in Iowa. Apparently he's running for President. Who knew?
Anyways, he says that the appropriate response to the "New Normal" is that we should all embrace suffering as Christians.
Christ suffered for our sins, so that humanity may be redeemed, or at least that's the company line. He did not suggest that we suffer so that Goldman Sachs executives can get multi-million dollar bonuses and pay capital gains rates on them. In fact, Jesus we pretty much the first hippie. #Occupy Jerusalem.
This to me is an echo of the way slave holding Southerners used a twisted version of Christianity to keep slaves in their place. Only now, it's economic serfdom that Santorum offers us. But don't worry, it will all pay off in the hereafter.
The even better news, is that if Jesus was telling the truth about rich men and the eye of a needle, we won't have a bunch of rich assholes there mucking the place up.
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