Georgia Republican Wants Obama to Make 2010 Year of the Bible

posted @ 09:14...

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Seriously? In this day and age, does Representative Paul Broun really think he can convince the President, who happens to be a Democrat, that 2010 should be the year of the Bible?

You folks know me. At least most of you do. You know I'm a Christian, and that the great loves of my life are my God, my family and my country... in that order. I read the Bible, and I try to live by it the best an imperfect human can.

In the midst of idealistic pipe dreams of certain legislators, there's always opposition by the opposing party and special interest groups. And I'm not even talking about the far left liberal tree-hugging atheist hippies. (Yes, I did just lump 'em all together. Stereotypes are a real time-saver. Just kidding. Not Really.) Anyway, I can also see opposition popping up from moderate groups too, and yes, even some conservative Republican types.

See, my problem isn't so much that the guy wants to promote the Bible. The issue here is that if you make 2010 the Year of the Bible, what's next? Will 2011 be the Year of the Qur'an? What about 2013... the Year of the Vedas? (With Hinduism, how would that work anyway, since there are four different Vedas? Would each one get a three months? i.e. "July, August, and September is the Quarter of Yajur Veda.")

You get the point... If you designate 2010 the Year of the Bible, then under the principles of freedom of religion, it would be only fair to designate other years for other religious books.

Besides, the best promotion for the Bible will happen when Christians simply show love to their fellow man, and try to live like Jesus taught them, instead of getting caught up in political causes. Simply put, "Love God, love your neighbor."

So here a few ideas I came up with for a 2010 we can all get behind:

• Perhaps President Obama should make it the Year of the Honest Banker. (There have to be a few... right?)
• What about the Year of Living Within Your Means? After all, he just overhauled the credit card industry.
• The Year of No Bailouts (Capitalism: If you try to sell a product that people don't want to buy, you go under. How about selling products people want, instead of whining to the government?)
• And finally, the Year Brian Comes Home from Afghanistan... That's my favorite.