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"Jeremiah ought to be put to death;
he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in this city,
and all the people, by speaking such things to them;
he is not interested in the welfare of our people,
but in their ruin."

"Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division.
From now on a household of five will be divided,
three against two and two against three;
a father will be divided against his son
and a son against his father,
a mother against her daughter
and a daughter against her mother,
a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

Let the Evangelical Right here these words:
You were never meant to "support the troops"
and your Focus on the Family isn't stabilizing a thing.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Condemning others because their idea of peace
does not include the subjugation of those you dare not see
has left you in a precarious place.
For the peace you offer is waging wars
for comfort behind doors
locked in a room with a brainwashing screen,
ephemeral green floating through chips and wires.

This is not peace.

This is not bringing the kids together,
for they are separated, too.

(I love my folks, though.)

However, I hear of the tearing apart
of families with some cowardly standing
behind blinding and engulfing flags,
the offspring not listening to the state's propaganda
and following instead a God who loves.

Do you not see you are condemning
the prophets of God?
Of course you do, but that God is of not consequence.
Your god pays in dividends and land grabs
and irresponsible acquisition,
so put those in the way in cisterns and prison.

I want to call you brothers and sisters,
and I may try for a while,
but brothers and sisters,
this can go on for only so much longer.

(Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10, Psalm 40, Hebrew 12:1-4, Luke 12:49-53)