Bill Moyers has created a great TV series about some key American issues on politcs with a religious point of view.

Bill Moyers on America

Last week's program was an examination of the corruption that has taken over our government and highlights the detailed flow of money that leads from american indian casinos through republican lobbyists straight into the hands of the power broker of the religious right Ralph Reed.

This week's program was an interesting story about some Evangelical Christians that finally figured out God might care about the environment. At the heart of this story was the Vineyard church of Boise, Idaho. It was nice to see a glimpse of hope for Christianity and a fresh perspective on the Vineyard that has be devolving into a conservative church in sheeps clothing.

Why do Evangelical Christians somehow think that liberal equals evil? Don't they read the teachings of Jesus? Don't they care about things other than their comfortable lifestyle. As Jim Wallis said, "how did Jesus become pro-rich, pro-war, and only pro-American"?

I hope this is a sign that Christians will soon realize that they have been scammed by the Republican party. Republicans have convinced millions to vote for them by "claiming" that they supported Christian ethics but it was a complete lie. The whole time they were taking our votes and our money and stealing the very heart of Christianity. I hope the realization that God really is green will help free Christianity from their blindness in other areas as well. The next time the oil industry props up a political puppet and holds up a pro-life and pro-bigotry sign, I hope Christians will be better informed and vote for the values of Jesus instead of voting for their checkbook and their SUV.

FYI... Bill Moyers also has a series on "faith and reason" (check out the website above). It has a series of online interviews with various authors from a wide variety of faiths. I watched all the interviews last week and will be reading a couple of interesting books that they mentioned.