Insanity

Ever wonder what kind of people we are up against? Silly question; of course you already know. But sometimes something just hits you in a way that - makes you think that - makes you say - oh, heck, just read on. (Info via AmericanCoprophagia - look it up - citing a C-SPAN transcript.)

At Tuesday morning's Congressional Prayer Service,

[t]here were some sentiments shared about the recently-passed Bob Matsui and Shirley Chisholm, and, amidst the scripture readings, reminders from a few Congressmen about the Christian foundation of our government. Others spoke of the Asian tsunami tragedy.

Then Tom DeLay stood at the pulpit.

"A reading of the Gospel, in Matthew 7:21 through 27.

"'Not every one who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven; but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
"'Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?"
"'Then I will declare to them solemnly, "I never knew you: depart from me, you evil doers."
"'Everyone who listens to these words of mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man, who built his house on a rock:
"'The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, but it did not collapse; it has been set solidly on rock.
"'And everyone who listens to these words of mine, but does not act on them, will be like a fool who built his house on sand:
"'The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew, and buffeted the house, and it collapsed and was completely ruined.'"

He finishes reading, says nothing more, and sits back down.

Just think about the words and the timing and then what it means.

That's who we're up against.