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Republican Extremists - Christian through words, but not through actions

For a while, I've wondered what Bible far-right Republicans and Tea Partiers have been reading. They've preached that: God grants us gun rights, homosexuals are condemned to hell, we shouldn't take care of the poor and needy, we should provide benefits and loopholes for the wealthy at the expense of the poor and middle-class, war is anything but a last-resort, etc.

Having read many religious books, there's one which stood out to me as being partially representative of the modern day far-right on the political spectrum. Before giving away what this book or religion is, I'll intentionally place the word "God" in particular scriptures when deemed appropriate, so that it hopefully reads like something a Tea Party member might be prone to saying. Here we go...

- "God represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates."

- "God represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek."

- "God represents responsibility to the responsible instead of concern for parasites."

- "Our position is to be self-centered, with ourselves being the most important person of our universe. God to us is a symbol of pride, liberty, and individualism."

These are all scriptures taken from Anton Lavey's Satanic Bible (substitute God with Satan). Satanism is more or less narcissism, where the goal is to reach one's maximum potential by any means necessary, even if it results in using and stomping upon those in the lower- and middle-classes to do so. Life revolves around oneself, without sacrifice, engorging in one's wealth as much as humanly possible, even if it results in harming society as a whole.

Denying global warming and its ill-effects in favor of profit, denying economic repercussions when lowering taxes on the wealthiest among us, denying women reproductive rights and placing their physical health at risk, denying homosexuals equal rights and placing their mental and emotional well-being in jeopardy, declaring war under false pretenses for profit at the expense of young men and women's lives, etc. While these far-right Republicans may shout to the skies that they're devout Christians, their actions speak otherwise, and ironically enough, some of these very actions are on full display in the religion of Satanism.

http://www.churchofsatan.com/nine-satanic-statements.php

http://www.churchofsatan.com/faq-fundamental-beliefs.php
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