I'm amazed and disgusted by the people who are "in charge" of or associated with certain groups of people.  I don't know much about the 80s because that's when I was a kid.  But when I read about some of the famous Christians, I can't blame people for not liking Christianity.  People like Pat Robertson, Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker, and Jerry Falwell really gave Christianity a bad name.  What's even more amazing is that even after all the bad stuff (prostitutes, porn, adultery, squandering money, lying, etc.) happened, these guys are still in the public eye.  They should have quit the business and moved to some rural town in Idaho (or Sussex County, NJ) to live out their days in obscurity.  But no.  They continue to peddle their meaningless nonsense and offend people left and right.  It's a joy to be associated with people like this simply because I claim the title "Christian". 

And how could I not mention the Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Reverend Al Sharpton?  Since when do "Reverends" head up political organizations and represent our country to foreign nations?  But if they stopped using that title, they'd lose the support of all their mindless church-going followers.  What an utter disgrace.  I can only imagine what foreigners must think of our country (aside from their thoughts about W and crew) when one of these clowns shows up at their front door to talk about human rights or something.  "Who are you again?  A traveling pseudo-preacher from the ghetto?  And what do you have to do with America?"