(en) Anarkismo.net: Brazil, The bench "evangelical" and reactionary thinking by Bruno Lima Rocha (pt)

The state is secular, but the strength of the worship of the golden calf, associated with 
the praise of a synthesis between prosperity and biased load, can elevate their political 
power to each legislature. ---- It was time to see a rally in the auditorium of the 
Brazilian Press Association (ABI), downtown Rio Marco Feliciano (PSC-SP) has been 
operating as the epicenter of Brazilian public opinion, mobilizing justified concerns. In 
the opening period, the site was the scene of struggles for democratization and also by 
misguided banner of Amnesty Wide, and Unrestricted General for torturers and criminals 
against humanity. Now, in 2013, active minority groups, intellectuals and artists come 
together again to try to block the advance of authoritarian thinking, galvanized the 
president of the Human Rights Commission of the Federal Chamber.

The paradox is this. If the masses are called, the active part will push to the right.

If the politician and preacher Paulo carries in his speech to mark the grotesque, this 
profile is not unique. The set of tele-evangelists to preach daily for over thirty years, 
linked to the principles of the doctrine of Prosperity Theology in fact has been 
accumulating power and social power. Today, this sector is representative, knocking nearly 
thirty percentage points with the electoral called "evangelical vote". This cleavage is 
based on obscure formulations, bringing biblical interpretations to the letter, 
reinforcing aspects of conservative thought of the lower classes. For sumptuous 
consumption, is the best of all worlds. To change society, we are in trouble.

At various times in history, the working class has improved their living conditions and 
rights tearing achievements. Today, the Minister of Fisheries and licensed bishop of the 
Church Universal, Marcelo Crivella (PRB-RJ) thanks to a former union leader (Lula) and an 
ex-guerrilla (Dilma), the expansion of credit and purchasing power of wages . His claim 
becomes simplistic. With more money in circulation, the greater the number and volume of 
tithing paid by the faithful. If this is not crisis paradigm is what?

The irony is overwhelming. Nelson Rodrigues fought against the religious sector leftmost, 
whom he called "Father of march." What would the writer about politicians like Feliciano 
and Crivella, both on the basis of volatile past and a government whose political career 
is forged in social pastoral action?! Certainly, our greatest playwright "was happy and 
did not know." It is preferable cassock of a preacher giving sermon trying to change the 
social relations stunt to a pastor, speaker and politician reinforcing prejudice and 
reactionary thinking.

Note: I apologize for applying the term to refer to the evangelical Pentecostal bench. It 
is a requirement newspaper, considering the space problem and attention of the reader. 
Pentecostal is the right concept, but evangelical is the euphemism used for the preachers 
of the Prosperity Theology, diverse in its different sects collecting societies, although 
politically allied.

Bruno Lima Rocha

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