This is part of a terrific article by Paul Campos in the Ocala (Fla) Star-Banner about the weird obsession the Pseudo Christians have with homosexuality. "It has been pointed out that it is more difficult for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. And surely few vices could be more dangerous to a Christian's soul than to indulge in the delusion that his nation is morally superior to other countries (contemporary nationalism is little more than spiritual pride on a grand political scale)."
And to think of one's country in terms of failure and international dissunity is better?
Let's face facts. America often straddles the divide between being an independently important nation, while also part of an increasingly "global society." This is natural. We don't shy away from helping those (many) countries that ask us for assistance and support, while at the same time they admonish us for having a strong nationalistic culture. We're good enough to help out, but not enough to be liked. We're smart enough to seek when trouble brews, but too dumb to know we're not a great country. We're too arrogant, taking a unilateral approach to some aspects of the War on Terror, but must take the lead in sending aid and troops around the globe at others' request. We're supposed to listen to the U.N. on matters of international urgency and when we do, we are acknowledged some of the time, but then the same people we help turn their backs when we ask for help in ending years of diplomatic failure. Yes, we're such a terrible country.