I am angry. I am angry that the open-minded, open-hearted denomination I have always loved has become more and more legalistic and polarized. I am angry that my country, the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world, has one of the highest rates of child mortality and child poverty of any industrialized nation in the world. I am angry that a huge percentage of US foreign aid goes to Israel — one of the richest nations in the world. I am angry that some of those tax dollars are being used to build settlements on confiscated Palestinian land. I am angry that self-righteous terrorists are killing with abandon across the Middle East and around the world. I am angry that most American sports teams and other school activities have become so important and so time intensive that any compreh…