What would Jesus REALLY do?
When did it come to the point that being a Christian meant caring about only two issues, abortion and homosexuality?
Ask the nonreligious what being a Christian today means, and based on what we see and read, it's a good bet they will say that followers of Jesus Christ are preoccupied with those two points.
Poverty? Whatever. Homelessness? An afterthought. A widening gap between the have and have-nots? Immaterial. Divorce? The divorce rate of Christians mirrors the national average, so that's no big deal.
The point is that being a Christian should be about more than abortion and homosexuality, and it's high time that those not considered a part of the religious right expose the hypocrisy of our brothers and sisters in Christianity and take back the faith. And those on the left who believe they have a "get out of sin free" card must not be allowed to justify their actions.
Martin: What would Jesus really do?
posted by Keith at 10:52 AM
4 Comments:
Keith, don't take this wrong, but are you sure you're really a Christian? Of course you are and you identify with the guy from CNN. Were it that more people had your sensibility.
I took the liberty of doing a post about the CNN guy, you and what I don't like about some Christians.
Dave,
I really appreciate your comment. Yes I am a Christian. I consider myself a "Red Letter Christian" and believe in Christ's grace and mercy more than religious rules and legalism.
Politically I lean more to the left than the right but consider myself more of an independent centrist.
I was very wounded by a church that we were a part of for a long time after I saw all of the hypocrisy and legalism of the way their "denomination" handled things.
I'm not a Baptist, a Catholic, a Lutheran, Methodist, whatever. I am a Christian.
I accept people the way they are and can dialogue with anybody. I'll accept you if you are gay, straight, bi. I don't have to agree with you, but I am no better than anyone else.
I won't picket an abortion clinic, but I do not agree with abortion. Could you imagine being an unwed teen, walking through a line of Christian spewing hate and child killer at you while you are in the predicament you are in?
I don't think Jesus would do that. Do you?
Anyhow, that's a little bit about what I believe in short form.
I found your blog via Dave's, and I'm so glad I did. I love the points made by Martin. I wish we could live up to that more.
It's one thing to be Christian, and it's another thing to be socially responsible. Some Christians need to wake up. Good luck with that....
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