shep's Blog

Alright, I'm not much of one for religion, but I'm reading "The Imitation of Christ" right now for fun and I just came across an applicable part.

"Strive to be patient with the faults and frailties of others, for you too have many faults that others have to bear...If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?...we wish to restrct the liberty of others; yet we are not willing to be denied anything ourselves...None is sufficient in himself; therefore we must support one another, help, teach, and advise one another."

I don't think the church getting angry at kraft and supporting bigoted websites is showing an attempt to bear with differences in others or to help or support anything. They seem to be taking the "Holier than thou" attitude that goes against everything Christianity is supposed to stand for. Makes me sad for really devout people who have actually bothered to understand what the Bible says.

I always find it funny that Jesus forgave the very people who were oppressing his people, while they were putting him to death, and yet there were "Chrisitans" on TV praying for the supreme court judges who were in favour of gay marriage to die. Yep, they certainly read the same Bible I did.

Just a quick note.

 

Alot of christians tend to forget about the love, mercy, and grace that allowed them to be saved in the 1st place.

 

An extension on that. For some people it is painful cause it reminds them of themselves and they strike out at it.

 

To a lesser extent, some are concerned about lack of godliness bringing down our nation. But then it's hard to say just how much because the new testament changed things so drastically that people tend to get stuck in "old testament" mode.

 

Regardless they get hung up on these nitpicks and forget where they came from and what brought them to where they are now.

 

Cant argue with you there though. Alot of Christians really are the reason so many people are turned off to religion. So the question you should ask yourself is if christians were more compasionate would it make a difference in how non-christians react/think of them.

 

My guess would be most likely not in large numbers. After all only those interested in listening will hear. Regardless it is inexcusable for either side to act that way, but unfortunately that is the way of the world and human nature.