Unbelievable (Lost Post)

You all know me: Straight Christian dad with a little wild side. I have a list of pet peeves a mile long, but there three groups of people that really rub me the wrong way: racists, bigots, and bullies (not in that order). Looking at the legislation that Indiana,  Arkansas, and Arizona have on the books (Indiana has tried to clean up its mess), two of those three (all three if you’re a gay minority) are dictating the order of the day. What’s more repulsive than each state’s “Freedom of Religion” laws, is the guise under which they are presented. I use “religion” loosely here, because here in the West, we know how to bastardize good things. This Western Christianity, I do not believe, is what Jesus intended when he was laying the foundation of the Church. We’ve managed to turn a beautiful belief system and lifestyle into a weapon to oppress the poor we’re supposed to feed, marginalize the women and children we’re supposed to protect, and ostracize those who don’t think like the majority. It’s sickening how far we’ve devolved – all in the name of religion.

 

I will never be ashamed to be a Christian, because of what I know God and Christ mean to me as an individual. One day I’ll publish several of my testimonies to show why. What is hard, is being lumped in with those who use the veil of Christianity of a tool of divisiveness and hatred.

 

I know a number of  gay people, who happen to be some of the nicest people I’ve met in life. I don’t support or endorse their lifestyles, but they never ask me to. I do support them as people, human beings, God’s creations. Sorry, over-exuberant Bible Thumpers, God created every living thing – including the very people you try to dehumanize. Frankly, since when did what people do in their bedrooms become our business? Our own scriptures encourage us to be the light of the world – not the judge, jury, and executioner of others’ lives. Everyone is not going to see things as we see them or feel the way we feel. That’s just a fact of life. Our job is to be an example to those who don’t have a relationship with God, not shove our lifestyles down the other’s throat. We share Christ and whether the Gospel message is accepted or not, isn’t left to our judgment – God will handle that.

 

MB