I will try to recreate what I posted....from memory.
I am so glad I came from a LOVING and CHRISTIAN home, where tolerance and acceptance, and non judgmental attitudes were the NORM.
I cannot believe the crud that comes from the Godli people amongst us...those that are spewing the religous right are so very often the least Christlike that I have ever witnessed. I thought the Christians were supposed to live by example, and not stir up such garbage! The truly Christian people that I know go out of their WAY to live/teach the Word-not be the pot-stirrers that some people on here are.
If YOU are what a Christian is, then, I run, not walk, away from you, your message, your church, your belief system. Is that your point? Isn't your point to portray Christianity in the best possible light? With love? With Grace? By showing your true ignorance, narrowmindedness and intolerance for those different from yourself, you do YOUR faith such a disservice.
Do you wake up in the morning and think, "Okay. Now, how will I get people going today, all in the name of Christianity"? Does it come naturally to you? OR, does it require conscious pettiness and malice?
You time and again start crud. Cry religion, and then run away. I presume you are running to church, praying at the alter for forgiveness. Or, are you telling your preacher/pastor/priest all the lovliness you started today?
Religion? Christlike? I think not.
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