Well my friends, after being attacked by self described “Conservative Christian” and Patriotic American trolls on Twitter over the past few days and being called a Nazi, Communist, Socialist and even “Hitler’s Love Child” I have decided to reblog this post from a couple of years back as a special to my readers. It just seems to me that so many people who openly identify themselves as “Christians” so brazenly hate their neighbors that Jesus must be doing the face palm. I for one wonder why anyone would want or desire to become a Christian in such an environment of Taliban like hate emanating from the supposed followers of Jesus. That may seem unkind on my part but I am only making the observation. Looking at the objective data being gathered and published by the Barna Group and others. My take is that until the Christian church can exorcise the demons of its alliance with politicians and interests groups who only see them as an interest group to be used versus the force of love, reconciliation and redemption that Jesus calls us to be that so called Conservative Christians will be further marginalized in the society and it will be their own fault, especially when they treat others, even other Christians like crap.
Peace, Padre Steve+
I cannot and will not recant
We live in an era where religion and politics especially in conservative circles have become one just as they were in the days following Constantine’s granting of religious freedom to all in the Empire while making the Catholic Church the State religion which went from a persecuted Church to an Imperial Church overnight. The Church in the coming centuries became an arm of the State something that until the enlightenment it remained in many nations. Most of the English Colonies that became the United States had State Religions even after the Bill of Rights the last to disestablish its state religion being the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1833. Most European State Churches remained until the fall of the Empires after the First World War but many countries in Europe still have State Churches which are not very vibrant now days.
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I agree that we are called to love ALL. But you MUST agree that the other side can and is as cruel and mean as the ones you are speaking of. LOVE you brother.
David, if the other side was loudly claiming to be followers of Jesus I would slam them. Of course there is no excuse for cruelty or uncivil behavior to one’s neighbor. But when Christians lead the charge of being cruel, hateful and using political power to oppress non-believers or Christians that are not like them as we have done so much of the time since Constantine then it has too be called out. It is no wonder to me why so many people want nothing to do with the Church or Christians.
Peace, Steve+
Right on, Padre+!!! My religion is private to me and I demand that others keep their own private and quit trying to foist their beliefs on me an on my fellow human beings. NO ONE KNOWS what will happen on Judgment Day – that is truly the province of GOD alone. IMHO, the right wing-nut politicians are only using the right-wing Christians to divide and conquer and keep everyone distracted while they are in the midst of buying out Congress and returning us to a feudal lord-serf society. Reminds me of bread and circuses of the Roman Colosseum. I truly fear for the survival of this nation. If we petition our government as is our Constitutional right and nothing is changed and the 1% keep taking more wealth and more power and buying more influence so that we truly revert to lord-serf, will we have the collective stomach to have another French Revolution here in the US with its attendant guillotine or some such? Or another Runnymede? Will people be able to pull themselves away from the boob tube and say collectively, “this, the selling out of our country to the interests of a few must not stand?” I am doubtful and hopeful at the same time.
@Padre Steve, I 100% agree Amen! A total blindness has taken over the church! I think persecution will not come as a result of Christ but our own stupidity! I hope you write more about politics in this way and how Christians are reacting in the future so I can post it.