If you have a problem with hypocrisy and with people spreading warped versions of what Christianity is, IB...then you would make an excellent Christian if you ever made the choice to be one. Because Jesus had a problem with hypocrites, too. And so do I. And so do many Christians that I know. And in fact, if more Christians had problems with hypocrisy, then perhaps it wouldn't have the image that it has. So come. Join the dark side. ;) (I kid, I kid. :) )
Seriously, I know sort of what you mean. One reason amongst many that I stayed away from Christianity for so long was that I didn't want to "be like them". You know, like the televangelists and the "God hates faggers" and the abortion-clinic bombers and the Falwells and all those that the media just adore but who actually represent a tiny fraction of Christianity...and that tiny fraction has got it all wrong. In fact, there's only a tiny fraction that gets it right at all. And, oddly, that's just what the Bible said would happen as time went on. In any case, I want to be a part of that "remnant," as the Bible calls them. I want to be on that very narrow path that leads to truth as opposed to that very wide and popular one (which many, many "Christians" are following) that leads to hypocrisy and destruction.
And as for wanting to take the religion back to its roots...Well, dang, IB, welcome to fundamentalism! ;)
Seriously, I know sort of what you mean. One reason amongst many that I stayed away from Christianity for so long was that I didn't want to "be like them". You know, like the televangelists and the "God hates faggers" and the abortion-clinic bombers and the Falwells and all those that the media just adore but who actually represent a tiny fraction of Christianity...and that tiny fraction has got it all wrong. In fact, there's only a tiny fraction that gets it right at all. And, oddly, that's just what the Bible said would happen as time went on. In any case, I want to be a part of that "remnant," as the Bible calls them. I want to be on that very narrow path that leads to truth as opposed to that very wide and popular one (which many, many "Christians" are following) that leads to hypocrisy and destruction.
And as for wanting to take the religion back to its roots...Well, dang, IB, welcome to fundamentalism! ;)
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