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I Am a Christian But ...........

Crabtownboy

Crabtownboy

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I agree with the writer ....

I am a Christian, but…


… I have a hard time saying that lately, because I know what you’re probably thinking about me the moment I do. You watch the news and you see what’s happening in America, and you have an image in your mind of Christians which I fear you probably automatically lump me into by default.

I understand why. I know that the loudest voices often carry the greatest weight, and right now those voices speaking for my faith tradition are heavy on acrimony and painfully short on compassion. Those voices reek of bigotry and entitlement and manufactured martyrdom. They speak with cruelty and malice and malevolence—but they do not speak for me.

I absolutely don’t believe they speak for Jesus either.

http://johnpavlovitz.com/2015/09/10/dear-world-im-a-christian-but/
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Alcott

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Crabtownboy said:
Who am I trashing? What are those voices of hate who say they are Christian showing to the world? Are they showing Christ's love?
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I don't know. Did Jesus' whip and his knocking over tables with money and animals show his love?
 
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