So You Say You Are a Christian
“The follower of Christ, whose service means an ever-growing understanding of his teaching, and an ever-closer fulfillment of it, in progress toward perfection, cannot, just because he is a follower, of Christ, claim for himself or any other that he understands Christ’s teaching fully and fulfills it. Still less can he claim this for any body of men.
To whatever degree of understanding and perfection the follower of Christ may have attained, he always feels the insufficiency of his understanding and fulfillment of it, and is always striving toward a fuller understanding and fulfillment. And therefore, to assert of one’s self or of any body of men, that one is or they are in possession of perfect understanding and fulfillment of Christ’s word, is to renounce the very spirit of Christ’s teaching.” –Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You
There are Christians and there are people who claim to be Christians. You think you are so superior to others who have different views of Christianity than you.
There are 30,000 plus children who die every day due starvation or diseases caused by malnutrition. Jesus spoke about people who did not take care of the children. What have you done?
There are thousands of children that die each day because of diseases that have cures. They do not have access to the immunizations or the medical care or medications required. I say again that Jesus spoke about people who did not take care of children. What have you done?
You cherry pick your scriptures to make yourselves out to be the only true Christians. What about all the rest of the Bible that tells you a different story?
Jesus was not a Christian. He was a Jew!!! He spoke in the manner of a great Jewish tradition that spoke for the voiceless.
Have you really read the Bible or have you merely echoed the false teachings of those that claim to interpret the Bible for you?
You claim to know God and know how God feels and how God will deal with people that have different views than you. Are you God?
You make claims that you say are based on scripture but do not post any scripture that backs up what you say. You claim that the Bible is the last word on what God has to say, but even the Bible says that the Holy Spirit lives on and continues to reveal the word of God.
The Bible warns us against people like you.
Excellent blog! I have these same thoughts about the same people. And its true, they can never reference any part of the Bible to substantiate anything they say.
Well said!
I always get a chuckle out of seeing folks quote a finite book as proof that they understand an infinite God.
Just F*ck ’em !
I’m Christian, but I will never judge others, nor call them names or tell lies on them. I believe in “live and let live”. I’ve spent a lot of time in Ecclesiastes to help me through the loss of my Dad, then again when my Mom died. What I take from the book?… Live a life of joy because all the rest is vanity. My Bible is like my personal best friend. If a person lives in a way where he/she loves others, helps where it looks like someone needs help and do the best they can in every situation, then who has the right to judge those actions. Maybe I’ve had way too much fun in life…IDK…but, I will take my chances that God has a sense of humor too.
:love: Please don’t hate me because I’m a believer because I’ll never judge you, pick fights, tell lies or spout scriptures that I have not applied to my own life. I will only love you and find humor everywhere I look. :love:
I just want to point out for fairness sake John that I didn’t ever address anything in her blog when I went there. I simply went there to tell Metalfan that there is no sense in arguing with any of those three that hang out on her blog. They did this exact same thing over on Myspace under multiple profiles. They are best just ignored otherwise they are given validity. Plus I deserved getting blocked by her, after all I did call them goat fuckers.
Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our sufficiency comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not in a written code but of the Spirit; for the written code kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:5-6
I ran across this quote from Paul in the New Testament for the first time in my life the other day and I wish I had absorbed it sooner. Basically, it is the perfect rebuttal the Bible literalists who think that any and everything in that book can be used to justify the worst injustices. Here is Paul telling us to be wary of the written code! Instead, we should trust in our own spirituality and what feels right to us in the new covenant.
Take THAT you Olde Testamentoids!
Your blog’s nicer than the blog I wrote about it all. Ask Lethal.
To think that I always miss all the fun. I love running around some of these zealots, using their own logic & words against them… But then again, I usually have other things to do, so, oh well…
Anyway, if any of those people like a good religious argument, I’m just like Cap’n Kirk saying, “Engage!”
*2 Kudos*
This entry is what I would have preferred to say, if I could have thought of it. And the perfect way of saying it, devoid of sarcasm.
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People confuse Fundamentalism with Christianity. They really are two different religions entirely. Fundamentalism stamps the name of Jesus Christ on it, to make it sound Official and Authorized by God. I feel that Fundamentalists are those False Christs they are always warning us about
Amen, John. Thanks for this post. The person your talking about has caused me to make a big change in my blogging. I was to politics what this person is to religion…and it made me sick. It was like looking in a mirror…and I did not like what I saw. It’s made me take a hard look at myself. It’s no secret about how I feel about politics…but to keep droning on and on about it does nobody any good. Also…I really liked the comment Moose left on this blog.
I often wonder…if many of these Modern Christians would even recognize Jesus if they saw him today. Surely…many would not even let Him enter THEIR Church. A man…with a beard and sandals…long hair and wearing secondhand clothes…they’d probably tell him he’s not welcome and must go worship at the Salvation Army.
As for me…I’ve quit reading that person’s blog. They have blocked me and that’s fine in my book. They are not blocked from my blog…I’ve never blocked anybody for more than about a week. Gives them time to cool off a little. I quit reading the blog because it was nothing but a copy/paste Bible-fest with a twisted judgement at the end.
Few people are commenting now on that blog…and let’s hope they are happy in their on little world. Did you know that “Christian” person was so rude and out of line to Lady Hart that I had to jump in there and defend her. Not that Ms Hart needs my help…lol. I respect people…and sometimes I have a growing respect for those that disagree with me the most. Lady Hart and I have never agreed on one thing politically…but I have the utmost respect for her…and would defend her Right to express her opinion anytime. heart :love: :love: :love:
People rarely live up to the ideals of their beliefs. Religious or not. To loudly publicly,espouse those beliefs and then clearly fall FAR short is a terrible humiliation. FORTUNATLY THOSE WHO ARE GUILTY NEVER SEE THAT and spare themselves the pain that should be theirs.