Colbert says, “If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don’t want to do it.”
To the point, I have spoken to Christians who realize they do not live up to Christ’s teachings. Many hide behind the “all have sinned” clause and forget that Jesus spoke of transformation. My Christian upbringing taught me that inviting Jesus into my heart equaled some kind of supernatural change.
It’s simply not true.
Most people want to do good things. The difference between Christians and non is that non-Christians blame ourselves for our shortcomings. Christians blame the devil and construct other scapegoats to hide behind. Or you have this prevalent idea that I will post below the fold that someone posted on my facebook wall yesterday.
The above maybe true in some sense of the imagination. But it’s so false in so many others.
Any cognizant person can increase their compassion, joy, peace, love and contentment … and many do it without the bible.
So what’s the difference between a Christian and non?
Semantics.
It’s all it is.
Shit or get off the pot. If you aren’t behaving like the Christ that you say you follow, why call yourself a Christ follower, Christian or whatever euphemism you come up with?
Almost all of us are for what’s right and opposed to what’s wrong. It’s like we’re all on the same team but wearing different jerseys.
As a Christian, I can tell you I feel compelled to help others,however, I don’t feel compelled to send money to the gov’t, who is not all knowing, omnificent, loving, fair, benevolent, frugal, or responsible, to help the poor. This is the error of “social justice”. Jesus did not say “give your money to the gov’t and they will forward it on to the poor”. For the poor to rely on gov’t is slavery and stealing others people’s money for your benefit. The poor are not lifting themselves out of poverty for a variety of reasons, one of which is if you’re satisfied with taking money, being dependent and living in tolerable conditions, you will remain poor to avoid being responsible for yourself. The gov’t is enslaving through dependence and laziness and if you don’t believe, you are blind. Go to the social security office and see who is waiting. It’s not retirees. Your eyes will be opened. There is much abuse of “the system” and whether consciously or unconsciously by the gov’t, it is real.
Garsh, SueDinNY … we should listen to you!
Oh wait, we’ve given Christians 2000 years to step up their fucking game and help the poor.
And garsh Sue … did you cut and paste your slimy response like you have so many other times?
Because there’s not one fucking mention of helping the poor through the government above … if you were addressing this thread on topic, you would know that.
Keep your absent-minded, myopic trolling to blogs that claim to be loving and ignore all of Jesus’ precepts …
Garsh, Jeremy – you sure are filled with hatred. You definitely need to find God.
I didn’t know he was missing!
Excellent response for perpetuating the stereotype that believers are low intelligence dimwits.
You didn’t address the fact that you ignored the message of this post.
My hatred is toward people like you who make the good folks look badly.
Keep it up.