It's a rather sad thing, but it gives me a sense of smug satisfaction when christians are unfaithful, or alchoholics, or just basic, human beings. isn't it funny, how they have christ in their lives, but they still manage to make the same mistakes everyone else does?
how many times in my churchgoing career did I hear, "try to be like christ. Be like christ and you'll get more and more people to come to him."
never once have I seen someone who is trying to be like christ in any believable way.
I also always heard '"actions speak louder than words. speak through your life, not your mouth."
and I do. though I've rejected my old beliefs, I still try to speak with my life. you don't love through lip service, you don't commit through a spoken promise. you do. and people see that you're genuine.
a while back I heard of a friend, once a "brother in christ" so to speak, had been cheating on his wife. now his wife wasn't the easiest person to live with, i'm sure, and she wasn't the most attractive either, but he made the choice to love her. to support her and to stand by her no matter what. and christ as his witness, he said "I Do".
but apparently, christ would've cheated.
I'm tired of fakes. of hypocrytes, of lip service to that witch is supposed to bring so much good. show me one. even one christian who strives his hardest to be a "little christ," and I'll eat my hat.
there is no such animal. Christianity died with christ.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Another one bites the dust.
Posted by Benjamin at 4:51 PM
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2 comments:
hey now, take it easy...
Christians are people, too. we're all just on a journey through life, doing the best we can. everyone's trying to do the right thing, just for different reasons. some people do it to show their devotion to their religion, some people do it to please themselves and have a clear conscience, and some people do it to try to shock other people.
can't we all just live in peace and harmony? lol.
You're right--actions speak louder than words. But I don't know if I can agree that sinning Christians are an indictment of Christianity itself, or any other religion when weighed againsts its disciples. People are imperfect and are ALWAYS going to make mistakes and we can't confuse the messenger with the message. If you were trying to show me how to use a computer, but you kept making it crash instead (for whtever reason), I wouldn't assume that all computers were useless (though I might wonder about you... ;)). But I think you are on a great track just trying to be a good person. Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone, no matter what they believed it, just tried to be a little better every day?
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