There has been a shift among evangelical Christians of late to openly oppose everything Jesus taught and commonplace to openly judge people, withhold sustenance from the hungry, deny healthcare to the infirm, and harbor hate based on race, religion and sexual orientation. They have also been fierce advocates for guns that appears to be a fundamental principle defining evangelicals and belies their Christianity they claim spurs them to do “the lord’s work.” The new “American Christianity” has adopted Old Testament lessons of vengeance, massacres, slavery, and intolerance and summarily rejected Christ’s teachings of peace, charity, and concern for humanity. Oddly, pseudo-Christians do not even follow the Old Testament’s Mosaic Law they cite to justify their hatred towards gays, mistreatment of women, and their gross misconception of when a fetus becomes a person. They do not even adhere to the scriptural Ten Commandments they claim should replace the U.S. Constitution.
Although they violate most of the Ten Commandments, they are particularly guilty of sacrilege for disregarding the 4th commandment. It says, “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them” (Exodus 20:4-6, Deuteronomy 5:8-10). The evangelicals claiming to be “real Americans” show reverence for, devotion, and service to the American flag with its likeness of “anything that is in heaven above” (50 stars). The faithful also eat pork, shellfish, wear mixed fabrics, work on the Sabbath, and violate most of the Mosaic Laws leading a skeptical person to believe their claim to follow their holy book is one of convenience and not devotion to the scriptures.
It is irrelevant, really, why so many Americans claim they adhere to Christianity when they hardly adhere to any of their bible’s tenets, but it is relevant that they use that designation as their divine right to impose their harsh form of Christianity on the rest of America, including other Christians. Doubtless, their religion’s namesake, Jesus Christ, would condemn their rejection of his simple commandment to “love your neighbor as yourself,” and the Old Testament god would condemn them for violating most of the Ten Commandments. The real Christians in America, and there are many, and real clergy, there are few, should condemn them for disparaging their shared faith; particularly the Texas preacher advocating open-carry sidearms and frightening people in the name of his real religion; the 2nd Amendment and the National Rifle Association.
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/08...ngs-wing-evangelicals-gun-toting-maniacs.html
In Defiance of Christ’s Teachings Right Wing Evangelicals Become Gun Toting Maniacs
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Crabtownboy, Aug 9, 2015.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Alrighty then! Of course nothing in the op is even remotely true.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
Crabby had a woman preacher tell him about evolution and now he's telling us we don't believe the bible.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Many pastors argue that arming congregants goes against religious teachings of non-violence and that guns have no place in a place of worship. Many states, including South Carolina, specifically prohibit guns in church. “The presence of a cross in our sanctuary reminds us that God’s response to violence is never greater violence,” Pastor Baron Mullis of Atlanta’s Morningside Presbyterian Church told WGCL-TV. “This is a place of peace. … This is not a place for guns.”
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
Where did Jesus command we put a cross in the sanctuary ?
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
I say those with a cross in the sanctuary are already practicing idolatry.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Arms in church is heresy. -
padredurand Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
About Rmuse
Audio engineer and instructor for SAE. Writes op/ed commentary supporting Secular Humanist causes, and exposing suppression of women, the poor, and minorities. An advocate for freedom of religion and particularly, freedom of NO religion. Born in the South, raised in the Mid-West and California for a well-rounded view of America; it doesn't look good. Former minister, lifelong musician, Mahayana Zen-Buddhist.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
I don't think it is. It's just you wanting everyone unarmed so badly you're willing to lie about Jesus Christ in order to achieve it. -
Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Show me where Jesus says it is fine to display a nation's flag in a worship service.
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Let's see, Jesus never said it was ok to have pulpits, chairs, pews, microphones, sound equipment or bathrooms in church.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
Oh stop crying about me. This is your claim. If you can't back it up you shouldn't make it.
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just-want-peace Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
But you are most definitely correct as to his reading choices. (A strong suggestion is to drop the site with this article to start; it's kinda hard to drive with one foot on the brake ALL the time. :laugh: ) -
Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
You seem to never like it when someone points out a teaching of Christ.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
It's not his teaching. It's yours. If it was his you could show me.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Now show me where he says it is all right to take a weapon into a worship service. [I know you are not honorable enough to answer, much less admit you are wrong.]
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