I was a church going Christian all my life. Here's what I see Christians doing. Complaining that we have taken Christ out of Christmas. "Happy Holidays" is acknowledging that other religious groups are celebrating their faith on different days. How would you like it if I came to your house and spoke only to the women and ignored the men. I see Christians claiming a tax exemption even though they may be raking in thousands every week. I see Christians refusing to serve people because their beliefs are different from their own. I saw Christians claiming Trump as a Savior. Claiming they are pro-life but doing nothing about executions or children in cages.
You want to tell me what wonderful things Christians are advocating?

I was a church going Christian all my life. Here's what I see Christians doing. Complaining that we have taken Christ out of Christmas. "Happy Holidays" is acknowledging that other religious groups are celebrating their faith on different days. How would you like it if I came to your house and spoke only to the women and ignored the men. I see Christians claiming a tax exemption even though they may be raking in thousands every week. I see Christians refusing to serve people because their beliefs are different from their own. I saw Christians claiming Trump as a Savior. Claiming they are pro-life but doing nothing about executions or children in cages.
You want to tell me what wonderful things Christians are advocating?

You don't know anything more about Jesus than I do. We both gained what we know (or think we know) through what other people have said (and that includes the Bible, which is in simple terms, a storybook written by people who actually thought the world was flat.)

One of those people was Paul and I have read a lot of what he wrote... and it makes no difference to my argument. Paul had his opinions, I have mine. The only difference is I have the benefit of another 1800 years of discovery to draw from, which probably makes my opinions more educated.

I think it's hilarious that you have to refer to the Bible to "prove your point" when I already explained that the Bible is just another book. You may as well tell me to read Harry Potter to prove that witches are real.

If this is all you got, then we're done. But I'm a sucker for interesting arguments, so if there is anything specific about the Pauline books that conflict with what I said earlier, then please explain it. Don't just tell me to read the Harry Potter books hoping that I will somehow be convinced I can fly on a broom.

I was a church going Christian all my life. Here's what I see Christians doing. Complaining that we have taken Christ out of Christmas. "Happy Holidays" is acknowledging that other religious groups are celebrating their faith on different days. How would you like it if I came to your house and spoke only to the women and ignored the men. I see Christians claiming a tax exemption even though they may be raking in thousands every week. I see Christians refusing to serve people because their beliefs are different from their own. I saw Christians claiming Trump as a Savior. Claiming they are pro-life but doing nothing about executions or children in cages.
You want to tell me what wonderful things Christians are advocating?

StraightUp, I actually agree with most of your well written article. I really wish we would stop using God, Jesus and the Bible to try and justify various political points. Of course this nation was founded in Western Judo-Christian philosophy and it has worked very well for 244 years, but our Founders were very careful to keep government and religion separate. It is not possible to know what is in God’s “mind” so please, everyone, what God is up to.
A Christian Consetween Church and State.rvative Friend,
Larry Joe