Friday, September 01, 2006
The Christian Agenda:
I commented the other day that Christians can be creepy and a fellow community member took offence. I made it clear I have nothing against Christians per se, but I do have a problem with the way they push their values at me.
Yesterday I got a phone call from an organization concerned about sex and violence on TV. It took a while and some direct questions to get the caller to admit they were from a Christian group. When I said I was not a Christian they hung up.
I have been accosted on the street, through email, by phone, and at my front door – by Christians trying to push their religion on me. Buddhists don't do this, nor do Taoists. I have not been asked a hundred times if I've accepted Lao Tzu as my "personal savior."
The Radical (Christian) Right has been working on national and state policy issues, trying to deny equal rights to my community. We are an object of their hate.
American Christians hate. They have done everything within their power to hurt my community. I do know exceptions to this group, and I do know gay Christians, but they are exceptions. American Christians attack my community in many "un-Christ-like" ways, justifying their hatred and bigotry based on their limited interpretation of the Bible.
As an aside – the Bible was written by superstitious men who wiped their ass with their hand and had barely moved beyond cave living. Various groups have edited the Bible in ways too many to count, so the Bible you see today may have nothing to do with the original.
And as for those exceptional Christians – why don't they stand up when their brethren spreads hate and division? Why do they remain silent when their fellows use the words of Jesus to persecute others? If you're a member of this group and you remain silent you are giving your approval. You are part of the hate if only through your silence.
So before you get indignant and say; "I don't hate!" Remember that your silence is your approval for your fellows to spread such hate.
If you want to be a Christian I have no problem with that. This country was founded upon individual and spiritual freedom. But keep it in your church. Keep your religion out of politics – remember separation of church and state? Don't attack my brothers and sisters. Don't bother me through phone or email. Stay away from my home.
I commented the other day that Christians can be creepy and a fellow community member took offence. I made it clear I have nothing against Christians per se, but I do have a problem with the way they push their values at me.
Yesterday I got a phone call from an organization concerned about sex and violence on TV. It took a while and some direct questions to get the caller to admit they were from a Christian group. When I said I was not a Christian they hung up.
I have been accosted on the street, through email, by phone, and at my front door – by Christians trying to push their religion on me. Buddhists don't do this, nor do Taoists. I have not been asked a hundred times if I've accepted Lao Tzu as my "personal savior."
The Radical (Christian) Right has been working on national and state policy issues, trying to deny equal rights to my community. We are an object of their hate.
American Christians hate. They have done everything within their power to hurt my community. I do know exceptions to this group, and I do know gay Christians, but they are exceptions. American Christians attack my community in many "un-Christ-like" ways, justifying their hatred and bigotry based on their limited interpretation of the Bible.
As an aside – the Bible was written by superstitious men who wiped their ass with their hand and had barely moved beyond cave living. Various groups have edited the Bible in ways too many to count, so the Bible you see today may have nothing to do with the original.
And as for those exceptional Christians – why don't they stand up when their brethren spreads hate and division? Why do they remain silent when their fellows use the words of Jesus to persecute others? If you're a member of this group and you remain silent you are giving your approval. You are part of the hate if only through your silence.
So before you get indignant and say; "I don't hate!" Remember that your silence is your approval for your fellows to spread such hate.
If you want to be a Christian I have no problem with that. This country was founded upon individual and spiritual freedom. But keep it in your church. Keep your religion out of politics – remember separation of church and state? Don't attack my brothers and sisters. Don't bother me through phone or email. Stay away from my home.
# posted by Phillip T. Alden @ 1:20 PM 
