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December 28, 2010

Okay, Christians. Reality Check.

• The United States is not a Christian nation.
• Yours is not the only religion on the planet, nor is it any more or less valid than any other religion on the planet.
• Gay people are not evil abominations bent on destroying your families or your way of life.
• The Bible is not a la carte, and you can't pretend some parts of it don't exist. If you're going to live your life by its standards, you're not allowed to pick and choose which ones to follow and which to ignore. It's all or none.
• Extremist minorities of other faiths do not in any way represent that faith as a whole. If you're going to judge an entire faith and its people by the actions of a batshit few who happen to align themselves with that particular faith, don't be surprised when others mention the countless horrific actions performed by Christians and Catholics "in the name of the Lord" and view you in a similar light.
• Which reminds me... stop judging people. It's not your job. Go read Matthew 7:1-2 if you need clarification.
• All citizens of this country, including people you don't like or "approve" of, deserve the same rights you receive - human, civil, and legal.
• Marriage is not exclusively a Christian institution, and as such, is not a Christian-Biblical monopoly. And hey, if the United States is 80% Christian and we have a 50% divorce rate, it's safe to say that more than enough Christians are ignoring and soiling the "sacredness" of marriage more than any other group.
• God has no place in government in this country. Any specific and exclusive teachings which favor any religions over any others are unacceptable as part of law. The Bible says several times that the laws of man are to be obeyed, and since the law of man in this country is that Religion and Government are to be completely separate from one another, it is actually your role and duty as Christians to keep religion OUT of government.
• Jesus, as written in the Christian Bible, was a pretty respectable cat. Pay attention to the things he actually said and stop making assertions and assumptions about things he didn't.

(09:18)

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Comment #1 by Muadib

Wow Chris, that was a very well thought out dis to we Christians! Actually, I agree with most of what you said. Some so-called "Christians" are quick to judge others when it suits their need, but are slow to point that high and mighty finger at themselves.
Perhaps we should all spend less time focused on others short-comings and start working on ourselves. That is exactly what I have been doing latley, and it aint no easy task.
As I said, I agree with MOST of what you said...When this great country of ours was founded, it was as a Christian Nation. Granted, in recent years that has changed. Whether good or bad, our government has seen fit to remove any religous conotation from its body. Personally, I think that weakens America. I understand that we have freedom of religeon and anybody is free to practice any faith they wish, however, this country is PREDOMINATLEY Christian. Our overseas adversaries would never seperate Islam from thier government, and thats probably the one thing I would agree with them on.
At any rate, we as Christians should heed the things Mr. Curzio has so eloquently pointed out. I for one was enlightened and refreshed by his observances and will try to remember them when it matters.

(31-DEC-10 - 21:48 EST)

Comment #2 by Muadib

Ok, consider me schooled. Shortley after reading my post, Accipiter himself lit my phone up with all kinds of "you are wrong" facts. Turns out America is not now, nor ever has been a Christian nation. That was the point , in fact.
Next time Ill check my facts prior to posting anything on our resident genius' site.
Stay overly-smart my friend

P.S. dont check the stupid box below

(31-DEC-10 - 22:55 EST)

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