Who’s Destroying Christianity? It Sure as Hell Isn’t the Liberals
November 24, 2013 By
I’ve been to the households of Baptists where drinking is strongly forbidden and against their religious beliefs, and let’s just say I’ve been far less than sober at a Catholic wedding.
But there’s undoubtedly a war being waged within this country by the far-right “Christian fundamentalists” (the ones I call followers of Republicanity) and real Christians who actually follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Since I founded Right Off A Cliff and co-founded Forward Progressives, I’ve made it part of my mission to reclaim Christianity from those who I personally feel don’t follow the Christian faith at all. Another group I would highly encourage all of you to check out as well is The Christian Left. It’s another great page that fights the ignorance of Republicanity.
It’s amazing though how so many conservatives really believe liberals are a bunch of godless heathens out to destroy Christianity. It’s a claim that’s absolutely absurd. There are tens of millions of liberals who are Christians in this country. The difference is, we practice our faith in private like it should be. We don’t stand on some alter, preaching down to others about how they should live their lives.
Still, I can’t count the times I’ve heard conservatives claim that liberals are out to destroy Christianity.
And while their ignorance concerning the idea that liberals are trying to destroy Christianity is apparent, they are correct about one thing — millions of people are destroying Christianity. They are.
Republicans are the biggest enemy to Christian values I’ve ever witnessed.
You know what I’ve literally never heard, not even once? ”I’m no longer a Christian because of the beliefs of liberals.”
But you know what I have heard numerous times? ”I’m no longer a Christian because of the ignorance of so many conservatives who claim to be Christians, yet act like ignorant, hateful pricks.”
Story after story from people who no longer considering themselves Christians, though they were raised one, because of the ignorance of those who take Christianity and destroy it with their own selfish, hateful desires.
Liberals aren’t driving people from Christianity, conservatives are. It’s the Republican party who acts like they’re some representatives of “Christian values” while being supported by hateful, paranoid, delusional, angry, fearful bigots who hate anything and everything that isn’t just like them.
“Oh, but I go to church and tithe 10%. I’m also in the choir and I volunteer at all the church functions.”
Neat.
When someone says something like that to me this is what I hear:
“I was raised to go to church because it’s what God orders me to do. I’ve also been told that I’m supposed to give 10% to the church otherwise I might end up in hell. Oh, and if I’m not involved in church my friends and family will judge me, but it’s okay, I don’t really mind that because I’m surrounded by people in church who are just like me and we can gossip and judge everyone who isn’t just like us.”Anyone who’s ever worked with the public will tell you the absolute worst day of the week to work is Sunday. When I was a server at a restaurant right across the highway from one of the largest churches in the city I was living in at the time, Sunday morning was the shift where we had the rudest people, worst tips and our lives were miserable until the day was over.
You know, once the “good church people” arrived.
But like I said, people aren’t flocking from Christianity because of liberals. They’re flocking from the religion because of the absolute ignorance of conservatives. Who, as I’ve said many times now, don’t follow Christianity — they follow Republicanity.
And as a Christian who accepts people of all faiths, no faiths and all things in between, I’m going to continue to stand up for Christianity. I will continue the fight to reclaim Christianity from the ignorant clutches of these right-wing fanatics.
I just hope more people join me in this fight.
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