Well said with a few words and a picture. This from a believer in God whose looking for a name other than Christian because of the way such a movement has been blasphemed by the right wing.
I wish this weren't as true as it most definitely is. The stereotypes people assign to me upon finding that I am Christian are becoming quite terrible.
John, you can come join me as a Follower of Jesusism. You can find the definition for Jesusism on Wikipedia. I was once a Catholic/Roman Catholic, but renounced my ties after I realized that my beliefs are incompatible with those of the Church. You could say that Jesusism is what Catholicism/Christianity used to be before it became "organized".
As a Jesus-Follower I am in agreement with much in the cartoon. Where I disagree is the "denigrate women". Women, in the late 20th century church, have been recognized as Holy, Spiritual and Godly simply by being female. In 20 years of marriage I have heard countless sermons on the responsibility of Fathers and Husbands, but nothing to do with the responsibility of women and wives, except for the occasional, and embarrassed, 10 second quotations from Ephesians. It is men who take a back seat to women in the church today, which is why so few men attend church. Men expect a brow-beating, and often get it.
... Sigh. And let's all try to avoid becoming as arrogant or rude ourselves. It's easy for humans, progressives included, to fall into the trap of being a lot like those who we criticize.
Roger Wolsey, author, "Kissing Fish: christianity for people who don't like christianity."
@Emily...as an educated gay man I have come to know that there are many books and articles by good Christians who support the cause of personal freedom and who have grown in the knowledge that for many being gay is not a choice...it is a gift from gODD. If Christians are gathering negative garments as they dress for their beliefs, then they can also find their way to bare themselves to the truth of gODD's real world...and still find the message of Christ everywhere. I was raised a Christian, but I can no longer call myself one because of what has transpired in the 60 years that is now my life and by what I have witnessed....a witness nobody seens to want to hear. The words revelation and epiphany come to mind...perhaps more will have greater understandings as time marches forward when once again the message of Christ will have new, postive meaning instead of a meaning that degrades and denegrates those who bundle the ignorant words of others into the new language that Christ created.
I recently wrote a post about The christian Right and the Republican Party too. If you just go back and look at what Jesus said (not what the Christian Right says he said) and it's amazing they can even call themselves Christian at all. When did Christianity get so low it comes out on the same side as people who brag about torture? And screwing the poor?
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Well said with a few words and a picture.
ReplyDeleteThis from a believer in God whose looking for a name other than Christian because of the way such a movement has been blasphemed by the right wing.
I wish this weren't as true as it most definitely is. The stereotypes people assign to me upon finding that I am Christian are becoming quite terrible.
ReplyDeleteJohn, you can come join me as a Follower of Jesusism. You can find the definition for Jesusism on Wikipedia. I was once a Catholic/Roman Catholic, but renounced my ties after I realized that my beliefs are incompatible with those of the Church. You could say that Jesusism is what Catholicism/Christianity used to be before it became "organized".
ReplyDeleteAs a Jesus-Follower I am in agreement with much in the cartoon. Where I disagree is the "denigrate women". Women, in the late 20th century church, have been recognized as Holy, Spiritual and Godly simply by being female. In 20 years of marriage I have heard countless sermons on the responsibility of Fathers and Husbands, but nothing to do with the responsibility of women and wives, except for the occasional, and embarrassed, 10 second quotations from Ephesians. It is men who take a back seat to women in the church today, which is why so few men attend church. Men expect a brow-beating, and often get it.
ReplyDelete... Sigh. And let's all try to avoid becoming as arrogant or rude ourselves. It's easy for humans, progressives included, to fall into the trap of being a lot like those who we criticize.
ReplyDeleteRoger Wolsey, author, "Kissing Fish: christianity for people who don't like christianity."
@Emily...as an educated gay man I have come to know that there are many books and articles by good Christians who support the cause of personal freedom and who have grown in the knowledge that for many being gay is not a choice...it is a gift from gODD. If Christians are gathering negative garments as they dress for their beliefs, then they can also find their way to bare themselves to the truth of gODD's real world...and still find the message of Christ everywhere. I was raised a Christian, but I can no longer call myself one because of what has transpired in the 60 years that is now my life and by what I have witnessed....a witness nobody seens to want to hear. The words revelation and epiphany come to mind...perhaps more will have greater understandings as time marches forward when once again the message of Christ will have new, postive meaning instead of a meaning that degrades and denegrates those who bundle the ignorant words of others into the new language that Christ created.
ReplyDeleteI recently wrote a post about The christian Right and the Republican Party too. If you just go back and look at what Jesus said (not what the Christian Right says he said) and it's amazing they can even call themselves Christian at all. When did Christianity get so low it comes out on the same side as people who brag about torture? And screwing the poor?
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