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[zillah3]

"For once white Christians might actually have a leg to stand on with the 'repressed and misunderstood minority, battling for our souls' line they've tried for so long. [which is another rant. In China, I'd buy the line and feed and hide your family. Here? Come on. Read the currency.]"This is why I follow people on the internet that I would

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[bjbass]

Wow, did somebody push your buttons, or what?

You know, if you are Jewish, you can be orthodox or reformed or inactive or agnostic or even atheist and you're still Jewish. But the Christian right has walled itself off from the rest of us and co-opted the Christian brand. Their idea of religious freedom is the right to force their views on others. Like the ongoing effort to push biblical creation into the science curriculum.

Many people view Moslems as bloodthirsty terrorists who want to kill the rest of us, and I often think that moderate Islam, which is the vast majority, needs to stand up and reclaim its place. Then I look at Christianity and I see the same thing -- to many people around the world, Christians are power-hungry extremists.

I read somewhere that nearly half of Americans don't believe in evolution, and believe that the earth is less than 10,000 years old. I didn't realize the numbers were that large. Maybe those of us with more moderate views really are becoming the minority.

[vick34]

I think one of my favorite moments (and by favorite I mean a combination of eye rolling and shock) as a Christian was hearing from someone that some Christians don't believe that Catholics are Christian at all.
This same denomination CAME from the Catholic Church to begin with.
The hubby actually has a "family tree" of Christianity that I'll have to share with you sometime.
I will agree that it is definitely getting harder to be Christian in this day and age. It's looked down on and outright sneered at by the media and public at large. We see that first hand at the shows we do.
And I have to agree on the judgmental aspect. The ones who claim to be the strongest in their faith (WHATEVER it is) tend to be the ones who judge the most.
I try my best not to, although I do have weak moments. I'm only human.
I tend to subscribe more to the "hate the sin, not the sinner" approach myself.
Guess as a Catholic Republican, I just need to go exile myself somewhere, right? ;-)