Fellow Christians, are you fully aware of THIS?

Question

It is a very honorable thing NOT to hide being a Christian. After all, you are a follower of the Creator of the whole universe, and have accepted His wondrous gift of eternal life with Him.

But what does it mean when a person claims to be a "conservative Christian?"

The term, "conservative Christian" is an oxymoron now, and it has been ever since the word "conservative" became associated with such hateful and mindless agendas as the ones that seek to force millions of girls and women to gestate-to-term against their will, and that seek to discriminate against gays, and deprive them of equal rights. Jesus was/is all about love and compassion. For a person to knowingly claim to be a "conservative Christian" is literally an open admission that he/she is nothing but a pseudo-Christian RRR cultist.

There is NOTHING Christian about being a bigot that persues loathsome agendas against the individual liberties of millions of people. Real Christians should avoid any such association.

To "Patrone07" -- Nowhere does the Bible appoint nor authorize Christians to be *enforcers* of its precepts upon society, much less concocted dogmas NOT in the Bible. Jesus appointed no Gestapo. The closest analog is "church discipline" -- to be wielded only upon "wayward" Christians by fellow Christians.

To "Rev. Ein..." -- False teachers like Jerry Falwell & James Dobson have fed the control freaks the bigotry they wanted to hear... by the spatula!

To "Yummygood" and "Stephen J" -- ALL *babies* and *children* have been BORN. And RPEs (Reproductive-Process Entities) are "innocent" and "guilty" to the same extent as the average brick. Girls and women responsible enough to know the timing was wrong, so deferred pregnancy to later, almost always HAD children. Ones that wouldn't have existed but for the earlier abortion, usually then born into a better home environment.

Finally -- ALL human life defended in the Bible has been born.

And same-sex marriage is 100% harmless.

Answer 1

Well, right on. Trust me, I always love to hear from Christians who don't fit the mold. The thing is, bigotry really is inherent in the "Christian" message. "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no man cometh unto the Father but by me." This implies that everybody who isn't "Christian" is damned. Bigotry doesn't come any riper. Consider that practically every other religion in the world makes similar claims - "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is His prophet" - and that, ultimately, they all have exactly the same claim to "legitimacy." The conclusion is that while there is a certain identity beneath the diversity of religious experiences, each religion insists on the differences rather than the similarities - the inessentials rather than the essentials - and that, therefore, no single religion can possibly provide any more than a certain partial aspect of the Truth.

The only "rational" approach to religion is comparative religion. One ought to take the injunctions of the sages of every tradition as indications of how to set to work; but there is no substitute for original work. It is simply not enough to "believe in the Bible" or any other holy text. In the words of the gnostics, "It is not enough to be a Christian - one must become a Christ." But even "Paul" is recorded as having said "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."

You see on these boards, in these responses, how all these miserable "Christian" blockheads just can't wait to tear you to shreds because you dared suggest that love and compassion should be exalted above discrimination and intolerance as "Christian values." That's because for them, the very thing that distinguishes them as Christian is their arrogant self-righteousness, their conception of themselves as "special" because they adhere (or think they adhere) to the moral conventions set forth in the Bible (they don't, of course, at all - they're hypocrites as well as bigots). So they accuse you of believing in a "feel good Jesus," whereas they worship the Real Thing. That IS religion to these people - the setting apart of themselves as "God's Own."

You even get one idiot saying "Gay people have equal rights - they have the right to marry somebody of the opposite sex" - which is kind of like saying "You can have any color you want as long as it's black," or, more to the point, "You can worship any God as long as it's Jesus."

Answer 2

I'm sorry.

What planet are you on?

Not all conservative Christians are the hateful people you speak of. Not all conservative Christians hate homosexuals.

There is nothing hateful about being anti-abortion. People seek to educate women that abortion is NOT to be used as a contraceptive. Sex is not a tool to be used to "keep your boyfriend." It doesn't work as such.

It's not funny when a bigot calls others a bigot. You assume much and seem to know very little. It is due to people like YOU who assume all conservative Christians are this way or that - that I can't use the term.

Answer 3

The concept does put politics before Christ. And that has always been a failing of the fundamentalist. They have always taken the position that politics comes first; to be a good born-agan,you must first be a conservative. I'm glad I'm a Catholic. We don't embrace people of all political persuasions.

Answer 4

I agree wholeheartedly that there is nothing Christian about being a bigot. Jesus commanded us to be fishers of men. GOD does the cleaning. It's our job to love people and show them compassion. It's GOD's job to do the judging.

All one has to do is look at the people that Jesus hung out with when He walked the earth. He didn't hang out with the "religious" crowd. I don't think that he means for us to hang out with exclusively "religious" people. He wants us out in the world witnessing for him, mainly by example.

Answer 5

So I ask you to think about this. Since you brought up abortion, do you believe that Christ feels that is is OK for a woman to kill her baby in the womb? Mary was an un-wed mother. There was concern about the shame of her condition. Should she have aborted Jesus? I am not asking this in a mean or spiteful way. I want you to think about your position. Christ loved the people but he hated their sin. When he spoke to the woman at the well he spoke to her without malice but at the end he told her to go an sin no more. I agree with you that many Christians have brought disrepute to the term. However, I think that like Christ we need to treat the sinner in love but speak out against the sin. Good luck on your journey through life.

Answer 6

Uh, enable's see - they have been "ravenous"? you have study that interior the 1st line of the hyperlink you put in. Why could a pastor be discussing this? analyzing the crusades does not precisely have something to do with following God or being conformed to his likeness. Pastors are in many situations busy preaching the word on Sunday morning, no longer speaking approximately background. Christians do no longer forget with regard to the actuality that the Crusades occurred. even regardless of the undeniable fact that non-Christians forget with regard to the actuality that there replaced into by no potential something in Scripture to assist the Crusades. neither is there help for any of the different sins. of course some human beings call themselves Christian and in basic terms circulate in the process the motions - does no longer advise different Christians help those issues. Scripture does not help it and God does not the two. in basic terms because of the fact somebody SAYS they're doing some thing interior the call of G-d, does no longer advise they are certainly. And in basic terms because of the fact human beings say they're followers of G-d does no longer advise they're the two. The Bible says you will comprehend them by potential of their fruit. of course if there is undesirable fruit, it is from a undesirable tree. in case you are able to no longer locate something in Scripture to assist the sins you're speaking approximately, then do no longer blame God for it. you are able to no longer even blame the religion, because of the fact the guidelines in place weren't being accompanied. even regardless of the undeniable fact that, i assume shall we sue each wellness care professional on earth for the incorrect doings of alternative medical doctors. fire each police officer because of the fact some are in command of police brutality, fire all instructors and consequently close each of the universities down because of the fact some instructors have been in command of misconduct, and so on. and so on. and so on.

Answer 7

Forcing millions of girls to bear children against their will? Really, all of those women were raped? If you choose to have sex and get pregnant, that consequence is on you, you may not like it, but the child did nothing to bring itself into being. The woman should take responsibility for her actions and not kill an unborn child bc she had no self-control. In the rare case of pregnancy by rape (and it is rare) one crime doesn't justify another. The child didn't rape you, if anyone should die in that situation it's the rapist.

As for depriving gays of equal rights, they have equal rights. They have the right to marry the opposite sex, whether they choose to or not isn't the government's problem. What they're asking for is actually a concession, not a denied right.

Answer 8

Leviticus 19:15  Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

John 7:24  Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

More can be said.

GOD bless

Answer 9

Conservative Values.
No to Abortion
yes to Traditional Marraige
Paryer in School

Conservative issues

Answer 10

Dude, I guess you don't know what they do to a baby when they kill it in the womb. You should look it up because it's so horrific, I can't even say it. We are kinder to our unwanted pets that we uthenize. I have a 2 month old granddaughter. She is beautiful and happy and it breaks my heart to think that many women kill their beautiful innocent babies because being a pregant or being a mother didn't fit in with their agendas!