Reply #24: Let me try and explain this to you [View All]

[TallahasseeGrannie]

Many of us consider ourselves Christians and we look at what our brethren are up to in the fundamentalist movement and we shake our head sadly. And we do things like vote, pledge money, make our feelings known when possible and appropriate.

But most of us aren't out in the streets waving down cars with signs, heading up convocations on theology, etc, because that just isn't who we are. The sort of person who does that is far more political than I, has more skills in that area. I am not responsible for what is done in the name of Christ. I am responsible for seeing that I don't do these things in the name of Christ, and I would extend that to my congregation. If they decided, for example, not to allow gay couples to Communion, I'd raise the roof and pull my money out. But my church doesn't do that.

So the fact that there are some loonie Xtians out there does not make me responsible for cleaning up their behavior. Jesus didn't tell me to do that. And frankly, either did that old SOB St. Paul.

My psychiatrist is a very gentle man from Iraq. He is Muslim. I don't expect him to solve the ills of his faith. He's busy healing folks. I'm busy teaching and raising a family.

TG