Lovely Christmas message to share with your Conservative Christian neighbors

[jgraz]

December 17, 2006

An Open Letter to American Conservative Christians

Diary Entry by kpominville


You guys have a lot of nerve.

Many of you are acting as if there is nothing wrong; As if you have done nothing wrong.

You have a LOT of repenting to be doing.

This Christmas season should be a time of reflection and introspection for you.

Spend it thinking about REAL Christian Values.

This past election should have been a wake up call for you.

I was there, in Washington D.C. BEFORE the war. I was standing there with my sign that said "PEACE NOT WAR", not even saying anything, when a self-described "Conservative Christian" came up to me and started telling me in detail why I was going to hell because I opposed this war and that I should "repent my heathenish Liberal ways". I tried to explain to her that I am a Christian. I am an ordained reverend in a non-denominational church. She would hear none of it.

The people are NOW starting to wake up and are realizing that this invasion and occupation of Iraq was a disastrous mistake.

Not a blunder.

Not an "oops".

It was a horrific, disastrous, catastrophic, apocalyptic Mistake of BIBLICAL proportions!

A mistake that YOU openly supported.

A mistake by a man that YOU overwhelmingly supported!

All because of a narrow set of comparatively small wedge issues.

Shame on you for lacking perspective.

Shame on you for your incivility during that time.

Mine was not an isolated incident and you know it.

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An example of how REAL Christians react when they are attacked is right here in America's heartland, right under your noses.

Earlier this year the Amish in Penn were attacked by an insane man who executed several of their children in cold blood. He put them on their knees and shot them from behind.

How did the Amish React?

Did they attack the outside world for its wickedness?

Did they rightfully mention that this is not an uncommon experience for them and that earlier this same year they had several of their daughters fall victim to rape?

Did they invade and occupy two countries? (Couldn't help myself)

No, they immediately held a press conference and publicly FORGAVE the man.

Then, when the money and gifts started pouring in from all over the world, their first action was to create a fund for the wife and children of the man who murdered their children.

Pay special attention to that.




More at http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=2489

[AspenRose]

1. So much for worshipping the "Prince of Peace"

*heavy sigh* I don't know who these people profess to worship. I gave up trying to figure it out.

[DeSwiss]

3. Let's see.....

.... hmmmm, oh I know! Its Yahweh.... you remember him? The avenging and jealous god from back in the bronze-age. And he knew how to knock off a few people back in the day too. He once enslaved all the pre-pubescent teenaged girls of a nation, killing all males and women "who have been known by men," when some men raped Dinah -- one of his chosen people.



That god don't play. And the son ain't got nothing on the father.... :sarcasm:

:evilgrin:

edit: corrected misspelling

[flyarm]

2. NOW THAT IS A CHRISTIAN I CAN AND WILL RESPECT!! N/T

[ritziecracker]

4. What can I say???

Makes me glad that I'm a atheist!!!

[jgraz]

5. I'd prefer we didn't turn this into a blanket "bash christians" thread

We can go over to Religion/Theology for that :)

Note that the person who wrote this is ALSO a devout Christian -- he just chooses to believe in a kinder, more moral God than these people do. But isn't that the case for all liberals, no matter what belief system they follow? It's their liberalism that provides the moral foundation, not any particular religious doctrine.