CHRISTIANITY: A KINDER, GENTLER TERRORISM

My apologies to the Christians who seem to be able to practice their faith without thinking that everybody needs to join them. However, increasingly, I read things written by Christians that state that the only way to get to heaven is through Jesus, which effectively says that the 4.6 trillion (over 67%) people in the world who aren’t Christians are going to hell.

Is terrorism too strong a word? I would venture to guess that one could find some Christians willing to fly a plane into the Ka’Bah, but in a much less spectacular, though hardly more subtle way, they’re trying to take over the USA politically. While claiming to be victims they see themselves as the only ones deserving of the blessings of our Constitution.

Publicly, they espouse family values, yet their divorce rate is significantly higher than atheists or agnostics.

They organize to prevent counties from ending their dry status, but it makes me wonder who, with a Christian population of more than 80%, is doing all the drinking?

I see GOD IS MY COPILOT bumper stickers and wonder why the diety’s license hasn’t been pulled.

While opposing abortion , they abhor public assistance. They say they don’t judge but are perfectly willing to censor whatever they find offensive.

I wouldn’t care what they believe in if they would just practice their faith without trying to jam it down everyone’s throat. What makes it even harder to abide is that many of the Christians that I see don’t really follow the teachings of their prophet, the Son of God, only what’s convenient for them.

The Christian faith as practiced by the many in this country has become the Church of the Holy Bulldozer and I continue to say my only prayer: Jesus, protect me from your followers.