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September 2, 2004The Religious RightI started college as a Religion major with thoughts of becoming a priest, and fairly conservative religious viewpoints. One of the things I particularly remember from the early days of my religious education is that most Christians tend to view Jesus as an embodiment of their own ideals. Conservatives see Jesus as conservative, black radicals tend to see Jesus as black radicals, etc. As we apply it to our dealings with others and with politics we enter the realm of discernment. The popular question, “What would Jesus do?” is a foray into this. Jock Gill’s posting of the Sermon on the Mount furthers the question. I spoke with Jock a little bit about this, and remembered one of the first lessons in discernment. Some Christians are led astray by false prophets quoting scripture. When Instead, we are encouraged to look at ‘the fruits of the spirit, love, kindness, gentleness and self-control’. These are not what I’ve been seeing from the speakers at the convention this week, nor in their deeds over the past few years. Discernment is an important gift and I pray that Christians and everyone seeks discernment of who is really walking the walk and not just talking the talk. Comments
I've been wondering when someone would comment on the false profiting of the Neo-Cons, and how they wrap themselves in the flag of religion while they themselves are immersed in sin (Ex.: It's a mortal sin to "bear false witness"). All good christians should know these people by what they DO, not by what they SAY. Also, it's odd how the Neo-Cons proclaim their piety and yet eschew the corporal works of mercy like feed the hungary and heal the sick. Posted by: patrikcee at September 9, 2004 1:14 PMPost a comment
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