I suppose I should be beyond shock about such things...but I'm not. A shocking number of Christians in the US are stuck pretty much where the first followers of Jesus were before he gave them a bit more instruction about the way things appear and the way things are.
They think being sick or injured or otherwise infirm is a moral failing.
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” — The Gospel of John, chapter nine, verses one and two
And, if an American family loses their insurance coverage, their livelihood and home, and if their credit rating is destroyed by catastrophic illness or accident, these Christians don't seem to see this as uniquely American tragedy (unique in the sense that no other developed nation allows it citizens to be driven into bankruptcy by medical bills). Apparently these Christians feel affirmed in their judgement of the afflicted. Or perhaps they merely take Darwinian delight in seeing the morally weak—who wouldn't be in the mess they're in if they weren't defective, right?—brought lower still.
Is this who we are?
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uninformed. its like saying white people dont like...or blacks are... easy targets these christians. when are we going to get tired of the regurgitation of name calling and start looking for real solutions? rep's and dems are both stuffing their pockets with the cash of the downtroddin'! call for evolution songs!
ReplyDeleteNot uninformed, Anonymous (not his/her real name). My beef is with those crazy Christians. They know who they are. Or do they?
ReplyDeletehahahahaaha! does crazy know crazy? :)
ReplyDeletethank you, thank you, thank you.
ReplyDeletei'm currently undergoing another ECT series, and i am privy to that verse quite a lot.
for some, this is who we are. and it sucks the holy out of the others.
miss you.
miss you too, Renee. i hope this series exceeds all expectations. godspeed.
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