Great bumper sticker idea: "I'll put 'Christ' back in 'Christmas' when

[mistertrickster]

the fundamentalists put Christ back into Christianity."

On edit: this is not mine; I wish I could claim credit for it, but it was posted by a friend of mine on another web-log.

[Shell Beau]

1. That is the truth. I am a Christian, and I am disgusted by how I see many

"Christians" act. There is no perfect person, but the hypocrisy is disgusting. The picking and choosing of what is sinful is disgusting.

[mistertrickster]

2. I'm Christian too, but the idea that Pat Robertson represents my beliefs or represents anything

like what Jesus preached is despicable . . .

[Shell Beau]

3. For sure. And unfortunately he is a dime a dozen.

[wryter2000]

5. I'm also Christian

I have a "Jesus is a liberal" bumper sticker. It got me a honk and a wave one night, and not the one-fingered wave.

[Raster]

8. Bless your heart!

[VermeerLives]

9. "Picking and choosing"

"The picking and choosing of what is sinful is disgusting." Well, I would certainly agree with that! I wonder what Jesus would have to say about those who "pick and choose" from His words what they want to believe or not.

I've been reading through the entire Bible this year, and it's interesting to read how often Jesus talked, for example, about hell. He actually believed in it! He was a preacher of hell. He talked more about that than He did about heaven. Question: If Jesus believed there is a hell, should we?

It's also interesting to see how many times he quoted the Old Testament when confronting the religious (Jewish) leaders of His day, quoting their own prophets back at them (now there were some hypocrites for you!). It's interesting to observe that Jesus not only judged peoples' actions, he judged their thoughts. In John 2, for example, it says that "He Himself knew what was in man.". He answered his critics based on what they were thinking. Pretty sobering. It is fascinating, as well, that Jesus regarded hate as equal to actually murdering someone, or lust as actually having committed sexual sin. Therefore, no one can escape God's judgment, or claim to be better than anyone else. Even our very thoughts will condemn us, because God even judges our motives for doing something, even if that action is in itself a "good" work.

Soooo.......are going to "pick and choose" what we want to believe of Jesus' own words? Or are we only going to accept the "nice" things that He said? Do we accept it all, or just cherry-pick what suits our purposes?

[Shell Beau]

11. The Bible is interpreted differently by almost everyone.

But your examples would be better used if in their full context.

But, I am not going into a Biblical debate with you. Glad you are reading the Bible. At least if you disagree with it, you can say you have read it.

[CJCRANE]

13. But fundies claim to be literalists

who follow every word of the Bible. It is hypocrisy for them to pick and choose.

[truedelphi]

18. have you seen Lewis Black's take on the "Christians" who constantly quote

From their "preferred" selections of the Old Testament.

He makes the whole thing so very funny. After all, the Old testament is the book that was written by the Jewish leaders long before Christ. The whole point of Christianity is supposed to be that our Messiah has a new take on things. Christians should be studying the New Testament, not the Old!

And my take on it is that any time a Christian quotes from the Old Testament, especially if they are doing it to promote hatred of homosexuals, hatred of foreigners and Muslims, and promotion of war, they really should be gob (or god) smacked!

[rd_kent]

14. How about we accept none of it?

There is THAT option, too. It is quite possible that the entire thing is nothing more than a fairy tale........

[mitchum]

16. "Kind and gentle" Jesus does come off like a megalomaniacal asshole in much of the new testament

[wryter2000]

4. I heard that on Stephanie Miller last week

John Fugelsang said it. I'm getting that bumper sticker for myself for Christmas! Ho, ho, ho.

On edit: oh, shoot. I thought you said it was already a bumper sticker. Why do you hate Christmas? :evilgrin:

[mistertrickster]

6. Aha! So that's where it came from. Thanx. nt

[SpiralHawk]

7. That's torturously funny

I am sure JC himself would have got a chuckle out of the, um, irony in it, as the Torturer Parties of Yesteryear began his "Intensive Interrogation" - a practice so widely applauded by so-called fundamentalist 'christians' when used in modern times against other Children of God.

[R. P. McMurphy]

10. Excellent quote.

[Blue_Tires]

12. i'd also like to see them remember the workers' rights roots that spawned Labor Day

[ThoughtCriminal]

15. Try this: Go to a "Christian" fundamentalist church

During the sermon:

Count the number of times Jesus is mentioned. (Always: many, many times!)

Count the number of times Jesus is quoted. (very likely: zero)

[L0oniX]

19. They can't do that ...wtf ...that would invalidate their doctrine.

:wtf:

[truedelphi]

17. That is one great bumper sticker. n/t