Originally posted by Seagoon
Sakai,
What our Lord means to condemn is a censorious and fault-finding spirit. A readiness to blame others for trifling offences, or matters of indifference--a habit of passing rash and hasty judgments--a disposition to magnify the errors and infirmities of our neighbors, and make the worst of them--this is what our Lord forbids.
Agreed, and if this point about what Christ condemns is not the description of the Karl Rov/Newt Gingrich principles of lies and destructive politics, the Rush Limbaughed, Ann Coultered, Michelle Malkinated and Sean Hannityized GOP, then it never existed in any form or any nation.
As I said, it's a hatred machine, and it sold its soul for political gain, destroying any person who dares to ask "why".
Rationalizing this is beneath any man capable of exegetical discretion, as you appear to be.
Homey don't play that in politics, neither should any many who claims to be a Christian for the savior plainly derided the Pharisees who were supposed to be the spiritual leaderhisp of the covenant, while refusing to engage--refusing to engage in any way, shape or form--the political power of Rome in Judah.
You sir, have sold your soul to Rome. Evangelical Christianity has become Pharasiacal in its desire to engage in politics, the politics of hatred, derision, money grubbing and blood sport. All in the name of Jesus. How nice.
There is simply no excuse in any scripture for the politicization of Christianity, but I do love to see folks scramble to rationalize such.
Like the Pharisees, the evangelists in our nation scoff that "we have the truth, we know the real truth" and anyone who dares to query simply has to be errant. "How dare anyone question a political agenda based on Christ, why, as we can plainly see he exhorted us to this calling . . ."
The Bible tells us a story. A recurrent story that man should never forget: People who claim to be of god (and this of course brings up the entire rationalization of ordination in protestantism) and then start to mingle in the philosophies of men always wield political power, and always bring their nations to destruction. Always. It is always man coming to god, then drifting away.
"Come back to the raft Huck honey . . ."
Put that in context, and smoke it baby.
Sakai