Jesus didn't wish to rise to the top.. By pure survaillance of other successful blogs out there in cyber space, I have noticed that only the controversial statements get any kind of a response, especailly if you can offend someone while being controversial. I was going to attempt this to see if my ratings boosted but everyone took the good ideas. So I am sorry, below you will find nothing that will affend you and only mediocer writting that might stir nothing in you. My apologies....

On that same note, I read an article in the Oregonian last night thats pleas were cries that will only be heard by a small number of people who they probably don't pertain to. Sad, becuase even as a published writting, literature can only reach so far as to affect the people who need to hear it most.....
The commentary was on Christian politics. It rose interesting points that I will not summarize because you yourself have the ability to read the document but I gathered much from it that I cannot let stand alone.
An excerp reads "the church has been hijacked by the issues of gay marriage and abortion.....this is what the people e,bedded int hte church don't understand. When you go out and ask someone what Christianity is about, they'll say it's about gay marriage and abortion. The dont know anything else." and more "There's increasingly this feeling that if we are right spiritually and right morally, we can be mean to people....Whatever happened to turn the other cheek? Love your enemies? Season your speech with grace? There's only war rhetoric. It's Gettysburg. 'Your children are going to trun gay unless you get your fists up'...."

Although very critical, I find this article sad but true. When walking around the own campus of my school, I find a bitter atmosphere surrounding the religious right, and there is no question why. So often the speech that flows out of the mouths of those who preach love is filled with anger and force. Why is it so important that we take our spiritual beliefs and make them moral tactics for the entire US to feel? I suggest rather actions above words. Who was that famous dude that said "I'd hear your words better if you actions weren't so loud"? He had a point. It has come down to pure hypocracy and corruption onthe name of Christianity. "Christianity as a religion is about political power, morality and us vs. them. Christianity as a spirituality is about acceptance, love and grace". This is when I would have to agree that sometimes the world would be better without religion....
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