(taken from: reclaimingthemind.org)
I was discussing religion with a gentleman this evening. It was a very interesting conversation in which he recounted to me how he used to be a Christian in a Baptist church. But he left Christianity for Buddhism not too long ago. He explained that the reason why he left Christianity was because of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. In short, he felt that Christians were on the wrong side of this issue.
This is representative of so many in our cultural Christianity. This gentleman’s argument was simple:
Christianity is determined as valid or invalid upon the character of its adherents.
In other words, if Christians do not act a “good” way, then Christianity itself is discredited. In this man’s mind, Christians were on the wrong side of the conflict, therefore he left Christianity for something more suitable in keeping with the character that he supposed should accompany those who follow the true God.
I am going to make a statement here that I suppose is going to make many of my readers upset. This especially goes for those who are more “emerging” in their thinking. Here it goes:
Christianity is not validated upon the character of its adherents.
Did you get that? Let me repeat.
Christianity is not validated upon the character of its adherents
(What do you think?)
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