For a long time we have seen how the Christian right has been basically destroying America and as a result Christians have been vilified. Well I am a Christian and I am a strong Liberal. I believe the Christian leaders, like Pat Robertson, Dobson, are wrong and have strayed from the true teachings and understandings of Christ. Christ's message was one of love and compassion not of hate and fear mongering. I am not here to argue about the existence of God or any other supreme being but to show that the Christian right is wrong and have followed the hate teachings of some of their leaders.
Christ set up the church as a way to help the poor, sick and others in need. The church was intended to be basically a welfare system that would provide shelter to the persecuted, free health care to those who cannot afford it, food to those who could not afford it. It was not intended to be a rallying point to suppress the will of the people. On some of the most controversial issues they do not seek the truth but just follow what their leaders tell them is the truth. For example, with the big bang and evolution, the bible never says how the earth was made or how man was made, it just says they were made. So seeing as Christians believe that God can do anything, can he not create the earth through the big bang? Can he not make man through evolution? Yes he can, and until I am proved wrong, I will believe so. Another controversial issue would be same-sex marriage. Many believe that it should only be between a man and a women and at first I was a little uneasy on this question, not knowing what to believe. When I really sat down and thought about it, I considered what is marriage to God. Well most would probably think it as a commitment made to each other, and for Christians, before God. So then who cares what the government deems marriage. If they really believe that God does not want gay and lesbians to marry then he would not recognize it. God does not require a marriage license before he considers you married, I am sure there are many who are married that he would not considered married and those who aren't married he would considered married, like me and my Fiancé who have been dating 5 years and engaged for 2. Going back a few years there was the whole Terri Schiavo, when it was claimed that it was wrong to "kill" her, that it was playing God. From my point of view, they were playing God by keeping her alive. Finally, abortion; many Christians are more concerned with stopping abortion rather than helping those who decide not to have one. If they concentrated on helping people to raise their kids and provide aid to those who do, the amount of abortions would go down. The pure and simple fact is that the Christian right is not living to what the bible dictates they should. They live by the lies that are feed to them by their "Christian" leaders and the Republicans. They do not follow the most important and basic rules of the bible, to love all, help the less fortunate and have compassion for all things. There have been many times when I have been called a false Christian, one who pays lip service, not a true believer. But I am telling them now that they are not true followers and they need to wake up and see the damage that they are causing our country and our faith. If they truly followed the bible, if they truly believed, this country would be a thousand times better.