Unfortunately, using religion as an excuse for behaving badly and manipulating others has been an attractive combination for narcissistic power seekers in the GOP for a long time. It seems they could care less about the well-being of any group (POC, immigrants, refugees, women, non-Christians....) if by doing so it gets in the way of gaining power. And the partnership between some of these so called Christian evangelical leaders with political leaders returns power and relevance to the Christian evangelical leaders. "Pride" is one of the "7 deadly sins" and they are full of it!
Meanwhile, there are people who are Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and non-religious who are humbly doing good and working toward bringing about a more just world. I wonder how to bring that work into public focus more.
It is no surprise that Christians would think they are the center of the universe -- my own religion went five steps farther. We proposed that we, among Christians, were the only ones with The Truth, capital t's. The rest of y'all are going to hell.
And so we focus on ourselves, and think we have the answers and dismiss (or worse) any one not in the same pew. It's shameful.
Amen!
Unfortunately, using religion as an excuse for behaving badly and manipulating others has been an attractive combination for narcissistic power seekers in the GOP for a long time. It seems they could care less about the well-being of any group (POC, immigrants, refugees, women, non-Christians....) if by doing so it gets in the way of gaining power. And the partnership between some of these so called Christian evangelical leaders with political leaders returns power and relevance to the Christian evangelical leaders. "Pride" is one of the "7 deadly sins" and they are full of it!
Meanwhile, there are people who are Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and non-religious who are humbly doing good and working toward bringing about a more just world. I wonder how to bring that work into public focus more.
It is no surprise that Christians would think they are the center of the universe -- my own religion went five steps farther. We proposed that we, among Christians, were the only ones with The Truth, capital t's. The rest of y'all are going to hell.
And so we focus on ourselves, and think we have the answers and dismiss (or worse) any one not in the same pew. It's shameful.