You nailed it Waateva, persecution of the Church typically, in my experience, comes from the 'church'...
We meet in homes privately away from the mainstream Churches for that reason.. Pretty sad, but all we can do is distance ourselves from them..
Even though it's old, I always loved this joke by Emo Philips.
Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!"
He said, "Nobody loves me."
I said, "God loves you. Do you believe in God?"
He said, "Yes."
I said, "Are you a Christian or a Jew?"
He said, "A Christian."
I said, "Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?"
He said, "Protestant."
I said, "Me, too! What franchise?"
He said, "Baptist."
I said, "Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?"
He said, "Northern Baptist."
I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?"
He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist."
I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?"
He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region."
I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?"
He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912."
I said, "Die, heretic!" And I pushed him over.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/jimmy-carter-donald-trump-ted-cruz-218707
In fact, many Christians actively speak against the hateful rhetoric that seems to come from the extremist right.
Of course, that doesnt make the news..
Well, at least it did when Jimmy Carter said it in front of the House of Lords in England earlier this year.
Its still not enough.. All the 'rockstar' 'christians' seem to get all the press, yet they rarely represent the orthodox beliefs Christ taught.. Makes me sick to be quite honest..
I'm not religious, but I was raised in a Roman Catholic family. My father, his two brothers, and three of my mom's cousins were all in the Seminary together, though none became priests. My aunt and two other uncles are principles at catholic schools. It runs deep, and this isn't an area anyone would accuse of being overly religious.
Not a single one of them can believe the bull**** that comes out of the mouths of people like Cruz. It was the same with Bachman saying that God told her to run for president.
While I don't personally believe, it's not only sickening to see people say such things for political gain, it's absolutely infuriating to see people exploit and misrepresent the faith of others in such an obvious way. It feeds stereotypes and opens up sane, rational, intelligent, peaceful and loving people to undeserved ridicule by those who think these nutjobs are the norm.
That's because Catholics aren't taught nor do they believe the same crazy bull**** as Cruz and a lot of other Evangelicals. My wife was loosely raised Catholic, and when I tell her stories about how people believe Noah and the ark literally happened, or that the Earth really was only created ~6000 years ago, or that God really did command a couple bears to slay a bunch of teenagers for making fun of a prophet, she is dumbfounded.
I'm not religious, but I was raised in a Roman Catholic family. My father, his two brothers, and three of my mom's cousins were all in the Seminary together, though none became priests. My aunt and two other uncles are principles at catholic schools. It runs deep, and this isn't an area anyone would accuse of being overly religious.
Not a single one of them can believe the bull**** that comes out of the mouths of people like Cruz. It was the same with Bachman saying that God told her to run for president.
While I don't personally believe, it's not only sickening to see people say such things for political gain, it's absolutely infuriating to see people exploit and misrepresent the faith of others in such an obvious way. It feeds stereotypes and opens up sane, rational, intelligent, peaceful and loving people to undeserved ridicule by those who think these nutjobs are the norm.
if God told her to run, why didnt she win lol
I believe of the dozen or so people who ran for the 2016 nomination, the only who who didn't say God told him to run is the one who actually got the nomination.
