You Don't Know My Life!

I was accused on Facebook last night of supporting the subjugation and murder of “women, Native Americans, gays, blacks, Mexicans, Asians” and anyone else who doesn’t share my faith. I thought it was weird that he thought all those groups automatically don’t share my faith, but thought that was a bunny trail. Weirder still, I AM a woman, and a little bit Cherokee . . . soooooo . . . where does that leave him?

I was blamed for heinous crimes against humanity . . . all on a thread because I called a guy on his prejudice against Christians. I chuckled, but then I thought how sad it all was. The dude equated Christians with hate. He and another guy were waxing eloquent about how believing in an invisible guy in a chair in the sky is silly. With which I completely agree. But that was pretty much their boiled-down version of Christianity. DOH!! I just call that willful ignorance. And, it is sad. And you know what? In the process of ranting, he made some good points.

Later in the day, the guy apologized sincerely. Which I totally appreciated.  That was big of him. And much more than non-Christians get from many of us when we realize we’ve been jerks.

Re: “Christian” history: I think we all know that there are some horrific things in “Christian” history. I don’t cotton to what those people put forth, and I put Christian in quotes a lot because I just am pretty dang sure those crimes (and many political pontifications today) had nothing to do with Christ, just a bunch of blather and horror from some powerful goobers and misguided fools who thought they should take history (and hey, while we’re at it, eternity!) into their own hands.

And, we’ve given up a lotta ground, simply because we, as a society, as Americans with big mouths, pocketbooks, and media, are often guilty of throwing a lotta stuff onto Jesus which was never meant to be there. Telling people they have to be something to follow Christ. That they have to vote a certain way, or they are sending people to hell.

So, I try to keep that in mind when calling those thread guys on acting like ignorant idjits.

And, hey, I’m Southern, so they might not even notice I nearly insulted them!

It all brings to mind that we need to have the conversation. With everyone. Even if they are hatin’ on us, without knowing who we are. Sometimes, they come back and apologize. Which teaches us something about real humility. Sometimes they don’t.

Maybe we can introduce them to some other pieces of Christian history, some different Christian perspectives, or maybe show them that all Christians are not what they thought. Better yet, instead of pointing out how great Christians are, (bent on our little American PR campaign to show the world we can be cool too! LOL), let’s step out of the limelight and point them to Jesus.

The real one, not the Dobson-Limbaugh-Swaggart-Republican-Televangelist-Fox-News-American-Media-paint-by-number-Jesus.

The ones who really hate on us for reals may change their tiny little minds; they might not. But, we oughta give them a listen.

After that, well, we can just dust off our sandals.

Meanwhile, that “delete” button is always an option!

Teresa Roberts Logan, when not arguing with people on Facebook, is a comic and an artist. Her comedy site is www.LaughingRedhead.com. Her art site is http://www.LaughingRedhead.typepad.com. Her work is on gift products for purchase at http://www.Zazzle.com/LaughingRedhead.

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