It's no secret that I've been trying to figure out exactly what Christianity is supposed to be about. I'm trying to strip away the religiosity and get back to life. Life as it is meant to be lived: isn't that really what Christianity is all about?
Anyway, it struck me today on my way home from practicum that Christians are a very negative group.
1. Sin. Christians love sin (as long as it is someone else's). We love to point it out, gossip about it, lecture about it, complain about it, lament about it etc.
2. Hate. Christians love to be hated. In fact, I've met plenty that have no problem admitting that they actively try to get people to hate them. o.0 Excuse me?
3. Prayer requests. While Biblical at the core, it seems like a lot of time people use "prayer request time" to simply talk about all the bad things in their lives. Compared to the amount of time spent offering "praise reports" or affirming that they believe that God will fix their problems or has a plan, "complain time" is definitely predominant.
4. Immoral politicians. This gets a group apart from "sin" because it is entirely different. Not only are we angry when politicians are gay/divorced/embezzlers/etc. but we like to lament in great laborious detail about all the laws that negatively effect us....or may in the future.
I noticed this because the Christian radio was on and I thought Boy am I glad they don't have news reports like K-Love. That's when I realized that, like the K-Love news reports, Christians like the focus on the bad things going on in the world.
I'm not saying we shouldn't be aware. But our awareness should drive us to make things better AND appreciate what we have. NOT drive us into the depths of despair.
Phil 4:8 Finally brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
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