Why has the word "Christian" become such a bad word politically?
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I agree with you. But we have to remember what the Bible says in regards to being a child of God:\nMt 5:10 \nBlessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\nI love this poem:\n\n I AM A CHRISTIAN\n \nWhen I say... "I am a Christian"\nI'm not shouting "I'm clean living."\nI'm whispering "I was lost,"\nNow I'm found and I'm forgiven.\n \nWhen I say..."I am a Christian"\nI don't speak of this with pride.\nI'm confessing that I stumble and \nneed CHRIST to be my guide.\n \nWhen I say... "I am a Christian"\nI'm not trying to be strong.\nI'm professing that I was weak and \nneed HIS strength to carry on.\n \nWhen I say.. "I am a Christian"\nI'm not bragging of success.\nI'm admitting I have failed and \nI need God to clean my mess.\n \nWhen I say... "I am a Christian"\nI'm not claiming to be perfect,\nMy flaws are far too visible; but, \nGod believes I'm worth it.\n \nWhen I say.. "I am a Christian"\nI still feel the sting of pain; \nI have my share of heartaches,\nSo I call upon His Name.\n \nWhen I say... "I am a Christian"\nI'm not holier than thou,\nI'm just a simple sinner\nWho received God's good grace, somehow.\n\nThose without FAITH in God and His Son, do not understand the Christian.
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Yeah, that's what I was trying to say in that other question. It's just an abbreviation, not some huge conspiracy to take Christ out of everything and turn the country into some evil secular nation.\n\nThe other guy who brought this up said that people are trying to make this an "ungodly" nation. What I want to know is: If a nation where 80% of people call themselves Christian is ungodly, then what's a "godly" nation?
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:}\nNo on the contrary.... It's cool to be a Christian now. For years people looked at you funny when you said “God Bless”, or “Have a blessed day”. Now it just   "You Too"  Now we are gaining Bible clubs in our schools and Christian coffee houses and lots of other stuff.\nIt might be starting to be socially unacceptable to be non-Christian.
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God isn't - it's Jesus that is considered politically incorrect. Franklin Graham once said he can use the name God in conversation with no adverse affect no matter where he goes, but that the minute he uses the name Jesus he immediately received resistance. My opinion is because when people hear "God" they can substitute their own morally relative god in its place and it is socially acceptable, but when confronted with Jesus they have to face the truth and not their own idea.
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Are you talking about Cristians or churchians?  Are you refering to people who go to church or people who have become born-again?  I'm a born again christian and I've experienced predudice on this point more than once.  I've heard people ridicule my religion as being a bunch of bloodthirsty, power hungry, hypocrites as they continue to refer to things like the spanish inquisition and the witch hunts as evidence of this conjecture while failing to acknowledge that it was the catholic church that carried these out and not the modern born-agains.  No christian today was alive back then and no one today was responsable.  All the people who instituted those things are now dead, yet people who make a religious choice are being held responsable, at least coloquially and are being seen as a monstourous and demonized collective rather than as individuals who deserve fair treatment.  \nHave you ever been told to shut the f**k up for defending something you believe in after it was being venemously attacked by your peers?  Have you ever been told that mentioning something you believe in is politically incorrect?  Have you had to watch the central figure of your religious holidays be ripped out of the context of them?  Christmas and Easter are christian holidays and mention of the one that they honor, Jesus, is considered politically incorrect.   Have you ever gotten a dirty look for what you are?\n Yes, many people in congress and the presidents are christian, however it seems that you choose to see this fact over the fact that they are individuals attempting to run a country.  As far as other racial battles, perhaps it's not that bad yet, but it can get that bad.  No racial or cultural preduduce ever happens all at once.  It usually takes time to build up.  However, if someone were to be sitting at a coffee shop and express loudly that s/he hated black people, they'd get stomped for being a bigot.  Take that same situation and have that person loudly expressing their hate for christians and you have people joining in.  It's not only seen as ok, but it's often approved of even though it's still bigotry.  Generalizing and entire group of people under one label and perpetuatig a demonized steriotype for that group is always the same thing, no matter who you do it to.
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It does not bother me in the slightest.  How can such tyranny have come from a true Christian?  That's not Love, that's not how Jesus would ever want people to act in His precious name.\n\nRather, those who participated in such heinous deeds were users of the faith for their own political agenda's and had no real love for Christ.  They have nothing to do with me.
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Is there such a thing as Christian politics? Yes. And I think it's gone too far. I personally think that the Republican party has become a religious party. People are voting for republicans because they think republicans attend church more and are more faith based.\nMaking decisions based on faith without fully understanding a situation is dangerous in my opinion.
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People being too politically correct is a major issue. It only dulls our senses to what is really going on and what is dangerous. We are becoming too...."tolerant" of immoral behavior, ruining innocence for our children too soon, allowing poison ideas to run wild in our country....giving too much leniancy to enemies of our ideals. ...etc. It's sick and sad. Probably a side effect from everyone being on LEGAL DRUGS pushed to us like candy from our doctors. It's turning everyone into zombies who think everything is fine and dandy.
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Never forget that many a nation was colonised with the Bible in one hand and the "slave's whip in the other"!!\nThis slavish mentality is splashed across our Tv, Press and other media and influence or lives so much that we just can't live without them!\nTelevangelist do more harm than good  and that is a fact.\nIt is a "rat race" to use the Bible and the church to enrich themselves financially and otherwise and at the same time to wield power by waying the opinion of the masses.\nIt is a sad fact but one that would ahve to be studied carefully and with the passage of time " televengalists" have gone morally from bad to worse and we are yet to see the worst!
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It just comes down to watering down what the bible says to appease people more and more as their morals degrade.\n\nFor a 'christain' country and for 'christian' priests you would think that the bible should be the authority on which to base their morals wouldn't you.  But no! even though it is undeniably clear that god totally condemns homosexuality in a number of places in the bible, they see it fit to either ignore this or say that god has changed his mind!?  On what authority can they say that god has changed his mind?\n\nBy these things they identify themselves with false religion which god will soon destroy, not true religion.
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Being godly's always been odd (and more). Being Christian always meant going against the flow. \n\nJesus said, "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first." (John 15:17-19)\nPeter said, "[ Suffering for Being a Christian ] Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you." (1 Peter 4:12)\n\nIs society getting worse? I'm not sure. But I never had real faith in human "goodness" in the first place.
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It's hard to declare a truce when christians are using a political forum to legislate their beliefs and literally impose them on others.  BUT, one of the best things about this forum is our freedom to be thoughtful, snotty, loving, or stupid... we get to choose what we want to say and how we want to say it.  As the asker, you get the freedom to select what you think was a good answer.  We can thumbs down (not remove) an answer we think is too extreme.  This is conflict riddled, but some of the best the world has to offer up for freedom of speech.
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The main problem is that these "WORDS" are tossed around and used incorrectly! \n\nLiberal (Left Wing) should mean a free thinker, open minded, ect...\n\nConservatives (Right Wing) are people who should save, protect, or carefully use assets or make choices that require unclouded thinking.\n\nIn the end it's all a bunch of bull shit! The so called conservatives are ignorant minions of the wealthy and powerful. The GOP (grand over-class party) is a great example of this. They spend our money on bull shit like there's no tommorrow and try and oppress those who oppose them. They suck at social justice. (We are a Christian Nation yet we treat our poor and powerless like shit by cutting funding to important social programs and education). And they are great at filling their own pockets and the pockets of their masters with our hard earned tax dollars. This all goes against the saying "they will know we are Christian by our love".\n\nThe left wingers don't want people telling them how to live or what kind of choices they can make. BUT there are some things that shouldn't happen like a federal recongized homosexual marriage. The people need to vote on stuff like that. There are so many more important social and legal issues that need to be fixed before jumping onto a sword like that! \n\nIt all comes down to money and power. Right wingers leaders lie just as well if not better than left wingers. Don't let the left or right wing control your mind. Don't use these "Words" to lable yourself or others because these words are not used for what they mean. \n\nEducate yourself on the issues not by Watching FOX NEWS or CNN but by opening up a book and your mind.
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I haven't read other responses yet, but I don't want to forget anything, so I'm gonna rush into my response.\nYou brought up some great points.  I think the main fact that you brought up is that our (when I say "our" I'm speaking for Christian conservatives b/c I can) beliefs have progressed for the better.  When you grow from being a child to an adult, your views of the world change.  The same thing can be said for collective thought.  I think that's a GOOD thing though.  It shows that we're changing for the better in many ways.  Thanks for letting your readers see how far we've come.\nOUR opinions aren't the last word.  You've just shown that.  However, from a Christian perspective, God's word IS the last word.  It (and HE) doesn't change.  Of course you can say that the God of the OT was a big meanie and the God of the NT was way nicer, but that's another discussion altogether.  In this respect, it's not wrong to say that the rules haven't changed.  Our UNDERSTANDING of the rules have.  The more you learn, the more you realize you don't know.  Cliched, but oh so true.  \nThe people who used (some still do) the Bible as an excuse to hate and abuse people of different color were NOT actually Biblically based.  They misunderstood (or intentionally so) the whole tribes thing & took that to mean different races.  Again, they weren't actually Biblically based.  People who say homosexuality is wrong and use the Bible to support that belief aren't taking the Bible out of context (in my opinion).  \n\nI can't speak for the bigoted stuff you mentioned like wearing sheets & crusading.  That's not a part of Christianity.  It's a part of retardation (no offense to mentally challenged people).  \n\nLike I said, your point is a valid one.  Opinions have changed, and they probably will again.  That doesn't mean we should just all not have opinions for fear that they will change.  There ARE fundamental truths, so it's important to hold fast to them.
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I would say that at the moment Christians are getting a bad reputation because of the small percentage of Evangelical Right Christians that are choosing what parts of the Christian belief system they want to harp on and what parts they would like to ignore.  Very few people like Hypocrites.  \n\nOn a whole I would say that no one would hate a Christian that was trying to follow their doctrine as close as possible. When you are living a life in service to others trying to help everyone you meet without bias or judging you tend to get on everyone's good side.\n\nFor example, if you walk up to someone and say "your a sinner and I am going to pray for you." They are going to get defensive, start thinking of all your faults and nothing (positive) will be achieved.  However, if you instead bring the starving food, give blankets to homeless, cheer up the depressed then when you ask them if they want to go pray with you they might be a bit more receptive.\n\nOf course if they say no you have to respect that as well.
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It has always been this contentious.  The reason it has become a political "football" is that the religious fringe has taken control of politics, making this the American Taliban.  Because it is an issue with no middle-ground and, therefore, no real possibility of compromise, it is likely to be a hot issue for a long time.
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What's with the G_D stuff?? Are we so whipped by political correctness that we can't even say or spell "God" anymore??