Now THIS is a Christian.
Jan. 27th, 2008 10:22 amI found a link to this essay written by Dr. Robin Meyers, who is a minister at a Congregational church. Most assuredly Christian, and the sort of Christian that gives me hope for humanity. For those of you who have seen some of my recent rants, do you remember that I said that I wasn't anti-Christian? My point in those posts was that this specific group of over-the-top, politically-motivated fundamentalist evangelicals were dangerous to our nation and the world at large. Robin Meyers, on the other hand, epitomizes what the figure of Jesus, according to the Bible, was actually trying to teach. You know... peace, love, compassion... all that jazz which seems to have been left out by this militant "Religious Right". Whether or not you believe that the Bible is a factual account of a historical figure, or an altered historical account, or simply a collection of stories about morality and ethics, it makes sense that if a person claims to be Christian, then that person should follow the teachings of Jesus... the peace and compassion stuff, in particular, which were the running themes of Jesus's ministry. I was raised Christian, and to me, that was always the important stuff... not the Old Testament "fire and brimstone, vengeful God, etc." stuff. If all Christians thought like Dr. Meyers, perhaps our world wouldn't be in its current sorry state.
Please read Dr. Meyer's lovely essay. It brought a tear of hope to my cynical eye:
LINK to the article.
Please read Dr. Meyer's lovely essay. It brought a tear of hope to my cynical eye:
LINK to the article.