Is Christianity Dead?
Most of us are aware that Jesus preached a message of peace, tolerance, love, and compassion. Jesus taught not to judge people. Some of us forget that Jesus was a Jew. As a Jew he was bound to a myriad of laws that he was required to follow. To simplify things Jesus summed up the law with Love your neighbor as yourself, do to others as you would have them do to you. Jesus said if you do this you will be following the ten commandments.
Jesus also taught love your enemy and turn other cheek. We have seen the result of Jesus’ teachings as he single handedly took down the Roman Empire with a mere idea without firing a shot. After Jesus’ death the bulk of the region began turing to his teachings for spiritual guidance. Over time various religions were formed. Eventually the Roman Empire itself in order to maintain power was forced to convert to Christianity. What remains today is the Roman Catholic Church.
Christians were supposed to live their lives as Jesus did: Love your neighbor as yourself, do unto others as you would have them do to you, judge not lest ye be judged, turn the other cheek, love your enemy, and help the less fortunate around us. Of course these are hard things to do but as Christians one is supposed to strive to be Christ-Like.
In spite of Jesus’ teachings a curious thing has happened over the past couple of weeks. Christians have been advocating, defending, and calling for murder. One would think after Dr. George Tiller was assassinated through an act of terror that Christians would take pause and realize this was not part of what Jesus taught. Many so-called Christians have gone on to defend the killing of Dr. George Tiller and have called for acts of violence against many more people.
So I have to ask if these people who do not follow the teachings of Christ are they Christians? Their primary objective in life is not following the teachings of Christ but instead to punish those involved in the abortion process.
This is nothing new as over the decades many prominent so-called Christian leaders have expressed views that are harsh, judgmental, and violent in nature ranging from calling for the destruction of entire nations to condemning certain groups of people to hell.
At what point do we finally say Christianity as taught by Jesus is dead and what remains today is some form of religion that has very little to do with Jesus’ teachings?
Cross posted at Pissed On Politics
Labels: Christianity, Jesus






