It seems to me that everyone who hates Christians, does so because they are "close-minded", and "intolerant hate mongers".
This makes me laugh, but makes me sad at the same moment.
I consider myself a Christian. I was raised in the Christian faith (Pentacostal, to be exact, yes "the weirdos who dance and speak jibberish in church"!!), and I have tied to live by the true Christ-given principles throughout my adult life.
Even if you do not accept Christ as The Son of God, or even accept God Himself, you cannot argue that a man walked this Earth approximately 2000 years ago, and wandered the known world preaching love and goodwill towards your fellow man.
Some folks follow Martin Luther King Jr.s teachings, some follow Farrukahn (sp?). Some people follow Buddha, and some people even derive their spritual inspiration from nature. All of these seem like perfectly good plans, to the folks who are practicing them.
Well, being a Christian has worked fairly well for me in my lifetime, therefore I will continue to claim said faith. (NOTICE I USED THE WORD "FAITH", NOT "RELIGION". This will be explained in a future mumm!) I dont stand in front of abortion clinics, and chances are that I will NEVER be seen at your front door carrying a Bible and cute little comic books about the Bible! I will never try to force feed my beliefs to anyone, because history has shown me that you catch more flies with honey......
Christianity to me, at base level, is about living out the Golden Rule, and trying to be as Christ-like as possible. I will never treat you in any fashion other than the way I expect to be treated. This is what Christ believed in, and so do I!
