To The Daily Sun,
E. Scott Cracraft is at it again with his negativity against "evangelical and fundamentalist Christians."
There are two billion Christians in the world, with about 73 percent of the U.S. population identifying as Christians,of which 23 percent are Catholic and 1.8 percent are Mormon; about 45 percent are Protestant, of which 17 percent are white evangelical, 13 percent mainline Protestant and 8 percent Black Protestant, 4 percent Hispanic and 3 percent non-white (ref: Wikipedia).
According to Pew, less than 1 percent of adults who were raised evangelical now identify as Catholic, and about 3 percent of adults who were Catholic are now evangelical.
And then he has a special group identified as “Christo-Republicans” as opposed to "Christo-Democrats" or "Christo-Independents" or just standard everyday "Christos."
I do not wonder as to one’s religion and if I know it do not judge them by it as character/personal identity while foundational in the DNA at inception is not concrete. As Marian Diamond proved, the brain is changeable throughout ones life, though one must use it to effect the change. Karl Friston’s idea of living organism and further malfunctions which alter or negate cellular process in the brain causing serious problems for the individual, believes it possible one day to be able to correct such. Leaves one to know that what others may or may not believe or not, should not be construed as personal when being referenced by them. It would help though if when an individual rants on with such negativity and creative wording that they acknowledge it also applies across the human spectrum as well as to ones self.
E. Scott Cracraft seems to know more about Christians, Christianity, and what Jesus would do. He should apply for the job of Pope or at lest start a church of his own.
I do not pretend to know what Jesus or anyone else would do, I’ve learned that much in life. I have learned that in general those that see such negativity in others know it best as they themselves are filled with it. If one is want to say what Jesus would do or say they first should ask what He would say about what they are saying!
G.W. Brooks
Meredith
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Why do we despise conservative Christians? The same reason Jesus condemned these terrible self-righteous phonies:
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Right on! Mr. Cracraft is just an anti-Christo.
You make assumptions. I do have a faith and path but it leads me in the social and political directions I go. :)
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