What’s insulting is the presumption that many of us in the media are not ourselves people of faith. washingtonexaminer.com/attacks-on-pra…
Same with many people who criticize the empty “thoughts and prayers” gestures of politicians who shirk their duty to govern.
Lots of people who feel that way ARE people of faith. We simply believe that - as the Bible says - faith without works is dead.
The far right has hijacked the concept of Christianity, as if it only includes people who shun LGBT people, want to ban birth control...
... follow prosperity preachers like Joel Osteen, fetishize assault weapons and worship Donald Trump like Falwell and his gang do.
A lot of us believe in the Christianity that lifts up the poor, the sick, the widow and the orphan, not the rich, the cruel and the gun.
A lot of us were raised in churches that lift up the immigrant and we are able to view people of all faiths as our brothers and sisters.
Saying we “don’t get religion” is absurd. We don’t get politicians who substitute bland religious pronouncements for action.
And our version of faith is as valid as yours. I follow the evangelicalism practiced by @RevDrBarber. You don’t get to question my faith.
On the contrary, you might want to check your theology, because last I checked the Pharisees and greedy men were the villains in the text.
Jesus walked with the leper and the cast out. You lot walk with Donald Trump.
