Comments on: Convenient Christianity (The American Taliban)

By: Dr Michael Williams

Dr Michael Williams — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:41:09 +0000

I find it amazing that so many people who claim to be Christians haven’t a clue about what the Bible teaches. In this country as of this past year, 80% of Americans claim to be Christian. That is 240 million out of 300 million citizens. Of that 240 million about 35% of them claim to be “born again” when presented with a definition of the same. If they answered correctly, that means 84 million Americans meet the definition of “born again” Christians. Of that 84 million who say they are born again, 9% have a Biblical world view. I Biblical world view is loosely defined as someone who see the world through the truth and teachings of the Bible and try to live their lives accordingly, That means 7.6 million have a Biblical world view, which compared to 300 million come to just 2.52% of Americans. When surveying behaviors of those with a Biblical world view and comparing the results with behaviors of those who do not have a Biblical world view the differences in the results are astounding. In almost every category, those who have no Biblical world view have results almost identical to people who deny being Christian. Those who have a Biblical world view have rates of problems like divorce, pornography addiction, alcohol and drug addictions, out of wedlock pregnancies, and child abuse, amongst other problems, that are in nearly non-existent or at most in single digits. Compared to rates near or more than 50% in those who have no Biblical worldview, those with a Biblical worldview live drastically different and better lives. Now where am I going with this? Before you start white washing Christianity as being evil, start looking at REAL Christians and not the ones who call themselves Christian and live for the Devil. As a Bible believing Christian I amazes me how often people who have no Biblical world view will present him or herself as the arbitrator of Christian values. The very tone of this article violates the CLEAR teaching in Matthew 18:15-17; Galatians 6:1-2; and Ephesians 4:25-32 on how a real Christian is suppose to approach others who are sinning. As Christians who meet the BIBLICAL definition of a Christian as found in Antioch (Acts 11) we need to stop letting Non-Christians and those who call him or herself a Christian when they have no Biblical world view define Christianity. We need to take our 2.5% of the population and turn the world upside down as the disciples did 200 years ago. We need to speak out for good and against evil in the Spirit of love as Jesus demonstrated. I think Gandhi said it best when he said he I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. he was a rare example of a non-Christian who knew the difference.

By: imihaiu

imihaiu — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:52:50 +0000

Maybe we should end this wild goose chase against these so-called Taliban killers, who are in fact people like us and who the Government wants you to believe are the menace, when in fact we are a menace to our christianity religion by the way we act and how we only respect the word of God when it suites us.

By: imihaiu

imihaiu — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:52:50 +0000

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By: We Christians Unite

We Christians Unite — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:10:38 +0000

I agree. I got to thinking about more similarities between Taliban and American Pro Abortionists and got even sadder about the direction a few leftists want to take our country. Taliban hold others hostage by threatening their lives if they don't subscribe to their ways, American Pro Abortionists threaten to hold Life Loving Americans hostage by demanding they pay their own tax dollars to support the murder of innocent lives. What's even more diabolicle is the Pro Abortionists go so far as to insult those who do not want to be a part of such atrosities with names and inuendoes that are only meant to intimidate them into aligning lock step with these murderous views.
The sad thing is that our country already looks the other way when two people who have made a baby on their own initiative decide to kill it in a clean and sterile environment, because they wouldn't want the mother to suffer with an infection or other consequence of her heinous act. Now these same people want those who disdain the act to fund them….
The battle cry is even louder today than ever before to demand payment from others for acts two people do in the privacy of their own relationship.
I have to ask, who's trying to hold who hostage? Life loving Americans have tried to stop these murders, but the law protects the adult and not the child. Life loving Americans want the freedom to say no when it comes to paying for others consequences for having sex.

By: We Christians Unite

We Christians Unite — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:10:38 +0000

By: Karoli

Karoli — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:23:38 +0000

I think you just did that. I'll let your comment stand for what it is, since it makes my point beautifully.

By: We Christians Unite

We Christians Unite — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:15:44 +0000

You know, if it is so important for you to unite a group of Americans with the Taliban, you could put the pro abortionists and the Taliban together. Think about it. Taliban slit throats, Pro Abortionists slit tiny little babies. Taliban do it for Allah. Pro Abortionists do it for 'Women's Right to Choose to Kill her own Offspring when it's inconvenient to bring her Baby to term'. Taliban are heartless toward the innocent. Pro Abortionists are heartless toward the innocent.

You may have a point after all.

By: All Christians Unite

All Christians Unite — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:17 +0000

Your panic that fundamentalists are on the same ideological track as the Taliban is stunning. You're unawareness that the Catholic church has a well recorded history of telling their parishoners that if they don't follow the catholic rules they go to hell is just as stunning. But the most stunning is your way of lumping fundamentalists and catholics into the same category as the Taliban.

By: Karoli

Karoli — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:23:17 +0000

If you really think the church isn't underneath what's going on in this country, you should get out more. They are, as a group — Catholic, Mormon, and Baptist united — doing some of the worst evil in some of the most insidious ways I have ever seen. Are many doing good? Sure. Many are. But when church 'officials' get together and write a manifesto intended to advance their power base, it transcends the politically correct “oh, let religion be religion” sort of observation.

Sarah Palin is out there stirring up every fundamentalist in the south and midwest, while Patrick Kennedy is being made an example of by the bishops to make sure the Catholics understand that failing to maintain lockstep means losing their salvation. Or their relationship with the church.

How far can we be from stonings at the gate? The Taliban rose because religion was used as a hammer to intimidate poor, hungry destitute people into falling in line behind them. They didn't start out slitting throats. That came later, after their power base was set.