At what point are we going to stop using God and Christianity as an excuse to be disrespectful? People say the most outlandish, disrespectful stuff and try to hide behind the Bible saying, “Oh but I’m a Christian it’s against my religion”. I’m not knocking anyone for being a Christian especially since I’m one myself and grew up in the church from being on the praise dance team to being in the church choir, but being a Christian is not an excuse for being a bad person.
For example, people will Bible thump outside of places like planned parenthood and a teen who made a mistake or at a woman who’s simply just trying to get her birth control. Screaming in their ear protesting “You’re killing God’s gift” or “What if that baby becomes a doctor” to feel good about themselves when without insurance it costs between 30,000 and 50,000 to have a baby in the United States. Not to include the price going towards pre-natal care, doctors visits, diapers, formula, baby clothes and items, nursery, and more. Sometimes the only option is termination but making someone feel like they are just dripping with sin is not Christian like.
Or another example with the whole MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement. Every person in MAGA considers themselves as a Christian along with Donald Trump, yet he didn’t even want to put his hand on the Bible when he was getting sworn in office. MAGA and Trump support ICE (U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and the Palestinian genocide, yet both are killing God’s creation… ICE rips people away from their families “legal” or not, and I use the term legal very lightly because why are you illegal for simply living in a country trying to make it in the world, and supporting Israel’s “God given” right over Palestine when over 68,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza due to Isreal’s bombings, starvation, and straight murder and genocide of them. But it’s a “God given” right? Open your Bible to Exodus 20 and the sixth commandment is “You shall not murder”. But you can turn a blind eye to the people begging for both their and their families lives every day.
I even remember this interview on the topic of immigration, interviewers were talking to MAGA supporters about immigration and Jesus came up. The MAGA supporter said word for word, “As long as Jesus came to the country legally” he would be let in. Again let’s quote the direct Bible. Leviticus 19:33 “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them, as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” But turning the blind eye to people being snatched out of their jobs, their homes, their CHURCHES is okay? It’s the Christian way right? You know what they say. Ain’t no hate like Christian love.