Friday, October 22, 2010

Our Country As I See It

There is some mix up every now and then on some of our forefathers who founded this country. Their religious beliefs are sometimes misconstrued to make a point. That being said, America was founded on the principle of freedom. I believe that both sides of the argument take the extreme point of view on the Constitution to allow for the freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. It is difficult so many years later to determine intent in the constitution, because we were not there. I do not personally believe that the separation of church and state is meant to be taken to the extreme that it is now. That extreme is allowing any religion but Christianity the freedom to do and say what they please, as long as they do not break any laws. Christianity is so closely monitored by the government (separation only applies on the church's side), that even any mention of political events can allow the government to withdraw tax exempt status form a church. To some extent, this Christianity's fault. There have been many crooked people who have called themselves believers who have destroyed and brought shame on Christians worldwide. Christianity has a bad reputation from history for fighting and being at war etc.
So this freedom extends to others who can say anything about Christianity that they please. Any form of put down or degrading remark, or any attempt to make Christianity look bad is seen as a medal of honor in media circles. Juan Williams is fired from Public Radio Network because he said that sometimes when he is on a plane and sees someone in "Muslim Garb" it scares him a little inside. I believe that probably every American would feel this way, even though we know the people are probably just flying somewhere. This has been called racial profiling and that is one of the reasons that he was fired. First, this is not racial profiling. Islam is not a race of people, it is a religion. Second, if a few Christans can bring suspicion on all Christianity, then why can't a few Muslims make people feel afraid every now and then. It is a logical reaction that has nothing to do with race only with what happened on 9/11. I know that not all Muslims were not involved in 9/11. All Christians were not involved in the crusades or in televangelist's misbehavings either.
Christianity as a whole, has been full of judging others and living like hypocrites. This causes people to want to make Christianity look bad. Christians do a fine job of this by themselves. I fear that as a believer, I may not have much longer to share the gospel message out in the open in America. Especially when the government is trying to make preaching about sin hate speech. It is time for Christians to show others love and affection. Time is drawing to a close, and we need to be able to witness to as many people as we can.

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