Same for me. I'm really struggling with my faith right now — not because of God, but because of the people who say they know and follow Him. If the behavior I'm seeing is indicative of their God, then I don't want any part of it.
The people that scare me more than the MAGA type Christians, though, are the ones who *aren't* but will still only vote Republican because that's the "Christian Party". Like. There shouldn't even *be* a Christian party? This is all secular politics aimed at governing a secular country; Christians should only have one home country, and that's the Kingdom of Heaven. It's tantamount, in my view, of saying Christ isn't powerful enough to use the church to radically transform the hearts of those around us — no, the church clearly isn't up to the task, so they have to turn to institutions of men to legislate the standards of Christians unto all people so that they may be "saved" by being made to follow standards that *Christians* fall short of.
Make it make sense. The mental gymnastics of the religion of Christianity are impossible for me to follow and exhausting besides.
I hear ya. Literally, this morning, one of my MAGA FB friends posted John 3:16. I sort of feel like he's posting verses and quotations aimed at me. He has accused me of being completely misled and in need of counseling.
All the while, he blames everyone else but Trump for 1/6 and think the J6 committee was guilty of practically treason in their hearings to get to the truth.
Honestly...what the heck am I supposed to do? Trust God, right? At this point...I believe I've said enough to him and he knows where I stand. If I'm listening to the Spirit of God (which isn't very loud these days for me) I hear something along the lines of "It's ok...you've spoken the truth to him. Let Me take it from here."
Or is that just me talking to myself? You see? I really do hear ya!
"Let Me take it from here." I've had those moments, too, and I will say that when I let Him -- and shut up and get out of the way -- things get better. Not necessarily the way *I* want them to, but better.
Same for me. I'm really struggling with my faith right now — not because of God, but because of the people who say they know and follow Him. If the behavior I'm seeing is indicative of their God, then I don't want any part of it.
The people that scare me more than the MAGA type Christians, though, are the ones who *aren't* but will still only vote Republican because that's the "Christian Party". Like. There shouldn't even *be* a Christian party? This is all secular politics aimed at governing a secular country; Christians should only have one home country, and that's the Kingdom of Heaven. It's tantamount, in my view, of saying Christ isn't powerful enough to use the church to radically transform the hearts of those around us — no, the church clearly isn't up to the task, so they have to turn to institutions of men to legislate the standards of Christians unto all people so that they may be "saved" by being made to follow standards that *Christians* fall short of.
Make it make sense. The mental gymnastics of the religion of Christianity are impossible for me to follow and exhausting besides.
I hear ya. Literally, this morning, one of my MAGA FB friends posted John 3:16. I sort of feel like he's posting verses and quotations aimed at me. He has accused me of being completely misled and in need of counseling.
All the while, he blames everyone else but Trump for 1/6 and think the J6 committee was guilty of practically treason in their hearings to get to the truth.
Honestly...what the heck am I supposed to do? Trust God, right? At this point...I believe I've said enough to him and he knows where I stand. If I'm listening to the Spirit of God (which isn't very loud these days for me) I hear something along the lines of "It's ok...you've spoken the truth to him. Let Me take it from here."
Or is that just me talking to myself? You see? I really do hear ya!
"Let Me take it from here." I've had those moments, too, and I will say that when I let Him -- and shut up and get out of the way -- things get better. Not necessarily the way *I* want them to, but better.