"Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian

[Squibbie]

any more than standing in a garage makes you a car."

[okieinpain]

1. that's true. I've always noticed that folks that go up to

testify always seemed to have a pretty interesting mon-sat.

[Paradise]

2. Amen!

Well said!O8)

[rooboy]

3. Agreed. You need to own an SUV as well to qualify. n/t

[DoctorWeird]

4. Ever Notice

The severe right wing Christians love to quote the Old Testament when it comes to homosexuality etc., but really really shy away from the New Testament which speaks about loving all, helping the poor, defending the outcasts?

[snippy]

6. Old Testament Christians believe only in an angry and vengeful god.

[Mairead]

5. Thanks to the late Rev. Billy Sunday for that one

"Going to church doesn't make a man a Christian, any more than going to a garage makes him an automobile."

Smart man, Rev. Sunday (and appropriately named, too!)

[namvet73]

7. I knew a man..

This subject always reminds me of a neighbor of ours when I was a kid.
He went to church every day!

He was also a tyrant and blamed the Jews for everything that went wrong in his life. His eight kids are now scattered all over the country after getting as far away from him as possible.
He eventually moved from the east coast to the west coast as isolated as he could make himself and his wife, but my mother continued to hear from his wife, when she was able to sneak out a letter. His wife wasn't allowed to visit her children, but she managed to defy him. He abused his wife, she suffered much depression and loneliness and eventually died.

He is now gone also.

But, he want to church every day. Oh, what a holy man!

By the way, my mother pulled me out of the local Catholic School in second grade and put me in a public school after learning of the psychological and physical abuse from some of the nuns in that school. They went to church every day, too.

This is not in indictment of all nuns. Just a case in point.

Also, I would like to thank all the superior people with certain (you know the kind) bumper stickers telling drivers behind them how everyone else should live their lives and how superior they are to everyone else because of their beliefs.

[silverpatronus]

8. 'old testament' christians...

doesn't that make them jewish?

[snippy]

13. No. They are Christians who believe that the life and teachings of Jesus

are irrelevant but that his death was not. Anger, hate, intolerance, and vengeance are the virtues their version of Jesus values most. Any failure to preach and practice these "virtues" will prevent them from entering the Kingdom of Heaven.

[eshe616]

9. OLD NEGRO SPIRITUAL LYRICS

EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT HEAVEN AIN'T GOING THERE.

[newyawker99]

17. Hi esche616!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[SendTheGOPPacking]

10. Vito Corleone supported the Church.

[truthbetold]

11. True.

Also, not going to church doesn't mean you're going to spend an eternity in Hell, either.

[Iceburg]

12. But it does mean the money you donate

to the church goes back into the Republican coffers UNTAXED.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. Only if you belong to a conservative denomination

Much to the apoplectic rage of the right wingers, the mainstream churches (Lutherans, Episcopalians, United Methodists, etc.) belong to the National Council of Churches, and by extension to the World Council of Churches, which did things like supporting the African National Congress and protesting the Vietnam War.

[camero]

14. Exactly

Actually, being a Christian is probably the hardest thing a person will ever try. Constantly turning the other cheek. Giving your stuff away. Having empathy towrds those you consider lesser beings. Being willing to sacrifice your life so another can live.

How many people actually try to do these things? Very few.

[The Zanti Regent]

16. Fundamentalists really follow Supply Side Jesus.

Someone needs to tell Fartwell snd Robberson and their TV Preacher pals that Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead shouldn't be in their bible!