Bible belt vs. Jesus belt

[I_Make_Mistakes]

After watching the PBS POV show last night I was outraged by the Pastor saying that Christianity is the most intolerant religion, I went to the PBS board to rant. He is a complete MORAN.

The show was about HS student in Lubbock Texas who was advocating that sex education be taught in her school. They have a very high teen pregnancy and STD rate. She herself a professed Christian who had taken a celibacy pledge (and is planning to uphold her pledge), said that not all were capable of remaining celibate and needed to be informed as to STD's, birth control etc.

They are attacking this young woman (PBS board) and telling her to move to a Blue State that this chit wasn't gonna fly in the Bible belt. I told responded that the Blue states have much higher educational standards, attend Church and live in the JESUS BELT not the Bible belt. I like it, not to exclude those of other faiths, they are very welcome in the Jesus belt.

I am sorry for this rant, but, I am so tired of having my faith hijacked by false prophets and challenged as to my belief being less then the fools.

[mermaid]

1. I am so tired of having my faith hijacked....

Really, now?

Then here's a website you need to check out!

http://www.christianalliance.org/site/c.bnKIIQNtEoG/b.592941/k.CB7C/Home.htm

Along with these two

http://www.liberalslikechrist.org
http://www.JesusNoRepublican.org

[funflower]

3. The growing mainstream/progressive Christian alliance needs to get a

lot more press!

[Tux]

6. Good luck

Media is portraying Christianity as fundie since they only allow fundies on air. Any other version of Christianity is considered liberal, anti-American, and not profitable.

You want more time for your version? Write LTTE. Get news stories to the local news channel. Use the local PBS/NPR to cover progressive Christian churches and their efforts to help others. Encourage progressive ministers to write books on how Jesus wanted Christians to help others and not follow some party. Do that and Christainty won't look like a cult to outsiders.

[funflower]

7. Good point. Extremism sells newspapers and air time.

[Tux]

8. Which leads to

Book sales. Certain ministers can sell books about anything Christian and make tons of money. If liberal Christians appear to be anti-Christian, they can't sell books and publishers will look for more marketable authors. As a Deist, I can't stand how liberals let neocons take over religion based on nothing more than faith, fear, and deception. What is about Christianity that turns off the brain once religion is brought? Not here but among evangelicals.

[funflower]

10. Fear.

Think the wrong thought and you'll wind up in for eternity. Better keep those thoughts in line.

[hecate77]

11. Hey, I'm not a Christian but I signed their thing and look at their

website. This is a good movement, and I am really happy to see it starting up. This is just the ticket for Christianity in the US, to stand up for the principles of Jesus (you know, love and all that stuff) and not the principles of fascism, theocracy, and thought control.

[funflower]

2. Great distinction.

This guy's brand of Christianity is the most intolerant religion; mine is the most inclusive.

[mermaid]

4. Mine, Too

I'm a Unitarian Christian.

And when I found out about Christian alliance, I had to sign up. I think it's great!

'Bout time a political movement came about centered around the Jesus I read about and studied about.

[Dragonfli]

5. Keep Fighting The Good Fight!

True Christians like yourself follow Christ. Christ was tolerant, generous, forgiving, and opposed the Pharisees and Scribes of his time.

Like Christ, his true followers must now do the same. There are too many people who mistaken the intolerant hateful Paulists for Christians and assume that (because they claim to), they are teaching his values.

I should not have to defend Christ as often as I do to people who have never met a Christian such as yourself. His teachings are being lost because of these Morans.

I sincerely hope that your example and the example of other Christians is once again recognized, and people once again turn to Jesus rather than some political hack Cleric for their gospel.

[CatholicEdHead]

9. She was on Wisconsin Public Radio this past Monday

http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/dun/dun050620d.rm

"9:00 AM

Catherine Brand in for Kathleen Dunn - 06/20D

After nine, Catherine Brand and her guests talk about the PBS documentary "The Education of Shelby Knox." What it's like to be a teen and pledge abstinence until marriage, but then advocate against abstinence-only sex education in schools.

Guests: - Shelby Knox, featured subject, "The Education of Shelby Knox."
9:15 - Marion Lipschultz (lip-shitz), co-filmmaker of "The Education of Shelby Knox," (Tuesday at 9 on Wisconsin Public Television)"

45min RealPlayer stream.