Are we going to sit here and take it?

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

Every time I come on DU or look in the newspaper or turn on the TV if I hear a story about Christian values it's always about some perverted interpretation of Christ's teachings being spouted by some hatemonger. And almost always that hatemonger acts as though he's speaking on behalf of all Christendom.

Are we going to keep letting this happen?

I for one am sick and tired of letting these bigots steal our name from us and use it to preach their anti-gay, misogynist, anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic, anti-humanist, anti-science false teachings. Christ warned us about such false prophets and instructed us to resist them. In our heart of hearts we have done so, but it is not enough.

Christ charged us with the task of spreading His truth - a message of love, peace, equality, and radical freedom, not of hate, exclusion, and persecution.

Let's get to work.

[demosincebirth]

1. So true.

[Matilda]

2. You have to recognise

that stories about wackjob fundie Christians sell more newspapers, and have more people tuning into
television programs than thoughtful and considered statements by thinking Christians.

The Devil seems to be winning the propaganda war....

[meow2u3]

3. The game is not over yet

The Devil seems to be winning the propaganda war....

(sports analogy)The Devil always seems to take the lead early in the game, but God comes back and piles on the points before Satan knows what hit him. The score with 2 minutes left in the game: Devil 99, God 25--the score at the end of the game: God 100, Devil 99!

[Beer Snob-50]

4. i have been teaching 10th grade ccd for the last 3 years and

lower level high school ccd before that. i definatly teach a different bend then what the kids get from these other sources.