November 27, 2016
Using the Bible to further
your own agenda.
Every day I receive a blast
from Google on topics I have deemed important enough to highlight. Its a good
way for me to have news articles based on Key words sent to me. One of those
key words is 'Bible'
You would be amazed at the
articles floating around the electronic universe with 'Bible' in the headlines.
After a couple of years of
articles, its become very obvious that The Bible is used by both 'Liberal Left'
and 'Conservative Right' to prove their points, justify their thoughts and
actions, to bash those on the opposite end of the Scripture verse...and
generally to make themselves sound more important than they really are.
Lets look at some of these
headlines of articles or blogs from some of the websites;
7
Top Bible Verses about Immigration (This author has many articles called
the 7 Best or 7 Most popular etc) This particular article will use the Bible to
lead one to believe that ALL Immigration is to be protected. What the author
fails miserably to say is that our nation has some of the best opportunities
for Immigrants. If you are to take the author seriously, you'd be made to feel
guilty for opposing "Illegal Immigration". Lets ask the Europeans how
thats working for them...who
are battling a massive crime waves from "Legal Immigration" Do
you think God would approve of this? However, you do not see ANY Bible verses
from this author concerning rape, robbery or murder.
The majority of the
"news" I receive from Google on Keyword Bible comes from sites such as
Patheos. This site bills itself as
Hosting the Conversation on Faith. In examining some of the subsections, you'd
think they were the ones who created the bumper sticker you usually see on
Toyota Prius's "Coexist" The Blog areas are identified as; Catholic,
Eastern Orthodox, Evangelical, Progressive, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan and
Athiest...yeah I guess Athiesm is now identified as a faith.
I am working my way through
the Progressive Christian Channel. I don't agree with Progressives in 99% of
what they preach, teach or how they rule. If we didn't have 8 years of
Progressive leadership in Washington DC, it might be different. However, now that I've seen
Progressives up close and personal, they hold nothing for me or other
Conservative Christians. I find it difficult to side up to 'Christians',
Progressive or Conservative, who knowingly take the Bible and its teachings and
then exclude the teachings and examples that they find 'inconvenient' or not
fitting into their personal or public narrative.
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