The Irony of Anti-Christian Behavior
By Andy Heath
Let's talk about the irony of anti-Christian behavior for a moment. Suppose I were to ask a Christian the following question: What sorts of things should Christians do? Or rather, how should Christians behave in their normal lives?
I would probably get a variety of responses, but one thing that would constantly come up, I believe, is, "Christians should always behave in loving ways toward everyone."
Now, I might chance to ask in a situation like that, "What about those that you don't like or don't approve of? Should you also be loving to them?"
"Oh yes!" they would respond. "Especially them! God loves everyone! It is an exercise in our humanity to give love to those that we don't agree with and don't approve of! That's what makes us Christians! Indeed, that's what makes Christianity different from other, more inferior religions!"
"Oh," I would probably respond. Then I would say, "What about gays? Should you give them love?"
"Oh yes!" they would respond. "Even perverts engaged in heinous and devious lifestyles abhorrent to God should receive our love. How else can they enjoy life before God sends them to burn and suffer in the Lake of Fire?"
"Of course," I would say to them. "But help me understand this one thing. How is it loving for God to send them to Hell? I mean, not to question God's will or anything like that, but isn't that a little harsh even for God?”
"No no," the Christian would say. "We love the sinner and hate the sin. But if gays do not choose to turn away from their truly Satanic lifestyles, then they choose to go to Hell because their lust burns after those of their own sex, and this is an abomination!"
"Ah yes," I would say. "But at least you love gay people."
"Oh yes, aren't you glad that we are such a loving religion?"
"It just doesn't seem loving to me," I would say. "I mean, God is going to send people to Hell because of consenting sex between adults? It just doesn't make sense. Can you help me understand..?"
"Oh no!" the Christian would respond. "You're discriminating against me because of my faith. It's people like you that make Christians' lives so hard!"
"Well, I'm not trying to discriminate. I just want to understand."
"Well," the Christian would say, "if everyone would just do what WE CHRISTIANS think they should do, the world would be a much better place! If only you gay people understood the love the Christ offers you before you go to Hell!"
"But I'm not a Christian," I would say. "I just don't feel like I should have to follow Christian rules since I don't practice your religion."
"Well!" the Christian would say with contempt. "You're just not enlightened or intelligent, I can see. I don't think you and I should talk anymore since you won't do what I WANT you to do!"
Then I would probably sigh. "I'm sorry, I just don't think this is going anywhere."
"That's your fault!" the Christian would say. "If you would just see things from my perfect perspective and realized what a terrible sin homosexuality is, then you could pray for God to take away your homosexuality and then you could go to Heaven and spend eternity with the Christians!"
No thanks, I'd honestly rather go to Hell. I think it would be hell if I had to spend eternity with Christians. Honestly, while there is some element of parity in the dialogue above, I don't think such a discussion is completely off target. Christians are not known for being loving and highly mature people. They try to legislate their own rules into our government so that even non-Christians have to follow them. They simplify issues to the extent that they would silence any voice that opposes their own. Thank God our founding fathers put freedom of speech into the Bill of Rights because I don't think Christians today would choose to do that.
It is too bad that the greatest opponent of equal rights I the country is, and has always been, the very religion that claims to have a monopoly on love and on God. I hope that we are all able to see the irony and hypocrisy in this horrid religion before we become complacent and allow it to destroy us. Because it will unless we continue speaking out against Christianity - the religion of hate.
