This is a reprint of something I posted on my MySpace Blog today.

I left playing Bingo in MySpace today because I was enraged by a Meebo chat that was going on and before I started attacking others, I felt it was best to leave.

Yesterday, we honored the deaths of the 9/11 victims. A solemn occasion and one that reminds us of how far we have to go with understanding each other as human beings.

Yet, not more than even 24 hours later, I stumble into this chat room to innocently play my Bingo and there is this raging attack on a girl because she mentioned that she liked Nascar.  Ok, I don’t like Nascar, but hey, I don’t like a lot of things! Does that make her a bad person? No. It just makes her different.

But a group of people felt that this was enough to call her names and shamelessly attack her and her friends. Pathetic.

I finally made the statement that it’s no wonder we can’t have peace between countries when we can’t even have peace among our own human beings. And of course, I made the mistake of calling out someone who then made a statement about how much fun he/she was having picking on this person. I said, “I certainly hope you are not a Christian, [screen name]!”

Well that sparked a whole other feud! This person said to me that he/she was a Christian and that I had no idea what they say or how they felt.

I don’t? Didn’t I just see your faith and beliefs in action in the attacks on this other girl? Is that what your Jesus would want you to do? (And I don’t want you to send me hate mail. I do call myself Christian and I do believe in Jesus. I was simply referencing the difference between his/her belief in Jesus and my belief in what he taught.)

Then, another person jumped in and said, “I am Christian but I am also an American and I have the right to free speech.”

Since when does being American and having the right of FREE SPEECH give you the right to dismiss the teachings of Christianity? Jesus said, “Love your neighbor as you love yourselves.” Maybe that’s the problem? You don’t love yourself? (I won’t even go there right now in this post.)

Jesus loved the tax collector and prostitutes and accepted them non-judgmentally. He would talk to them about the love of God – the father, but you cannot preach to someone you’ve alienated through attacking their beliefs or lifestyle. Jesus knew that! So he welcomed them and accepted them and then told them about a life that is different from the one they were living.

Do you think Christianity would have survived so long if Jesus preached the way some of our so-called Christian’s are trying to today?

And to use the Constitution to push your hatred under the guises of FREE SPEECH is not only unpatriotic it’s down right blasphemy!

I am far from being a perfect model of Christianity but I am working on my unconditional love for fellow human beings day in and day out.

I find it a sad, sad state of human affairs when we feel the need to attack someone – a fellow American, who is also entitled to free speech – in the name of religion and patriotism.  That is a very FRACKED up way of translating your beliefs folks!

I think the clergy needs to really take a look at Jesus’ message again and start educating their congregations.  And you Christian’s – and you know who you are – who behave like these folks in the chat room, need to go back and re-read the teachings of Jesus.

Right now, all I’m seeing is lip service Christianity and Patriotism. And it’s sad. So very, very sad!

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