Passive Christianity
Some of you may remember back in August Josh posted God vs. Science Parts 1 and 2 and this is my post sating that I totally (and respectfully) disagree with him.
In 1992 a group of Christmas carolers were held behind a barricade while singing Silent Night because the town of Vienna, Virginia had outlawed the singing of religious songs on public property. At a High School commencement in the same year a rabbi gave a simple prayer during his commencement speech and was sewed because a 15 year old girl disagreed with his faith. So not only can you not talk about God in schools, but you can also not express any part of your Christian faith in front of other people as they might not be a Christian.
This is a problem in my opinion, and although Josh thinks we spend too much time as Christians worrying about politics, I would say we are spending not nearly enough. If you haven't noticed, our rights, Christian's rights, are quickly being taken away. If an atheist went down the street singing about there being no god, nobody would even think to stop him...even with that law in effect. If a Muslim was giving that speech and offered a prayer to Allah, nobody would have said a peep.
If we do not stand up for our rights, our faith, we will not be allowed to have either except in our homes. It is ridiculous to propose that you cannot even speak of God in school. It is ridiculous to say that you cannot teach creationism along with the other theories of our origins (especially since even teaching evolution is the blatant support of atheism which is itself a religion!). I agree that many Christians take it too far, and some end up looking like stupid fanatics, but if we don't do anything our voices will never be heard again. If you recall Jesus was very much against the government of the day which was run by pharasees and such. He outright told them they were wrong and was arrested for not obeying their laws against him. If you still think Jesus wasn't into politics, think again pal! And if you still think Christians shouldn't bother so much with politics, then I'd say don't count on being able to pray outside anymore.
In 1992 a group of Christmas carolers were held behind a barricade while singing Silent Night because the town of Vienna, Virginia had outlawed the singing of religious songs on public property. At a High School commencement in the same year a rabbi gave a simple prayer during his commencement speech and was sewed because a 15 year old girl disagreed with his faith. So not only can you not talk about God in schools, but you can also not express any part of your Christian faith in front of other people as they might not be a Christian.
This is a problem in my opinion, and although Josh thinks we spend too much time as Christians worrying about politics, I would say we are spending not nearly enough. If you haven't noticed, our rights, Christian's rights, are quickly being taken away. If an atheist went down the street singing about there being no god, nobody would even think to stop him...even with that law in effect. If a Muslim was giving that speech and offered a prayer to Allah, nobody would have said a peep.
If we do not stand up for our rights, our faith, we will not be allowed to have either except in our homes. It is ridiculous to propose that you cannot even speak of God in school. It is ridiculous to say that you cannot teach creationism along with the other theories of our origins (especially since even teaching evolution is the blatant support of atheism which is itself a religion!). I agree that many Christians take it too far, and some end up looking like stupid fanatics, but if we don't do anything our voices will never be heard again. If you recall Jesus was very much against the government of the day which was run by pharasees and such. He outright told them they were wrong and was arrested for not obeying their laws against him. If you still think Jesus wasn't into politics, think again pal! And if you still think Christians shouldn't bother so much with politics, then I'd say don't count on being able to pray outside anymore.
posted by prozaciswack at
8:44 PM
2 Comments:
Hey man, I wasn't trying to slam on you...sorry if it came off that way.
But I still say we disagree. We should definately stand up for God in schools...maybe not praying in class or reading the bible as good moral teaching. But seriously, it is an amazing historical book and it does present a viable explanation of our origins. These are things not every kid is going to get but probably should. Plus they even tried to shut down Bobby's Bible study.
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prozaciswack, at 4/10/05 3:42 AM
Ive seen how much they FEAR having the Bible in schools. Even if a teacher agreed with my Bible study they were too afraid of the consequences to help.
Go to the grave preaching, thats the only way to die, whether is naturally or by someone not agreeing, go down preaching.
We are to train up the younger generations, but that also means those of us that believe, fight where we are able. I was able to fight and train in the school and I did, I faced potential expulsion but when you stand up and stick you butt in the wind for God He WILL cover it everytime
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PapaBob, at 5/10/05 3:59 PM
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