Christians are the WORST!

      I think we have all at one time or another in our conversations with non-believers have come across a response from them, asserting that they know of some people that are better than most Christians. Years ago, I would’ve probably addressed this from a statistical improbability by pointing out to the person that there’s about 3 billion people in the world that consider themselves Christian and to assert you have know a “few people that arebe better than half of that number which would be 1.5 billion people” would be highly improbable. Of course you could also discuss the issue of what it constitutes a “better person“ given that we’re not God and we do not know what goes on people’s private lives or what’s inside their mind Every moment of the day.

     But now I would take a different approach to the issue. I would probably say to that person “you know you’re probably right!  Christians are probably the worst people on earth”.   The reason why I would say that is because in reality God does not call the righteous to himself but sinners to repentance and that repentance isn’t a “one and done” situation but an ongoing life of repentance. 

     When Jesus was having dinner with tax collectors, prostitutes and sinners he was confronted by the Pharisees.  Jesus said to them “it is not healthy that need a doctor, but the sick. I’ve not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance“. Take note here that Jesus doesn’t diminish the sins of the people that he’s dealing with or ignore. He doesn’t try to tell the Pharisees that “these people are really good people if you just get to know them”. Nor does he minimize their sins by saying “well these people have given a really bad lot in life so give them a break”. No! Instead he refers to them as sick people who need a doctor and Jesus is their doctor. Therefore, since God calls sinners to himself and not the good people, it is quite likely that this person you’re talking to does know some very good people (on the outside) who may very well be better than most Christians. You could actually make a bold statement and say,

“I agree with you! Christians are, indeed the worst people in the world“. 

Paul writes to Timothy,

“Here is a trustworthy saying ‘Jesus died for the sinners, of whom I am the worst!’”

      We, who are followers of Christ, are much like the alcoholics that go to AA and each week announce to each other we are addicted to sin and are never going to be freed of that addiction this side of heaven though Christ has freed us from the consequences of our sin.  

     The people that Jesus is with know they’re sick and know their need of a doctor. The Pharisees are sick too, but they have masked the pain of their sin with the opiod of self-righteousness which dulled their need for Gods forgiveness. . It would be like a person who is experiencing excruciating pain, maybe caused by a cancer inside them, but instead of going to the doctor, they have chosen to use painkillers to mask that pain and pretend they’re not really sick. A doctor can’t do anything for you if you won’t tell them what’s wrong with you. If you go to the doctor and he asked how you are doing, and you say “GREAT! I have never felt better!” then there’s really nothing the doctor can do for you. It’s only when we are honest with the doctor and tell them about the pain that we’re in that they can then apply medicine amd bring healing to that part of our body.

     Many of the people walking around us today are sick inside with the sin that they carry in their bodies all day long. They mask that pain of their sin with a variety of worldly solutions, such as drugs, alcohol, work, meditation, lies, sex, wokeness, wealth and even good deeds. All of these methods do not solve the sin problem, but merely mask its pain and allow that sin to grow and fester and make the person need more and more of their painkillers. 

    It is only when they recognize they need help from the doctor And say “Lord have mercy on me a sinner!“ That Jesus can help them and give them lasting healing.

We are NOT the same

   Imagine for a minute there two neighbors who live across the street from one another that do not get along.  They often yell at each other from across the street.  The man on the right side of the street has a Doberman Pincher who is kept indoors and is well trained to only attack if someone comes into their house who is unwanted.   The man on the left side of the street has a Pit-Bull that is left to wander the streets and is never chained.  The dog is a nuisance and has attacked children and other dogs in the neighborhood.  People complain about his dog, but the man tells them if they just stay away from him they will be fine.  Not only does he excuse the dog's behavior by saying, "Well dogs will be dogs!", he rewards the dog when he bites and scares people walking by with little treats.  

    Then one day, the two men are arguing and yelling at each other from their yards.  Suddenly the pit-bull runs across the street and kills the neighbor on the right side of the street.   The man tells the police that the dog did it on its own accord and he gave it no order to kill him, He then excuses the dog by saying to the police, "He's a dog and doesn't know any better.  He perceived the neighbor to be a potential threat to him because he was yelling at me!". 

    Would you accept the man's argument to the police that he had nothing to do with the attack as valid?   Would you say the man is not responsible for what the dog did?   Would you accept his argument that the dog was justified in his actions because of who he is and what the neighbor was doing?

   I think your answer to three questions would be a resounding NO!

    Recently, Hillary Clinton said of the killing of Charlie Kirk, "Both sides need to tap down their dangerous rhetoric".  This is not a new argument at all.  On Fox News. "The Five", Jessica Tarlov often uses the "Both Sides" argument as a way to deflect from what the left is doing in increasing amounts lately.  The "Both Sides" argument is beginning to fall on deaf ears now as we have clearly seen (like in the story of the dog owners)  "Both Sides" are NOT equal.  

   In 2014, when Michael Brown was shot by a police officer when he tried to wrestle the police officers' gun away from him the city of Ferguson saw the left riot, loot and destroy property for 2 weeks.  In 2020, when Jacob Blake (who was charged with rape) violated his court-order to stay more than 500 ft from his girlfriend when he came into her apartment the police were called and he failed to listen to their commands and resisted arrest.  He was shot (and lived) by a police officer as he was reaching under his seat to retrieve a knife.  The left rioted, looted and destroyed large areas of Kenosha Wisconsin for several days (and several people died).  When a drug dealer named George Floyd died while he was apprehended by police Minneapolis experienced several days of rioting, looting and destruction (including burning down a police district building) all at the hands of those on the left.

   When Donald Trump was shot at by a would-be assassin at a Trump rally in Butler PA, no one rioted, no one looted, no one burned buildings down.  Instead, the right had prayer vigils for Trump and those also wounded and killed at the rally.

   When Charlie Kirk was shot and killed by an assassin at a university in Utah, the right did not riot, or loot or burn the college down.  Instead, the right prayed for Charlies family and the Turning Point USA organization. 

   As you can see, while both sides may say heated rhetoric, how each side conducts themselves in response to what they perceive as "injustice" or alleged "hate" is very very different.

   For over a decade now, we have seen time and time again the left unwilling to control those on their side that are violent and destructive.  We have seen the left:

• Lower and even remove bail requirements, so criminals are free to re-offend over and over again without penalty, 
• Reduce crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and raise the dollar amount of items stolen to larger and larger amounts so they don't see any jail time.   
• Demonize and degrade law enforcement to make it harder for them to apprehend criminals. 
• Say to its citizens that the rioting and looting is "justified" and to allow them to "get it out of their system".  
• Honor criminals with statues, plaques and T-shirts.  

    Like the pit-bull owner, they will claim no direct connection to these crimes.  No email or Social Media post will be found telling these groups to do the things they do.   The left will even claim that many of these groups like ANTIFA are not even really groups at all and are organic in nature.  In other cases, they will try to site that the person(s) involved were not "registered democrats" and therefore have no connection to them (even though all their online posts indicate they are very closely aligned with their ideology. 

   Unlike the left, the right believes in the rule of law, believes in protecting life and property, believes in settling political matters at the ballot box and foremost mostly believes in God and his judgement of us and we should forgive one another. We make no excuses for people on our side that cause violence and make efforts to correct them.

WE ARE NOT THE SAME AND THE "BOTH SIDES" ARGUMENT IS WORTHLESS