Don't Say You're A Christian - Be One

Yesterday, like today I was too busy to write a real blog entry, but if people can take the time to come visit, then I can take the time to put up something, even if it is just a link or a comment.

As a response to the Betty Bowers “How to tell if you are living in a Red or Blue State” link, vmi wrote:

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Thanks for the Betty Bowers link, I will make sure to show it to all my Southern Democratic friends. Betty Bowers site is the perfect example of how the Democratic Party is being taken over by the Extreme Left Wing that believes that Southerners and Christians are all "dumb hicks".

LOL What you and Betty forget is that to win the Presidency you must carry the south. Remember that Kenndy, LBJ, Carter and even Clinton had to get the south's vote to win.

And to win the south you must have Christian values. That is a fact that has apparently escaped you.

Do you really think that looking down on people is the best way to get their vote?

But let me get back to my point, Thank You, Thank you for each and every word that you blog, your words and those of your links are the best proof of what the Democratic Party has become. And I am going to make sure that each and ever Dem that I know will see what what their fellow party members think of them.

May God Bless You,
VMI

p.s. Feel free to call me names and make fun of me... I know how that makes you feel so superior.

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Normally I let opposing comments speak for themselves. I welcome visitors who bring a different point of view to my blog, and would only ever delete comments if they contained severe or threatening language. Beyond that they are free to write whatever they want. I don't usually respond to such comments, because it is an exercise in futility.

Still, I could not help but admire my friend Simon’s response to vmi. Many of us on the left side of the political spectrum are continually perplexed by those on the right who insist on bringing Christ, Christianity and Christian values into the debate but who’s words and behavior directly contradict the most basic and fundamental tenets of the Christian faith. Simon’s words deserve a wider audience than I can provide here, but this is the only vehicle I have to promote them:

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If you truly have Christian Values VMI, don't waste time arguing politics on the internet for no-one will ever change their way of thinking or agree on different points of view, no matter how eloquently the point is argued.

Instead of feeling superior with the knowledge that your suspicions were confirmed, (for your comment has the same air of smug superiority you're accusing the Viscount of), and wasting your own and other's time self-righteously showing this webpage to people with differing political opinions than your own, *HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE GOD*. Anything else is purely petty small-minded nastiness and beneath Christian Ideals.

Go down to your local cancer centre. See what life is like for people who are living on the edge of death. Don't step over the person lying in the gutter. Don't judge the poor in your town as not working hard enough. Pay attention to those in your community who are less fortunate than yourself and do something to help them. Inconvenience and sacrifice yourself for others everyday. Don't buy yourself new shoes, buy a pair for someone who doesn't have them and wear out the pair you have already. Don't ignore the stranger you see crying on the bus, ask what you can do to help.

Don't say you're a Christian, *be one*.

Everybody wins. Your town will be a better place for it.

- Simon