I wouldn't consider myself a Bill Maher fan, but last year I watched this clip of him absolutely lambasting Christians and have never forgotten how right he is. Language warning.
I don't find this clip funny. I find it convicting.
I used to be one of those Christians who was anything but peace loving. And he is right - if warfare is what you love, you should find a new name for yourself because Christian just does not fit. Instead of re-naming myself, I realigned my heart and my thoughts with Jesus.
The fact that he is saying these things and people are laughing really breaks my heart, because that means that they have seen enough war-mongering, torture-loving Christians to see the truth of his words. It means that enough Christians have corrupted the message to the point that claiming to follow Jesus has become a mockery. Why would a world respect a group of people who consistently do the opposite of what their leader says? It's better to be disagreed with, even hated for what you believe than to be scorned and scoffed at for being a hypocrite.
Remember the whole What Would Jesus Do craze and everyone was wearing those WWJD bracelets and such? Too bad more Christians didn't really think about it more critically. I was saddened when I saw Christians celebrating when the news that Bin Laden had been killed was released. Dancing in the blood of your enemies? Is that what Jesus would do? How can someone who claims to follow the Prince of Peace find joy in death, no matter who it is?
How have we turned the right to self-defense into glee in killing? Relief, justice, somber acknowlegement of the end of something violent...these would be normal emotions. Popping Champagne? Maybe not so appropo.
Again we see that sometimes it takes someone from the outside looking in to see what we ourselves are unable to identify. Something is very, very wrong when supposed followers of Jesus are calling for war, violence and torture. What happened to our hearts? Aren't Christians supposed to be different?
It's a pretty sad statement when atheists are more Christ-like and can more accurately portray the heart of Jesus than Christians.
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