My friend Toby Marie Walker asked an interesting question on Facebook recently: Do you think God counts hating the IRS as a sin? Now I DO hate the IRS as an instrument of corruption and tyranny, and equate it in my religious thinking to the jackwagons in the temple whoseâŚ
Masterful piece by Fishie Felicia Winfree Cravens. If you care about Politics, Christianity, or just Humanity in general, you NEED to read the whole thing.
"Iâm all the time railing about how stupid I think people on our side can be. Â We have a ton of people focused on catharsis, people who enjoy being jerks, people who arenât interested in learning how to evangelize conservatism. Â I hate that thatâs the case.
But I donât hate the stupid people. Â I hate the stupid things theyâre doing. Â They can irritate me, but that doesnât make them an enemy. Â I see the stupid things as harmful to the things they say they want. Â And as I thought about it, I realized that is a pretty good analogy to hating the sin, loving the sinner. Â If I love the people acting stupidly, Iâll try to help them get smarter. Â I wonât leave them in the place that doesnât get them what they want. Â If I did, I wouldnât be a loving person. Â If I love them, I should at least try to help them see, try to help them get closer to what they say they want.
We often see people on the other side of the political spectrum as enemies. Â And in this election cycle, we are starting to see people on our end of the spectrum treat each other once again as enemies. Â What do we do about this? Â Well, Jesus already said it.
âBut I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.â"












