The Church is full of Losers
There are a few basic truths that are central to many major religions, including Christianity, and are also moral beliefs adopted by society.
Be kind. Respect others. Take responsibility for your actions.
Along with “share your toys”, these truths are taught to us by our parents and school teachers. And, because of their world-wide adoption, the consequence for disregarding any of these is fierce judgment.
For example, fathers who abandon their children are called dead-beats. And, unemployed 35-year olds still mooching off their parents are the butt of many jokes. Society has deemed them losers because they failed at owning their basic responsibilities as a human being (be kind, respectful and responsible).
I’ve got another one to add to the list: egotistical Christians who excuse their pretentious behavior as a service to God.
Let me start at the top of the chain with ego-driven pastors, like Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church, who excuse their actions as their duty for the Lord.
These overbearing, self-righteous, vain, scripture-quoting oafs are losers. They fail at owning up to their own ego, instead, they blame it on the God that died for their sins. Each Sunday they step into the pulpit and feed their own ego at the expense of other fellow human beings, for Jesus. They are praised by their colleagues for their bold and brazen sermons that show a lack of sensitivity or respect for other human beings.
Who needs logic, common courtesy and moral and legal rights when you are on Team Jesus?
They don’t. And neither do their follows that fall prey to transforming their vices caused by ignorance, prejudice, insecurity and lack of self-awareness into virtues. The power of the Unholy Trinity is strong as people who step into the church wanting love and acceptance, quickly become a bully on the playground to those who don’t “fit in”.
I’m sure most of you have been waiting in the check-out line at a store and seen a person ahead of you start to belittle the store employee for something that is out of their control. Then you step up to the counter feeling sorry for the employee and say something like, “Whoa! What was wrong with that guy?” Oh, compassion! A character trait that defines humanity. Yet, how often do you hear compassion from the pulpit of a church? I rarely do, because they have lost their own humanity by using God as a scapegoat for their ego and actions.
I’m calling them all losers. They have failed to discover their own self, and own their own ego. Maybe it was laziness or fear, but they haven’t put forth the effort to express their beliefs in a respectful, kind and logical manner.
July 10 2009 | Christianity and Jesus and emerging church and spirituality | No Comments »