I have discussed various political views on here, and touched on religion some. I have thought of a way to express this, and didn't know the right way to say it. So, anyhow, here it goes.
What I see about me, my life, and around the internet (particularly in the political realm) is individuals who supposedly LOVE Jesus so much. They are big fans of Jesus. They adore him, think he is awesome and so on. They will scream their said love for him also. In short, they are fans. But a number, worse than fans, are fanboys.
Ok, I won't say the issue is that alone, but the fact that when the world looks at them, and heck myself, I end up seeing individuals who really don't do what Jesus teaches at all. I see really suspect values. I see individuals who will claim to speak Ayn Rand is a prophet of truth (or the equivalent) and then also say they said love Jesus. Flat out, I see this numerously around the GOP, to be blunt. I see individuals like Ann Coulter go off and write in her book Godless, how she said Jews and Christians are the same think (see footnote on page 8). I have also see other individuals say they claim to be Christians, but then say Jesus really has nothing to say on economics.
Most recently, this is on a personal level. I supposedly run into someone who is another lover of Jesus. Supposed to have a nice Christian family to. I knew him from a church ages ago. He pretty much blows me off most of the time, isn't available for gaming either (been years since I met with him to do any gaming). But then comes him treating my stuff as a library he uses and then leaves. Latest round, he borrows a game, I say get it back to me in a week. He agrees, and then over a week goes by and he doesn't return it. Then he says he will get it back the next day and fails to. There are no return phone calls, no attempt to return at all. Flat out, he is a user. But, golly gee, he has Jesus already, and loves him, and wants to prevent people from going to Hell or whatever. As of now, I am banking on half past never to get the game back. Gee, one would think a police officer, who is supposed to be a genuine Christian would have more respect, but nope. Maybe original sin has caught up to him. But, golly, he really LOVES Jesus... I guess.
It really, really, really bothers me this personally. Call it an annoyance on my part. The intention here isn't to throw stones or anything, and in no way end up saying anyone is damned forever anywhere, but seriously? I think someone is seriously missing the message here. I can go into scriptures that speak against fanboyism, and how the idea is to do what Jesus says, and so on.
Anyhow, pardon this rant, but I have had enough. Just count this as, I believe that adoring Jesus isn't a lock that someone is a genuine Christian at all, and numbers who have this, who then have other wrong values, and do bad things, will do it in the name of Jesus and cause people to turn away. Pick whatever example you have of this, including my own.
