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I completely agree with rhuarc, aside from one other person he's the only one that I've ever seen that thinks the same about Christianity that I do. The biggest problem today is that too many Christians are like that kid in high school who will compete with anyone, and will follow everyone else to be in the "in crowd". To the typical Christians for some reason they like to appear to be the "best Christian" to all others instead of actually focusing on there relationship with Christ, and god forbid you speak out about this type of "Christian" because, you know, jesus never spoke out when he some things in the church's were going wrong... right?... no. But then again he was crucified for it, so i guess that is just too much for the typical "christian" huh?

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Thanks . I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with this similar viewpoint. I'm not going to necessarily condemn those who try to be the "best Christian," mostly because I can't really know. If they flat out said that that was their focus, I'd probably refute it, but only if I knew them on a personal level. Someone they don't know refuting their line of thought would come across the opposite that it was intended. In the end, unless I know the person and we are mutually accountable to eachother, I don't say much about what they believe- it's God's place to judge.


This criticism and opinion is directed towards a generalized Christian audience...
Another thing that I see in the world is Christians trying to condemn the actions of an unbeliever. This is a rare exception to the rule of not addressing it with someone I don't know very well. I cannot think of a single place in the Bible where Jesus condemns a non-believer. In fact, Paul says (can't remember where, Corinthians I think) that it is foolish to think that someone who does not believe will understand the things of God (and his morals). Because they don't believe in God, they don't have a concrete or familiar basis for a moral code, which means they can't understand why one thing is wrong and another isn't as you would try to explain. (Not saying there wouldn't be any agreement, there would be, but where there is disagreement, using the Bible is useless since they don't believe it anyway) It's futile to yell at the world for it's sins, since it doesn't understand it is sinful, or that it should be concerned about it. Someone first has to realize they are fallen before they can get up. While we Christians attack the "hot issues" floating above today, the world is taking pot-shots at our foundation. We're trying to shoot down arrows, while they are cutting our legs away.

-Rhuarc