I am really mad at some people I know right now. Perhaps this is not
the best time to write an article and share it with the world. But this
is something that needs to be said even though I am sure I am not the
first to say it.
I was raised a Protestant, not very religious, but went to Sunday school and
all of that. Not so sure about all the things I was taught, although I
am sure it was taught with good intentions. The things that I remember
best were not prayers or ways to save myself from damnation but the
simple and valuable life lesson that trying to be a good and honest
person was an important and worthy goal for life.
Well I am a balding not so successful barely getting by 49 year old
married man, with two children almost ready to fly. I still believe that
trying to be a good and honorable person is a worthy goal. But it ain't
easy and I am no saint.
Now that you know were I am coming from let's get back to the title of
this article "Bad Christians", mind you; this term could easily be
applied to any religion because most of them teach that being good and
honorable is a path worth following.
I want to know what so many of the other people in that church were
learning. Because so many of them profess to be better Christians then
me. They go to church every Sunday, they even make a donation to the
plate so everyone knows they are good Christians.
Then comes Monday "Everyone Out Of My Way, Me First". A self serving
attitude that seems to feed and grow like nothing nature ever created.
You could say we are all guilty of this at one time or another, myself
included, but for so many people it is the rule rather than the
exception.
They take advantage of every possible way to put themselves first, even
when they know they are taking advantage of others. Making a good deal
is one thing, paying some less than the job is worth because you know
they are desperate, even though you can well afford the regular price
and that that persons family will not get by because of it, is not in
my mind a Christian thing to do.
Many manipulate people into doing things that their consciences would
otherwise stop them from doing so that they can earn bigger profits and
since they did not pull the trigger, sort o speak, they believe they
are not to blame. I believe they are and this makes them "Bad
Christians".
Even on a less direct level how many greedy investors buy stock in
companies without investigating what that company is doing. Like hiring
illegals at half pay or hiring children
overseas and making them work in
substandard conditions
for barely a crumb and lets not forget setting people up for failure by
advising them to buy homes that they knew that eventually they
would have to default on when their variable rate mortgages went up, you
could say that these buyers were greedy too not wanting to miss out on
what looked like to them an easy way to jump to the front of the line.
They all claim not to know anything about it but they could have known
at least some of what was going on by doing a little investigating but
chose not to look, because they were
getting ahead or
making money, their real god.
Not to forsake the good, but many rich people mainly famous people who
have the public eye and should be setting a good example are probably the most despicable in the group.
People who have a parade and an awards dinner because they wrote a check
for ten grand when they have an annual income of ten or twenty million.
Proportionately that's like me giving some unfortunate beggar a nickel.
Even on my worst day I would give him a dollar and would not expect a
parade. What pew do these rich people sit in maybe they should sit in the
hearing impaired section. They can't be good Christians, can they?
Maybe I'm a sore looser and begrudge these people because they are
successful. Recently I've been hearing the phrase "Don't punish the rich
for winning the game". Well I guess I am very naive because I did
not know it was a game. I simply set out to do the best I could. I have
failed many times and continue to try. Even though I'm no saint I
generally try to put other people's needs into the equation before I
make a decision, sometimes I mess up but at least I try.
I know that these are small crimes against one another but it can't
possibly be the Christian thing to do. I hope that some people get to
read this article and even if they think I'm a sore looser or some kind
of nut find it in their heart to at least be aware of the small evils we
all fall prey to everyday.
I think we should all try to be good Christians or Jews, agnostics, Muslims,
Hindus and anything else I left out and stop stepping on each other. The
cumulative effect of these small crimes is probably more likely to have
us all condemned to damnation then any singular act.
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