Ahhh, I cannot believe the ignorance of "Christian" people. Youth, elderly, leaders, followers, it infects them all. Refusal to see and understand the other side is a form of hatred and we are called to love. To love not just those like us but those not like us, our enemies, who are probably more akin to us then we are comfortable with or want to admit.
Some Christians I know enjoy seeing themselves as right wing extremist, Why in the world would a follower of Christ justify the hatred and ignorance of such a thing by claiming it. An Extremist is a person who values only their worldview and opinions, someone who does not care to see/ understand others'. Jesus called us to be at peace with everyone, that those who pick up the sword shall perish by it. Extremists leave paths of destruction and pain through history, i.e. Jihad, Black Panthers, KKK, Nazis, Skin Heads, Zealots of Jesus' time, and many more.
As Christians our allegiance does not belong to a political group or a nation (America), or even to the world but to God and His Kingdom, the one we are called to live out here, now, on this earth. That is where my allegiance lies. When will we stop blindly claiming the title of Christian, and start becoming Christian( Christ Like)?
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