The Christian right has perverted Jesus's message so deeply that what is called Christianity today is almost so divorced from Christs message that it is unrecognizable. Of course there are real Christians and fighters for Jesus but the conservative church establishment has warped the words of Jesus teachings of love, acceptance, poverty and renunication of power, into a bunch of hate filled ideology that reflects perfectly the spirit of fascistic cruelty that Jesus spent his life struggling against.
What is particularely frightening is the widespread hatred and condemnation of homosexuals. Even if there was convincing evidence that Jesus frowns upon this behavior (which there is not) the manner that many "Christians deal with gays is the total opposite of the way Jesus treated people. Christ broke bread with the outcasts and missfits of society and recognized that in god's eyes everyone was a sinner. With an adultrous woman his words are: "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Even if someone really was doing something truly sinful which homosexual sex is not the Christian way of dealing with it is not through shunning them. People who turn there back on their fellow men and woman, are far more cruel and divorced from Jesus' message then any act of consensual sex could ever be.
Whats more the right wings church's condemnation of Homosexuality is unsuported and pathetic to put it lightly. The major sources come from Leviticus and Romans. Leviticus is earlier Hebrew rules that go out with the arrival of Jesus into the world just like animal sacrifice and keeping Kosher do. With the arrival of god's lamb onto earth and trough his death on the cross gods relationship with mankind is revolutionized.
As for Romans this isnt Jesus its saint Paul's message is not Christs message. Thats like saying the popes edict to lead a bloody crusade into the middle east was the word of Jesus Christ. Hogwash.
Furthermore even if the proponents of hate were able to suggest that homosexuality really is a sin, which they are not there are far, far worse actions that are widely accepted and suported. War mongering, material wealth, even divorce to name just a few.
Clearly the fundamentalist churches condemnation of sexual inpurity is more in step with the cleansing rhetoric of the nazis and other right wing hate groups then Jesus and his message of forgiveness and love.
It is time for people truly wish to serve Jesus to take back the faith from the proponents of violence intolerance and regression. This may not be a popular post on this website, but it needs to be said. I would love to talk about these problems and the bible with anyone.
-James