The term 'Christian' is so generalised that it's become more or less meaningless. I don't know any two Christians who believe the same things. But, if you actually look at the teachings of Jesus (and, to be clear about this, I'm an atheist, but I know my way around the Bible), he lectured as much about politics as he did about religion. Probably more. And his political ideas are broadly socialist in nature. Some of his statements (assuming he existed, and assuming he actually said them) are borderline communist.
So from that point of view alone. Yes, I think it's strange that a christian could also be a republican. Unless, of course, you don't actually pay any attention to anything that Christ said.
And, let's face it, most Christians don't actually read the Bible. The only part of the Bible that actually claims to quote Jesus directly is the Sermon on the Mount. In which Jesus tells people, quite specifically, NOT to go to church. He tells people to to worship publicly, and to abandon the churches and the synogoues, and to keep their faith secret.
So, fundamentally anyone who calls themself a christian probably isn't.
The gay christian thing also confuses me. The Bible states pretty clearly that homosexuality is wrong. It's in Leviticus. The same book of the Bible that says its wrong to eat prawns. The same book of the Bible that says women on their period who go out in public are an abomonation, and that new mothers should make a burnt offering of a small dead bird to their local preist.
So as a 'Christian', you're avoiding some of Christ's central philosophies, and you're also ignoring some of the more problematic parts of the Bible.
Gay Christian Republican?
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The term 'Christian' is so generalised that it's become more or less meaningless. I don't know any two Christians who believe the same things. But, if you actually look at the teachings of Jesus (and, to be clear about this, I'm an atheist, but I know my way around the Bible), he lectured as much about politics as he did about religion. Probably more. And his political ideas are broadly socialist in nature. Some of his statements (assuming he existed, and assuming he actually said them) are borderline communist.
So from that point of view alone. Yes, I think it's strange that a christian could also be a republican. Unless, of course, you don't actually pay any attention to anything that Christ said.
And, let's face it, most Christians don't actually read the Bible. The only part of the Bible that actually claims to quote Jesus directly is the Sermon on the Mount. In which Jesus tells people, quite specifically, NOT to go to church. He tells people to to worship publicly, and to abandon the churches and the synogoues, and to keep their faith secret.
So, fundamentally anyone who calls themself a christian probably isn't.
The gay christian thing also confuses me. The Bible states pretty clearly that homosexuality is wrong. It's in Leviticus. The same book of the Bible that says its wrong to eat prawns. The same book of the Bible that says women on their period who go out in public are an abomonation, and that new mothers should make a burnt offering of a small dead bird to their local preist.
So as a 'Christian', you're avoiding some of Christ's central philosophies, and you're also ignoring some of the more problematic parts of the Bible.