Atheism is supposed to be the lack of a religion, right? Over time, it has been married to the hatred of Christians, it seems. I remember watching a comedian once on my friend’s TV. She said she was a church-goer, that she went to the
“We meet once a week, and all the crippled people come up to the front and say, ‘Yep, still can’t walk.’”
She went on like that.
This was years ago. Five or ten years. I remember being hurt, being angry, and thinking to myself, “That’s stupid. If atheists have a church, they aren’t atheists.”
Now, looking back, I add on: “Besides, you don’t get healed if you don’t have faith.”
I read a Christian short story where Atheists took over, religion was banned, and Christians were cornered and slaughtered. Part of me felt this idea was ridiculous… But another part of me is frightened whenever I see a bumper sticker suggesting “Feed the Christians to the lions!”
Surely they don’t mean that… do they?
I am a Christian.
A lot of people think of Christians as being narrow-minded, closed to the ideas of others. What’s funny about this is that people who think of us that way aren’t looking at us all. They’re doing exactly what they accuse us of: refusing to look at things from a new point of view, attempting to cram our beliefs in a box and so they can stamp it DEFECTIVE.
People who want to stand up, point at Christians and call us bigots should sit down and consider what they’re doing. There are a lot of people that I disagree with, and there are a lot of people I think are nuts. I at least have the decency to wait until people have a chance to explain their points of view before calling them that, though.
For my part, I will say that there are a lot of Christians who don’t “walk the walk.” I know the kind of Christians that make non-Christians uncomfortable and angry. I know very well who people are pointing that when they are clamoring to “feed the Christians to the lions.”
I just wish people would talk each other on a case-by-case basis.
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