A Pebble in my Shoe

[jennythereader]

It rubs me the wrong way when people can't seem to see the differences between all the myriad varities of Christian, and just lump all Christians together as "religious nut-jobs who are anti-everything."

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[pghbekka.livejournal.com]

I do think part of it is a PR problem. I remember during Bush's presidency, there were a couple of different groups that popped up for promoting "we aren't all right wing bigoted hateful nutjobs just because we're Christian," and I was glad to see them, but I found them because I was looking, and not because they made national news.

Unfortunately, hatred and bigotry are sexier, newswise, than even controversy. So Fred Phelps makes national news and stays in the public memory, while the fight within the United Methodist Church over acceptance of homosexuality is largely under the radar of most folks.

And some nut burning the Koran makes news, while many churches, regardless of their overall politics, run soup kitchens and homeless shelters and otherwise aid the needy without a lot of national press unless something goes wrong.