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Originally Posted by Idle
If you want to really set off those folks that love Bundy remind them that Jesus pointed out we should give unto Caesar what was his. Most Conservatives think of themselves as Uber-Christians, at least the ones I know do, yet there are few of them that can carry on a conversation if it requires any knowledge of the Bible.
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I always causes me concern when Christians quote selectively to support a political POV. Many times the quotes are out of context, and as any first year Seminarian should have learned, " Any (biblical) text apart from its context is only a pretext". The historic lesson for me is to remember how many Christians who otherwise had a great understanding of scriptures used those same scriptures to argue that human slavery was good, and that the black man was inferior. I always wonder what things we Christians totally accept today will be views our descendants shake their heads in wonder about how we could have been so similarly blind.
When we build our personal lists of "Christian behaviors" ( we all do), we substitute that for God's list, which starts with the 10 commandments, and then includes the command to " be Perfect". We all fail. Well, at least, I believe we all fail. I know some Christians who believe they personally never err; that they are lively that perfect life. In my experience, that is because they have not progressed to the point where God can show them how far short they really fall.