jvcarroll
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On one hand, I do. However, did we say EVERYONE should be valued more when women were seeking the right to vote? That's the best comparison I can think of. I wouldn't say your statement is racist. I would say that it's not reaching the people you want to reach in the way you want to reach them if your intent is to be felt and understood. I get it. I still disagree with it somewhat.The right would hate Jesus for scolding the rich and also insisting that they should love their enemies. The left would hate Jesus for using the word "sin" and also insisting that they should love their enemies.
Do you understand that my saying "Our country needs to value EVERYONE more" is quite obviously not racism?
On the Jesus thing, I get that. That said, I disagree that Jesus, as he's been recorded, ever really existed. I believe he's mostly folklore combined with different accounts of different figures in history all packaged together. I also disagree with the concept of sin, so you're right on that count. But I love the concept of renewal. Also, I'm going to BOLD this because it's something important that I realized recently. Hillary Clinton's basket of deplorables comment, while somewhat accurate, has a fatal flaw. She was only talking about the White Power and Super Rich movements among Trump supporters, so I agree with that part. But where it sinks with me is that she said they weren't redeemable. That's just wrong. To write people off, however horrible they seem, is just not okay. It's not what any Christian person should ever say. I'd overlooked that part of her statement last year. I'm sorry I did.