It is amazing when you think about it.
The Christian believes they can love the sinner and hate the sin even though they think they can’t separate themselves from their beliefs.
But what if a person’s “beliefs” are their sin?
In fact, Christians separate the two no where more proudly and often than with the sins of their saints, minimizing the former as much as possible in order to maximize their use of the latter, and usually for no other reason than that their life or ideas were graciously favorable to the institution which had not only provided them with a an income for as long as they supported it more than opposed it, but is also solely responsible for their canonization as well.
Where, then, is the reward for daring to follow in the footsteps of Christ and challenging that institution at all costs, challenging power by saying as he did, “the law was made to serve man, not man to serve the law”?
Recognizing that all institutions are inherently incapable of practicing this, even though they preach it, Henry David Thoreau explained that “the law has never set people free. It is people who have to set the law free.”
The Christian believes they can love the sinner and hate the sin even though they think they can’t separate themselves from their beliefs.
But what if a person’s “beliefs” are their sin?
In fact, Christians separate the two no where more proudly and often than with the sins of their saints, minimizing the former as much as possible in order to maximize their use of the latter, and usually for no other reason than that their life or ideas were graciously favorable to the institution which had not only provided them with a an income for as long as they supported it more than opposed it, but is also solely responsible for their canonization as well.
Where, then, is the reward for daring to follow in the footsteps of Christ and challenging that institution at all costs, challenging power by saying as he did, “the law was made to serve man, not man to serve the law”?
Recognizing that all institutions are inherently incapable of practicing this, even though they preach it, Henry David Thoreau explained that “the law has never set people free. It is people who have to set the law free.”
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