being in the USA for over a decade now and viewing Christians in this country, fundamental conservative Christians in particular, who talk about using government to prevent gays from marrying and bringing prayer to schools and coming on these forums and seeing the same views and condemnations I begin to wonder if Christians find it ironic that they are Christians because they should be followers of Jesus Christ. Christ said you would be saved through him by living like he did. Christ never went around thumping the laws of the Old Testament, mostly archaic Jewish law that most conservative politicians cling to. He helped the poor. Before his death he saved a theif. He healed the destitute and prostitutes and the so called scum of society. He never once condemned them, not once! Not like most Christians on this forum condemn adulterers, gays, and non Christians and moslems or people who are for abortion. He said God would judge those people but he never judged. And neither should any CHristian. Fighting poverty, disease and helping the poor is what Christ did all his life. And it is what Christians should do and concern themselves with, not talking about how disgusting prostitutes are or how moslems are all terrorists or how disgusting gay people are.

Conservatives still live in the Old Testament ways. Liberals try to emulate the teachings of the New Testament. Being a true Christian means you cannot be conservative in your views because it goes against the teachings of Christ. The most important and principal message of the bible is that we must live like Christ did. Not that we should not sin. Or that we should be anti abortion. Or anti gay. Or practice sex after marriage. No. It is to live like Christ Did and believe in him.

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Conservatives still live in the Old Testament ways. Liberals try to emulate the teachings of the New Testament. Being a true Christian means you cannot be conservative in your views because it goes against the teachings of Christ. The most important and principal message of the bible is that we must live like Christ did. Not that we should not sin. Or that we should be anti abortion. Or anti gay. Or practice sex after marriage. No. It is to live like Christ Did and believe in him.

How do you make out Christ to be a "Liberal" instead of a "Conservative", and yet argue against the very tenets He preached?