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maher: if you rejoice in revenge, torture and war… you’re not a christian
Sometimes Christians need to pay attention to the prophetic voices outside the Church…
Bill Maher: If You Celebrated Bin Laden’s Death, You’re Not Really a Christian
Make sure to watch the clip at the end of the post, which should confront the Western Church’s collusion with empire.
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hating your enemy: the bin laden episode
In the hours following the announcement of the killing of the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, it takes but a few mouse clicks to peruse countless comments on Twitter and Facebook by Christians who unashamedly celebrate his death.
I will do you a favour and not publish some of the awful comments I have read, some from well-known Christian pastors and authors.
The pictures are enough. In the news we have seen images of celebrations pouring into American streets, assumedly including Christians. These are a sad reflection of how far many Christians have moved from the teachings of Jesus, having replaced them with nationalistic zeal.
This is in now way intended to defend the past action of bin Laden. It is however to say that Christians need to rethink what Jesus might have to say about our enemies. Read the rest of this entry
