If The US Really Were A Christian Nation

[dgridley]

Just read this interesting article:

Tom Ehrich asks if we really live like Christians - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register

It asks (and opines on):

What if America truly were a Christian nation?


Not a Southern Baptist nation, or an Episcopal nation, or a Roman Catholic nation. Not grounded in the doctrinal and ecclesiastical isms that have grown up over the centuries. But a Christian nation, doing what Jesus did.


One of my favorites from the article:


We would stand with the poor when predators circled around them. We would stand with sinners when the self-righteous picked up stones. We would join hands with nonconformists and strangers.

[dgridley]

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it."
-Stephen Colbert