The great state of Tex-afornia

Deeply Saddened

Yesterday I heard that Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. That's right, a leader in Evangelical Christianity used his public forum to advise a practice that even our government staunchly condemns. The reason: Chavez hangs out with Fidel Castro and is a critic of Pres. Bush. I am sure that this guy is not a good man and I am not by any means a fan of communism.

And the name of Jesus is defamed. What ever happened to "Pray for your enemies"? How arrogant are we that we think that we can assassinate someone just because they criticize us. If we followed this logic we would have a lot of people to assassinate because many people in the world hate our guts.

What saddens me the most is that when asked to comment about Mr. Robertson's call for assassination, many leaders in the evangelical movement declined to comment. No one had the guts to stand up and say, "That is outrageous!" You wonder why Christians are looked down upon by non-believers.

I want to say publicly that the flippant throwing around of words like 'assassination' as a solution bring shame to the name of Christ. Jesus said to "put away the swords". The kingdom is brought upon by the transforming and renewing of our minds, not by force. Maybe someday, we'll figure out that our army and God's army are not the same thing.

posted by Kevin @ 9:52 AM