Reply #38: We do need to define the Christian Left

[cidliz2004]

That will be one of the many obstacles. I personally believe that the Right is using the Bible as a weapon, they are using the Bible to dominate others, to gain wealth, to gain power and to empower themselves. They stand in constant judgment of others and regularly condemn others. Those are a beginning.

I believe that the Left (at least my Left) looks to criticize inward and tries to emulate Jesus' life.
When we are blessed we should share (something like what Wes Clark said), we are to help our neighbors not sit in judgment of them, that is not our purpose - God is the only one that knows the Grand scheme of things. We are to walk the walk and talk the talk and continue trying to become more faithful to God. That is our goal, our journey, that is daily work, that is what we aspire to - to grow and develop our faith in God and to try to emulate Jesus' life as much as possible. Leave the judging of our neighbors to God.

Honoring laws are fine, but stoning someone in righteous indignation is not. Do not pursue attacks against others. We look more inward at improving our souls and our relationship with God, I believe the Right is spending too much time looking at and judging others. "Those that live in glass houses should not throw stones" "Judge not lest ye be judged" The measure you use in judging others will be used in judging you (that one scare the devil out of me, I have a naturally critical mind)....Does that sound contrary to the Christian Right?? You bet it does. That is why I do not go to church, I would like fellowship, but I don't want somebody "interpreting" the Bible for me and feeding it to me as they choose. That is what the Holy Spirit is for, we need to have enough faith in God to turn to the Holy Spirit in our time of questions.

I feel that we are not so much looking for answers, but we are struggling in our journey (our day to day lives) to become a better Christians - by growing our faith, as we travel down our paths.

I am not here to tell you much, but rather to share and to help.
That is what Jesus did, he responded to questions, he traveled humbly and HELPED others as the situations arose.

So you tell me, where do we start? I am an ideas person - who out there is an organizer?