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I think most people who've read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (the four Gospels that tell Christ's story of life, death and resurrection) realize that Christ was a radical (like Ghandi, like Martin Luther King).
Christ didn't raise an army when he lived under a brutal occupation. He didn't take up arms and kill Romans, he offered them love and paradise. He told his followers to "turn the other cheek", "love their enemies", "love their neighbors as themselves", and "forgive those who have sinned against them 70 times 7 times".
Christians were to be "known by their love", to be peace makers, to live in the kingdom of God where all men (all men including terrorists) are brothers at all times. His followers were never to fear because they have _nothing_ to fear. That was the point of the resurrection. "Look, you are indestructible. Act like it."
They were not to judge.
When "Christians" decide to be disciples of Christ, every tree on the damned planet will be a Christmas tree and every single day will be Christmas (which, by the way, its supposed to be).
Christ warned about "sheep in wolves clothing" and it describes O'Reilly, Bush, and Fox News to a T.
The "Good News" is "You don't have to fear." That is the "Peace which passes all understanding."
Am I a Christian? I'd like to be, but I can't help but fear the wolves . . .
