A call went out from a local Pastor to support a bigot and racist.
Christianity is at a crossroads.
Behind it lies the sins of their forebears, from child abuse to witch burning. From the denial of science to their role in subjugating Africa and appeasing the Nazis.
Straight ahead lies oblivion as the same tired doctrine of exclusion and resistance to progress dooms them.
But turning at the crossroads represents and opportunity. If God is real and God is love then the Churches need to re-evaluate their default position.
The Churches were wrong about heliocentric models, they were wrong about the earth being flat and they were wrong about gravity. They were wrong about inter-racial relations and civil rights, they were wrong about organ transplant and class structure.
Christianity doesn’t have to doom itself to following demagogues into obscurity and they can accept secular life and equal marriage just as easily as they have ignored the Bible on whether or not it’s appropriate to eat Steamed Mussels in a White Wine Sauce.
I’m left with the question; What would Jesus do?
And I find myself unwilling to believe that he would rally himself with hatred and riots. Or would preach condemnation based on race. The only time I read about his wrath was when usurers turned the Temple into a market place. I think Christianity needs to have a deep reflection about what it has become.