Christian Hijackers

I wish I was beating a dead horse. No such luck.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is, according to this article in The New York Times, going to participate in a TV program that portrays Democrats as opposed to people of faith.

I am a person of faith. Although I am not a registered Democrat, I vote with them more often than not. And I certainly don't hold with the judgmental (Matthew 7:1, anybody?), compassionless (we don't even have to leave the chapter: Matthew 7:12 has that one covered) views that Frist and his fellow participants in this witch-hunt seem to be supporting.

Here's one thing we can agree upon: there are people who are intolerant of and opposed to the message of Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, those people are the religious right-wingers.

The message of Jesus Christ is clear: he associated with society's outcasts; he condemned greed; he demanded that we care for the poor and the imprisoned; he challenged the authorities, both religious and political. There's a whole book about it: it's called the New Testament. I recommend Frist and friends read it, and stop hijacking Christianity for their own self-serving purposes. Matthew's got a message for them about the real priorities of people of faith,.