the Spirit of Jesus

For the most part I try to stay out of discussions over Jesus and what He might do if He were here  today.  Jesus doesn't need the support of an old Agnostic when he has God backing Him. 

But when Jim McDermott and Bill O'Reilly begin invoking the name of Jesus Christ, well I just can't stand it any longer. 

First of all, setting all else aside for the moment, Christmas is that time when people around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus and all that followed this event.  Christmas embraces the Spirit of giving.  so right away we can rule out Bill O'Reilly.  Unless you want to count feeding lies and heaping contempt as a sort of giving. 

As for Jim McDermott, why hide behind Jesus as a reason for congress to actually serve the American People, all year around, not just at Christmas time. 

Why oh why can't we deal in the real world?  No, we have to invoke Fairy Tales and Make Believe in order to convince one another to behave in a humane manner. 

For the record, Jesus was not born on December 25. 

Still, it doesn't matter what day Christians select to publicly rejoice His birth.  The real problem is that Christians are not celebrating His birth 365 days each year.  Many can barely make it for an hour each Sunday. 

Has America ever been a Christian nation?  Then how is it that we have dozens of different churches, each professing to be the "True Christian Church" fighting among themselves.  Why can't Jesus make His point clear among those claiming to be His followers? 

Many people say, "If Jesus came back today He would...", you fill in the blank.  But the truth is that Jesus' Spirit has never gone away.  The same people who knew Him way back then are the same sort of folks who know His Spirit today.  And the same people who pontificated(Bill O'Reilly and Jim McDermott) are the same pompous, sneering, condescending, bejeweled Asses strutting about today. 

 

Curious Carl