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Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol - We just started going back to church, so I want to say this carefully, because I’m fully aware I could be missing something...
…but I’ve been feeling very frustrated with, what I perceive to be, a lack of passion for the truth in the church
In a recent sermons, someone said something like, “Hurting people with our words is wrong and we shouldn’t do that.”
Not “don’t be unnecessarily cruel…” which I agree with.
It’s more like… “don’t make anyone feel bad.”
Which is NOT the same thing, and frankly… I don’t know if that’s even possible.
And I definitely don’t know if that’s what we should be trying to prioritize right now… people’s FEELINGS, of all things.
Because if “hurting someone’s feelings” becomes the standard, then truth is AUTOMATICALLY in trouble.
So what is the Christian church actually going for, here?
That my responsibility is to protect your emotional comfort… even if it requires me to stay silent while you live a lie?
Because I firmly believe the opposite.
Lying to someone is wrong, BUT ALSO allowing someone to keep believing a lie is wrong.
I guess the point I’m trying to get at here is that I feel like a lot of what gets called “kindness” right now is just fear of conflict, or put another way, I feel like kindness is used as a shield for Christians to be passive.
“I’m not perfect, therefore I won’t correct anyone.”
“I’m not God, therefore I won’t say anything.”
“I might make a mistake, so I’ll stay out of it.”
What on earth do you think that creates?
It creates a world where nobody with a conscience says anything out loud, a bunch of people walking around confusing their kindness with pure cowardice.
Honestly, I just feel alone in the fight.
What happens when all the “good” people decide the holiest thing they can do is stay quiet because a pastor is telling them to be terrified to speak up for fear of being called “unloving”?
WAKE UP!!!!!
The Left is shaping kids right now and THEY ARE NOT SHY ABOUT IT!!!
They’re loud and absolutely relentless.
They’re also ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE.
In the schools, entertainment, social media, sports, corporations, and institutions that used to at least pretend to be neutral.
Their messaging is constant, aggressive…AND it’s framed as pure, holy, morality!
So… what’s going on with the christian church these days?
Is your highest moral principle really, “no one should ever feel uncomfortable”????
Sorry for the long rant here, I just feel, like I said before, strangely alone in it.
As if I’m the problem for believing that truth matters more than feelings… like wanting to speak out against something that is wrong is somehow “unChristian” of me if it gets others angry, upset, or threatening… TOWARDS ME.
Maybe I’ve got this wrong and I’m open to hearing it, but in general, I feel alone in this.
https://x.com/mattvanswol/status/2011587021530448066
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