Two Roads Diverged

All is not right between Christians and non-Christians. I guess the main issue for those who don't believe in Jesus is the relentless intrusion of the faithful, trying to sell their political agenda and belief system. Christians resent how closed non-Christians are and how their actions have destroyed the moral fiber of the United States.

Common Grace, admiration of the person of Jesus and much of what He said, and a recognition that some good things have been done by Christian activists can't overcome the observation that Christians hold many fanatical beliefs, and they hold them firmly, with little wavering.

It's not just Jesus Christ: it's the Books; it's rapid fire scripture ("yes brother, that's from James 1:4"), given in glass eyed detachment.

Christians are part of a written tradition: truth has been affirmed and passed down, generation to generation, kept inspired by God's power to preserve. Jesus and the Word (sometimes strangely reversed) each have authority over a believers' actions. There is no fluidity in many areas, in others, the ongoing desire to better understand the truth can lead to a reassessment about where Jesus is on certain issues (more later).

Two roads diverged in this world. There are moral free agents, whose decisions about ethical and life decisions come from various sources - good and bad. There are those whose decisions about life issues come from revelation, or perceived revelation. The roads are about personal certainty and Divine certainty, and the roads have gotten oceans apart in the United States since 1950.

With little apparent hope of coming together anytime soon.