The Church is Responsible for So Much Injustice

Nope, people are responsible. Computers do not make errors. The humans operating the computers do. For every awful thing that you can point out that was supported by Christians, you can find something equally rotten committed by members of other religions. And don’t forget the atrocities staged by secularist nations either.

Conversely, those darn Christians do a lot of good as well. Hey, so do the Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists. And take a look at those professed atheists. There are a lot of great humanitarians included in that number also.

The common denominator is always the humans. Different gods, different beliefs, different moralities, different laws, different cultures. Same mammal.

I’ve always found that argument pretty frustrating anyway. I haven’t taken part in any of the major injustices that are usually held against me as a Christian. I am white. I live in the north. In school studies, I have always identified with the Yankees’ cause to emancipate the slaves. I am utterly unaware of whether or not someone in my ancestry owned, managed or operated in any part of the slave industry. I am equally unaware if anyone of my relatives had ties to the Underground Railroad.

I am practically, entirely German/Austrian stock. I was brought up to take pride in that fact. Nationalism. We are stubborn hard-working people. And then there is World War II. Forget that my family was all American by that point. And all of my grandpas fought on the Allied side of that war. I am still German. How could “we” have let that happen and still call ourselves Christian?

But that is my point isn’t it? There were Christians opposing such outrages that helped to defeat them, yes? There were Christians who came to the aid of the oppressed and worked towards their liberty? Correct? Much like the Muslims who came out to oppose what happened on 9/11. You cannot throw all of us into the same lot. Hitler didn’t win did he? Slavery was abolished.

Instead, hold me accountable for my individual sins. I AM the root of much injustice. I lie. I cheat. I steal. I gossip. I spread rumors. I do NOT love my neighbor as myself. I delight in the failures of others. I scoff at the trials and tribulations of those I do not like. I am human. I just hide it well. Or maybe not.

And that is why I need Jesus and God’s grace. It is sufficient for me. There is nothing I could possibly do or strive to achieve to save myself. I am a hopeless case. But I have hope in Him who has already purchased and won me. He who has already defeated the Devil, all evil and Death itself.

I know full well that I cannot hope to fix others. I cannot even fix myself.

You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. Matthew 7:5 (esv)