False Gods with Beards and Halos

The Path of Love is not easy. This path that christ has set down for us, the narrow path, can be difficult. It is easy to loose ones way. It is easy to get distract and lost. There are many temptations, many ways to loose our path. There are indeed, many false idols.

I can hear some groans. This is Old Testement talk, harsh talk. Tough. We do have idols, but there not the old ones made of bronze or wood. Most of the modern idols are abstract. We worship wealth (thats an ancient and sinister idol, more terrifying in some ways then any Lovecraftian old one). We Worship beauty. We Worship technology. We Worship our nation. Our celebraties. Our freedom. Our community. And sometimes, we worship at the throne of hatred, and beware, for that is the most dangerous throne to worship at. We may not always think that we are worshiping these things. But if we place these things above god and those we care about, then we have wandered off the path. If we say that wealth is more important then friendship, that celebraties are more important then family, that our nation is more important then god, if we take the God who is Love, and replace him with these things, we are falling of the path.

And sometimes, we do not realize we are worshiping false idols, because we give them a beard with a little halo and call them jesus. I tell you now, if you believe it is the commandment of god to Hate any one of his childern, no matter who they are, your God is not the same as mine. And if he tells you to harm your brother, then he is not my god. And if he tells you to use cruel and hurtful words against people, to deny them justice, to perpetuate violence against them, and to serve hatred in all its many forms, then I do not know your god, nor would I want to. And if you read the books given to man by god, and simply skip over the parts that tell us that God love's mankind, and that we are called to love God and his childern, then you might as well be reading the ramblings of madmen. Without the Loving God, Christianity is meaningless.

If I offend, I am sorry. I do not mean to say anything to harm you. But I see many Christians who have lost themselves on the wrong path. They have twisted the faith in the service of whatever petty desire they have; there is nothing petty about the faith laid before us. We are called to a life of Love, a hard life that will require sacrifice. You may become lost; you probably will loose your way. But worry not, for if you keep the love of God and Man in your heart, you will never be so far away from that path, that you cannot make your way back.