Social Commentary- Are We Really a Christian Nation?

Since the primary elections, and with the general election coming up, I have been hearing about god, and Christianity and how Christian a nation we are. But, quite frankly, it smacks of bullshit.

Now let put a disclaimer right here. I don't describe myself as a Christian. I was raised VERY Catholic. But my faith today is not bounded by precepts of Christianity, and I don't believe in all the Christian ideals. One day I will describe my beliefs in this blog, but now is not the time. But I did want to let anyone reading this know that.

Looking at the question of Christianess, I take from the bible, Matthew 25:40. One of the verses of the bible I believe is actually holy. It goes like this: for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' 37 Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? 38 And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? 39 And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?' 40 And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

Whatsoever you did to the least of my brethren, so you did unto me.

When Jesus says this, he says specifically, to the "LEAST" of my brothers. Not those who are clean, and nice, and who we would normally invite for cocktails. He is talking about those who are downtrodden, and dirty and need help. And he is talking about those who need jobs, and who need health care and who NEED help. Those are the least of his brethren.

So how can we call ourselves Christian when we make policies that try to prevent those in need from coming to our country? Are not those people the least of our brethren and the least of Christ's? When we turn away those who are living in poverty and are desperate, how are we living up to Christ's words, and how can we claim to be Christian if we support those policies?

How can we claim to be feeding Christ, when we refuse to feed those who are in need? Because how we treat those 'least of his brothers, so we treat him.' So we are telling CHRIST JESUS, stay out of our country, you are not good enough to be here...you do not belong with us, you Christ, are taking away an American job...you Christ are abusing our health care system...You JESUS are taking advantage of our education! Do we want to treat Christ that way? We are every time we treat the least of his brethren that way...

Hmm..Christ, if he does not have a job with health benefits, does not deserve health care. Christ does not deserve respect and dignity, and because he is looking for work, to help his family, he should be deported. YES---if you are a Christian, every time you treat, or support treating a brown skinned person like that---you are treating Christ like that! Every time you say that this country should not be inclusive, you are excluding Jesus, your savior. That is his words folks, not mine!

And every time we help someone, every time we support treating people humanely,every time we offer comfort to those who need it...so we are treating Christ.

So I ask you, are we a Christian country?

For the most part I would say no, the policies of our nation are not one that offer food to the least of Christ's brethren, we do not offer our cities and hearts to those trying to help themselves.

And don't even get me started on turning the other cheek...that is a whole other blog post!

At least that is my opinion.