Lord, Save Me From Your Followers

It is always interesting to read bumper stickers.  They often say clever things. The main man in the movie we watched in class walked around in a big white suit that was covered in bumper stickers that had to do with Christianity. It was a good way for him to break the ice while asking often difficult questions to answer. He went all across the nation asking people questions about religion and Christianity.  Most of the results he got were sad, but true.  When asked 'what do you think of when you think of Christians?' some answers include: fantacisim, the crusades, warfare, snobby, hypocrites and theatrical. On the other hand, others said: holy, God, compassionate, love, and Jesus. The man gave many stats on religion in America and surprisingly, most people consider themselves Christians; however, this does not mean that they actually are. We live in a culture where evangelicalism is percieved as 'I hate you.'  Whoever speaks up creates the culture. If we do not go out and speak the word, how is our country ever going to be based on God again?  One man in the movie said "Church is the body of Christ, but it's hands and feet have been amputated and all thats left is one big mouth."  He did not say this in a positive way.  It seems that Christians have stopped doing the things they are told to do, but we sure do talk the talk. It is in this way that our country has slowly moved away from being one nation under God. We can't even call December 25 Christmas anymore because we are too worried that we might offend someone. And since when does God hate gays? Doesn't the bible say that God loves everyone? The modern church has strayed far from the way God intended it to be. This movie shows how Christians and the church are really percieved by the majority of people in this country. Some of the results are scary, but it just shows us what we need to work on.