Like this:

My sister-in-law sent me a message this morning saying: ‘I predict a blog about Fred Nile coming on…’

I don’t actually have much to say about his policies, sure he spreads ignorance, racism and hatred wherever he goes (allegedly), but that seems pretty universally acknowedged, so he doesn’t really carry that much weight. Yes he tried to introduce a bill banning burka’s, a concept that makes my blood boil, but really anything he introduces is voted down immediately.

My big problem with Fred Nile is that he is seen as ‘the Christian’ parliamentarian. This is the man that the general public see as representing the viewpoint of Christians.  

It is no wonder that the world has no idea about why we follow Christ and what that means, when so many right-wing, fundamentalist, religious idiots are jumping up and down claiming they represent the beliefs of all Christians.

I believe in God. I believe that Christ died as the ultimate payment for sin, and because he rose again I can be right with God. I believe that these things call for a response from me and that I must live as much like Christ as my sinful self is able. I also believe that Christ dined with prostitutes and tax-collectors, he treated women as sisters, healed the sick and cared for the poor. Yes he condemned many people, but they were the self-righteous, the oppressors, the religious shells.

Something is going very wrong when the world looks as those who say they represent us and see the very people that Christ condemned.

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