- Joined
- Jun 30, 2016
Why is Lizzy still with Jerry? This post flies in the face of what should be the most important thing in her life. I mean, aren’t most religions tied to life after death? Unless she’s under some misguided belief that this fool can be redeemed/reformed, in which case she’s fighting for a lost cause.
Lizzy falls under a category of what I like to call "Hipster Christians."
They're a type of people that follow all of the hippie *snicker* "love and tolerance" teachings of the bible, specifically new testament, but only specifically to project this misinformed front of being a good person without actually learning the teachings of the Christian bible.
I'm a bit rusty on conveying this information, but this "Love thy Neighbor" aspect of Christianity, while important and becoming a more focal point in modern day teachings and interpretations of the bible, is also being misconstrued into "accept everything." The new testament does indeed make this "be a good person" shtick a prevalent theme, but the way people like Jerry and Lizzy interpret it is in order to justify their flaws and shield themselves from their promiscuity. The bible is mostly about bettering yourself in this regard, learning to shed worldly attachments and rejecting the perceived social corruption of social norms and learn to not live in sin.
tl;dr because I'm not the best equipped to discuss any of this in a high caliber of debate, but Jerry and Lizzy are not abiding by any of the personal convictions, challenges, or teachings that are in the bible, rather they use that as an excuse to make other Christians look bad by saying "See, we're more tolerant than you! Don't you remember how tolerant Jesus was???"
It's a fucking act and an embarrassingly shallow one at that. Note that this isn't me saying certain demographics of people can't be Christians, that's not my point, but many of the churches I've gone to that aren't talking about stoning the gays (not literally) try to teach an acceptance and bettering of ones self through removing sin, not embracing it.
etc etc Unsurprisingly, Lizzy misses the point of what it means to be a Christian and I am willing to put money on Jerry being the reason why because he only surrounds himself with sheep.