Is Jesus on my side?
I, like most aware folks in the United States, don't see our fellow citizens as united anything. In the mix of arguments comes suppositions about what Jesus would do in light of current culture. As with most classic literature and philosophy, most people leveraging Jesus err in their understanding of Him and many care only to point out supposed hypocrisy of whomever their arguments are aimed. Some common presuppositions - the foundational framework that guides attitudes, opinion, and perspective - are: 1) I love Jesus therefore He would agree with me 2) Jesus loves me therefore He would agree with me 3) Jesus was all about peace, peace, peace and love, love, love 4) If Christ-followers ran government it would be a righteous government 5) Christianity has no business being interjected into political discourse. This obviously is not an exhaustive list and with no further comment from me can ignite all the controversy and debate that one could ask for. The reader might be surpr...