In what may be my most presumptuous blog so far, I've decided to write about something that I've silently watched from the sidelines for quite a long time. I'm having a bit of trouble putting a finger on the reasons I feel compelled to wade into this topic, but in the end, it probably boils down to simply growing weary of seeing so many people struggle with something that has such a clear explanation.
Over the past 20 to 30 years, Christianity has taken quite a beating in terms of public opinion, and even tolerance. Every person is entitled to an opinion, of course, regardless of whether it happens to be favorable towards religion and Christianity or it isn't. But something bothers me about the whole thing, which is that Christianity seems to be losing its public relations battle for the wrong reasons.
Unless I have completely abandoned myself to paranoia, Christianity is now an object of disdain to mainstream media. Beyond this is the even more perplexing problem that Christianity itself is so often mischaracterized, and even misunderstood, by many of the very people who proclaim it.
This has forced me to realize that much of the ire that Christianity seems to draw from the media, and even large segments of the population, is justified. It is justified because it is directed towards a poorly constructed effigy of what Christianity actually is, or should be.
If ever increasing numbers of people turn their backs on the Christian faith, feeling as though they have somehow outgrown it - so be it; but they should do so with benefit of a clearer understanding of what they are rejecting.
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