And if you do a Google search for this phrase, you will find countless websites attempting to explain this scene to a population of Christians hellbent on excusing themselves from the daunting responsibility of being Christians.
That's horrible slander. Prove it.
Christians give more money to help the poor and suffering than any other group by far, and put themselves personally on the line to give help as well. You might be interested in this:
http://www.worldmag.com/...kristof_s_defense_of_evangelicals
On Sunday, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof observed a cemented bias against evangelical Christians among his erudite colleagues:
Today, among urban Americans and Europeans, ‘evangelical Christian’ is sometimes a synonym for ‘rube.’ In liberal circles, evangelicals constitute one of the few groups that it’s safe to mock openly.
Kristof’s argument is not ideological. He is driven by the most practical motivation: He has seen sincere evangelical Christians around the world sacrificing their personal health, well-being, and livelihood to feed the poor and care for the sick. He has seen evangelicals running into war zones and humanitarian criseseven as other aid workers were escaping:
Yet the liberal caricature of evangelicals is incomplete and unfair. I have little in common, politically or theologically, with evangelicals. But I’ve been truly awed by those I’ve seen in so many remote places, combating illiteracy and warlords, famine and disease, humbly struggling to do the Lord’s work as they see it, and it is offensive to see good people derided.
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