As I was deep in discussion of the Bible with a friend I found him picking and choosing parts of the Bible to accept and parts to reject. At least that is what it seemed like to me. He didn’t see it that way. I accused him of pulling a Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson did what modern cafeteria Christians are doing but he was a bit more clear in how he did it. He took a Bible and literally cut out the parts that he did not agree with. What was left is called the Jefferson Bible. I think we have a lot of people doing that kind of thing.
A good example might be the mayor whose name we can’t pronounce calling Mike Pence non-Christian. That is a Thomas Jefferson. You see, the Bible makes a very clear statement about homosexuality and the mayor was very vocal about his homosexual union. Mike Pence would say it was wrong because the Bible says so. The mayor says Pence, and the Bible, are wrong.
We could come up with variations of the expression such as “Doing a Jefferson”, or “Don’t Jeff me”.
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Probably 3/4 of "Christians" pick and choose. Sorta makes ya wonder about their "Christianity."
ReplyDelete(Mat 7:14 KJV) Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure that 3/4 is high enough.
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