Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

more freely. I can remember one time a Pentacostal minister grilled me for hours trying to break me down so I'd 'convert.'

His big thing was "...for by grace are ye saved and not by works."

But, I thought, if you just say you believe and not practice that, surely it makes you a Pharisee. Thinking that God can't want that, I can remember citing the book of James, where it says, "Be ye therefore doers of the word and not hearers only."

And, of course, we have the saying that we should 'judge a tree by its fruit,' which clearly implies that belief be backed with (or be the impetus of) action.

The right wingers who call themselves Christians...I don't want to judge them, I guess. I just vote my own conscience. And I try to walk the walk.

Honestly, nobody over fifty really wants 'justice' in the real afterlife sense. I'm all for 'mercy.' So I'd rather hope that mercy be extended to everyone so I'll get it too. Anyway, I believe in reincarnation...