Everything I know about Christianity...

by 'lil Ezra Klein, letting his ignorance show, in today's WaPo:

Hoo-boy. Ta-Nehisi Coates dubs this "faith for people who don't like to think." I'd say it's more offensive than that. Imagine if a Jewish commentator had taken to national television to say that a popular Christian adulterer should really consider converting, because "the Christian faith's emphasis on forgiveness provides an ethical get-out-of-jail-free card that contributes to these sorts of transgressions." Or if a Muslim suggested that a Protestant cheater should consider a conversion to a "rules-based religion. Christianity, sadly, erred when it focused on man's relationship with God rather than God's laws for man."

In either case, said commentator would resign within a day or two. But Hume will certainly survive this controversy. Remember that next time someone complains that we've lost our identity as a Christian nation. Frankly, we haven't lost nearly enough of it.

Klein proves to be just as much an "expert" on the topic of Christianity ("the Christian faith's emphasis on forgiveness provides an ethical get-out-of-jail-free card that contributes to these sorts of transgressions.")*, as he is at solving the nation's problems with guaranteed healthcare for all. Funny how he misunderstands Hume's comments, and the basic tenets, before doing the mocking bit and collecting his paycheck...

I wonder if there's a pill to fix both Klein's ignorance, and Woods' world of hurting. And I wonder if Ezra Klein will ever be half the man that Brit Hume is.

Somehow, I doubt it. Call it a hunch...


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* Of course it's a scam, because can you imagine the mind-blowing concept that people/sinners actually ... (wait for it) .... regret sins, change their behaviors**, and are forgiven by God? Me thinks poor Ezra's mindset is still stuck on G-d, version 1.0.

** maybe not the full monty change, but at least a non-hypocritical lifestyle that lets you live with yourself. Divorce perhaps, and the acknowledgment that it's hard to be committed to the married lifestyle. It's not the women in Woods' case; it's the family facade, with the women, for the purpose of selling an image. Sincerity please.