THE EDITOR, Sir:
AS A CHRISTIAN I wish to say that Christ has commissioned those who follow Him to ensure that the good news of salvation is spread. I must state, however, that I am fed up with many religious leaders who claim to be followers of Christ. They saturate our airwaves with their constant bickering and railings about who is right or wrong about this doctrine or the other. These religious people need to know that they are contributing nothing positive to the cause of Christ. Can't they see that their perpetual, empty verbal wrangling over nothing significant only serves to confuse the populace and widen already existing rifts in human relationships?
Jesus' message is about unity and loving and caring for one another. I am tired of this eternal baseless war about what we should wear or eat, how often we should go to church while we neglect the most important thing of helping people. Some so-called Christians harp about the right day to worship - which is exactly one of the ills of some of these people who profess to be Christians.
A DAY OF WORSHIP
Their Christianity, instead of being a lifestyle is limited to a day of worship - some writhing in their skins for the day to expire so that they can get back to being who they really are - wolves in sheep's clothing. I am peeved that Christianity has been reduced to being a set of denomi-nations pursuing their own agendas.
Can we blame people who get turned off? After all, they see so-called Christians fighting against each other, competing in a bid to outdo each other instead of uniting so that Christianity can be portrayed as the positive life-transforming force that it really is. The motive of these people who get into these senseless arguments is to make the greatest unifying force on earth their own. Their fight is no different from that of the politicians. It is all about them! They have little or no interest in Christ's intention: for Christianity to be the greatest unifying force on earth.
Instead of having these pointless confrontations it would be more meaningful for those who claim to be followers of Christ to comfort without bias, the horrific social issues that we face in Jamaica today. Their energies would be put to better use were they to decry the crime and violence, corruption and the various forms of injustice being meted out to the hapless citizens of this country. The prophets of old were not afraid to confront kings and point out their sins. Some of these leaders, upon acknowledging the truth, repented. Peradventure some of our leaders might repent.
I am. etc.,
IVY ISAACS-BULGIN
P.O. Box 15
Sign P.O.
St James
