“No see it is a Christian band/book/shirt.” I am sure that many of you have heard some form of that. Whatever the format, it comes out saying the same thing. “That objection you have is invalid because this object has some sort of tie to the Christian faith.”
Since when has hiding behind Christianity been a fair justification. One of the most infamous sites on the Internet (GodHatesFags.com) hides behind Christianity. The thing is how exactly does their message coincide with what Jesus taught? I believe that Love was rather central. I am convinced that we are called to hate sin, not sinners. Yet they proclaim that they have “A serious Gospel basis.” Jesus said, “Love your enemies.”
Why hide behind the human construct of Christianity? We have Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith. Just a simple comparison should suffice – which is better: the Son of God who started the religion or what that religion has become? If the answer of Jesus does not pop out at you, I would encourage you to read the Gospels.
We use the terms Christianity and Christian so loosely that they can be applied to anything we feel has some relation to what we think those terms mean. How about we start over.
Square one – Jesus is my Lord. We read up on the life that He lived. Then and only then do we dare to take on the title of “Little Christs.” Once we know what His life looked like and can commit to modeling our lives after the love that was His can we hope to bring honor to His name. Until we let go of ourselves enough to let Him shine through, we drag the name of God into the dirt with our lives of selfishness. Until we own up to Jesus is my Lord and follow His commands like a loyal subject, we dirty the image of God.

~JCPunk