Cru.

awesome. so now, Christianity is supposed to be politically correct?

The name of Christ is too shameful for a Christian to be affiliated with?

whatever happened to Paul's "for I am not ashamed of the gospel"? isn't it the "power of God for salvation to everyone who believes"? and not just for the Jews that wear yamakas and chant at a wall, but also for the Greeks -- a.k.a. Gentiles -- a.k.a. the rest of the world? (Romans 1:18)

I thought that it was the Christian's mantra, to know that the world will be put off by the name of Christ. ..uh.. duh. didn't Christ say "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. if you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you." (John 15:18-19)

in fact, Jesus goes further to imply that if you think, as a Christian, that you shouldn't be persecuted, that you are claiming to be better than Christ. "remember the word that I said to you, 'a slave is not greater than his master'". are we so arrogant that we think we are above persecution, when Christ endured the worst persecution possible for simply telling the truth? (John 15:20)

and another one bites the dust.