Several months ago I wrote a post about Google Suggest. That’s where you begin typing in a search term and Google drops down a menu of probable terms you may be looking for based on the popularity of searches on that topic. In my post I mentioned that if you type in the words, “Why are Christians” you will get a list that isn’t too flattering to that group of people. Go ahead and try it. Then just for fun, try typing in “why is my” and look at the results – that’s pretty funny!
Anyway, my point is that since publishing that post, it has consistently been one of my most frequently read articles, just under the post about the pig breast cancer flu which has has close to 5,000 unique readers – cool! But hands down, the most traffic this site receives is from people searching the internet regarding the behavior of Christians – “why are Christians so mean,” “why are Christians so rude,” “why do Christians think they are the only ones who are right,” and the list goes on and on. Although I’m very happy about getting the traffic – it breaks my heart that Christians have such a terrible reputation.
Despite the traffic opportunity, I haven’t touched the subject since that time, because quite honestly, I don’t know what to say about it. I wonder the same things. I’ve been terribly hurt by Christians yet through it all, I’ve never blamed God for how his people behave. I guess that’s because I know Him. At least I know him as well as any mere mortal can. I don’t think He is anything like the people who are representing him. No, I KNOW He’s not like that. However, I can see how those who don’t know Him may get the impression that He is a vengeful, backstabbing, jerk because of the way “His” people act. This morning I ran across a web site that makes my point for me.
I stumbled upon a site that showed National Geographic’s photos of the year. The pictures are awesome, of course. But what got my attention were the comments left behind by the site’s readers. First, here’s a copy of some of the pictures:
These are just a few – you can see all the National Geographic pics on their site.
What did you think when you saw those pictures? My thoughts were simple: aaawwwww! How cute!
Take a look at the comments left by the readers of the site I found the pics:
To that guy who thinks there is a God: you remember you believed that when you die and decompose in the ground and you realize you set your life up as lie. Only problem is you won't be able to remember shit because your brain will be tomorrow's topsoil.
To that guy who thinks there is no God: "only GOD can make scenes such as these for us to enjoy" and you remember you said that when you are standing in front of Him begging for Him to have mercy on your soul.
Wow, all these great pictures, then some jackass has to throw in God. Now I'm just sick.
Some people really don’t like God, huh? He really gets a bad wrap and it’s sad that we can’t just enjoy beautiful scenes without cutting some throat, especially God’s. I can’t help but agree with the Googler’s who want to know why Christians are so mean. They are the representation of God’s character. I’m pretty sure God has also Googled the same question. And by the way, most of these beautiful pictures show animals interacting in a loving way toward one another – perhaps that’s why God created them first – to give us an example of how to treat one another.



















