Why I am annoyed.

Ok, so I mentioned this article earlier. It annoyed the crap out of me. Not so much the debate of embryonic stem-cell research. I mean, that annoys me too, but that's not what annoyed me about the article. It's more of the 'We Thought (Bill) Frist Was One of Us' comment. It puts a line in the sand between Christians and non-Christians. You're either one of us, or one of them. I don't know about their Bibles, but mine doesn't tell me to just love other Christians. It doesn't say, oh, 'those people' are evil. I mean, to me, this comment makes it sound like Senator Frist isn't a Christian because he doesn't see things the same way they do, other Christian physicians. Maybe it isn't they way they meant it to sound, but I think that is being a little judgemental myself. It's ludacris to think that every single christian, or even christian doctor is going to feel the same way about things. Frist has been very outspoken about being Pro-Life, yet just because he's in support of researching stem cells he can't be pro-life?

I think it just sends the wrong message to people, especially non-christians. I mean, if we can't even love other Christians, how are they supposed to believe we love non-Christians as well. I'm not naive enough to believe everyone should agree on everything, but they shouldn't either. Attacking each other is not setting the Christ-like example. Rebuke and correction are necessary parts of the Christian walk, but not attacks. Not questioning someone's beliefs, someone who we don't even know especially. I just found the article and comment very attacking, not loving. Very judgemental. I get really irritated at judgemental people. I think its more about what we do, how we act, how we "walk the walk", rather than the words we say.

Anyway, I say "good for Bill Frist" for stating what he believes, despite his colleages or even his political party's stance on an issue. That shows that he's a man who makes his own decisions based on whatever, his faith, his heart, his knowledge that something could be used for something good. He doesn't let the world and his reputation sway his beliefs. Standing up for what you believe I think is more important than whether his stance on stem-cell research is right or wrong.