What Would YOU Do?
I’ve seen these personal adornments (bracelets, t-shirts, etc.) asking “What Would Jesus Do?” I think the more important, more relevant question is “What Would YOU Do?” Jesus lived — if he lived at all — approximately 2000 years ago. Societal rules were different back then. For instance, Jewish law (which Jesus presumably grew up following) says that eating shellfish is an abomination. So is preparing meat and dairy products in the same area.
I would like to know what contemporary Christians (not Jesus, who lived — if he lived at all — approximately 2000 years ago) do in situations where they they encounter such blatant disregard for the scriptures. Why aren’t Fred Phelps and his ilk protesting Red Lobster? Why is the biblical prohibition against homosexuality so much more important than the prohibition against shellfish? Aren’t they in the same book? What would Jesus do? What Would YOU Do? Especially now in the Christmas season‽
By the way, Happy Holidays!