A Video the Left 'Can't Stand' to fully hear. If at all. (A must)

I'm not sure what Jim was thinking while posting that video here.

If Jim thinks that ending friendships over politics is a "left" thing

he's wrong.

It's a human thing, not a "left" thing.

It's often a "Christian" thing too.

Here's some evidence:

A lay-pastor writing about his family being ostracized ["ghosted"] from his congregation
over his opinions on various matters.

Christian Ghosting: The Destructive Christian Practice We Don’t Talk About

July 19, 2017
by

Benjamin L. Corey

I was a teaching elder at our church, and made the critical error of pushing back
on folks when they challenged my fitness for serving as an elder when it was said in a meeting,
“We have a deep concern that you’re not truly the head over your wife.”

I made the error of saying we shouldn’t force two of our most committed, reliable,
and spiritually mature community members to be re-baptized as a condition
of being a full voting member of our church.

I made the error of advocating for a higher minimum wage in a television interview
(which led to someone literally yelling and walking out of church).

I made the error of preaching a sermon on Matthew 5 and what it means to love our enemies–
which got me cornered and rebuked by the other elders because the sermon was,
ironically, “unloving” to preach to a bunch of gun owners, apparently.

I made the error of suggesting we should have a policy against people bringing weapons
into our place of worship, prompting some folks to threaten leaving the church.

I made many “errors,” and the net result was the tension in our little group continued to increase
until my best friend bailed instead of navigating conflict –
taking the rest of our social circle with him.
We went from texting countless times a day and spending individual, and family time together,
to…. nothing.

"Ghosting" can happen to anyone, but we Christians sure know how to do it well.

It’s as if for us, loving people simply because they are people made in the image of God is not enough.
Instead, we become only willing to love people who we are in harmonious agreement with.

As long as we are in agreement, the relationship is solid
– but the minute one person begins to grow and shift on this belief or that one, we bail.

We ghost people. We disappear from their lives. We abandon them. We sever ties.

And we do it in the cruelest way possible: with silence.

Sometimes I have to pray like Jesus did and say,
“Father, forgive them– because they don’t know what they do.”
Because honestly, I don’t think they understand the damage they’ve done.

I don’t think they realize that on the day they ghosted my family,
my daughter lost the only close friendships she had.

I don’t think they realize that on the day they ghosted me,
it was the day that my marriage started to seriously unravel.

I don’t think they realize how painful it was to experience three failed adoptions
in the months after their disappearance– driving home the reality
that we had no one to grieve with us, no one to check in on us,
and no one who cared if we survived as a family, or not.

Every waking morning was a reminder that none of them actually gave a shit about us.

I don’t think they realize that years later, the idea of going to church again
or having Christian friends I can trust, is outside of what would be healthy or plausible for me.

I don’t think they realize that when they see us at the department store
and turn to walk away before we see them, they’re not quick enough.

I don’t think they realize that I never fully recovered from that life event,
and that it still impacts me on a daily basis.

I felt it yesterday, I feel it today, and I fear I’ll feel it tomorrow, too.

I don’t think they realize any of those things.

Sadly I don’t think they care, either– because if they did,
they would have attempted to bind up the wounds
they inflicted without letting years go by and life fall apart.

And now, it’s too late– there can be forgiveness, but there will never, ever, be reconciliation.
It’s done. It’s finished. There is no reversing the damage, and no returning to what once was.

The destruction from the practice of Christian Ghosting, quite honestly, is often irreparable."

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfundie/christian-ghosting-destructive-christian-practice-dont-talk/