i entered this website, read the various blogs posted and was encouraged by various posts until i came to this one. the comment thread that ensued below was both disturbing and heart wrenching. instead of reading calm, patient, wise and god centered comments, i suddenly found myself engulfed in a frenzy of racism and hatred. and all this by supposed christians who seem to think it’s appropriate to tell each other who is or is not a christians and whether or not their prayers will reach the ears of god or as marvin put it: “…your prayers probably won’t make it past your ceiling.” many of you say repeatedly that you are not on the attack and do not wish to offend anyone, that you simply have your own opinions and that yes, they are strong. fine, we all have our own opinions and we all feel strongly on certain issues whether or not we find others who agree. that is a right and a freedom we have as americans to enjoy and i hope it is never taken from us. but to constantly bash another brother or sister in christ and to preach at each other as if you yourselves know best is pure hypocrisy. we as christians should know better than anyone that we are simply human, we make mistakes, we act in arrogant pride, we are blinded to certain issues simply by our own sin and no matter how hard we try, those blinders will always be there because we are fallen, sinful, humans. it is for that reason that god is our judge. it is not our opinions that matter, but god’s and god’s alone. to act towards each other so hatefully and yet call yourselves “abafowethu” is pathetic at best.