That time when Christian groups weren't

I am ticked.


I followed an account on Instagram called Proverbs Daily (http://proverbsdaily.net). I thoroughly enjoyed the one or two a day postings that were of creative photos and quotes of Bible verses and related encouragement.

Until now.

I woke up this morning and did my routine Instagram browse of recent postings. I do love Cats of Instagram and have an unhealthy obsession with the Kardashians… As I made my way scrolling down, I noticed two recent ProverbsDaily postings:

1.

“We support the better choice of two choices. Please vote the Bible, vote America, vote for redeeming America and bringing us back to the values that made us great. VOTE #RomneyRyan2012 #Romney #Ryan #President #Elections #Ryan2012 #2016Movie #BishopJackson #MittRomney #SaveAmerica #PROLIFE #HOPE #CHANGE #VOTE #Bible #ProverbsDaily “

2.

1.       #prochoice #yolo votethebible #election #prayer #causeofdeath #swag #death #prolife #romneyryan #roewade #mittromney #christian #proverbsdaily #amen #church #noobama #president #stopabortion #faith #bible #light #abortion #supremecourt #truth #youthgroup #gospel #stopobama #romney2012

Republican? That’s fine. Pro-Life? That’s fine. Those posts are not why I am bothered.
To be clear, I only comment on friends’ Instagram posts. I never tell Khloe her nails are cute or gush about Mason’s new outfit. But the juxtaposition of how much I enjoyed ProverbsDaily's previous posts and how opinionated I am about Jesus+politics caused my blood pressure to escalate and I began typing my response.

My response to the first post was plain and simple:

@ProverbsDaily, it is unfortunate that you are making a political PSA under this otherwise noble account. “…vote the Bible, vote America,… vote Romney” ? If you just read the book of Matthew it is clear that Jesus would have thought both political parties are bogus, especially the fiscal matters and foreign policy that Romney has supported. That doesn’t make it wrong, but it certainly doesn’t make it ‘voting the Bible’, as you say.

My second response was as straight forward as the first:

@ProverbsDaily Highlighting sins that YOU deem are worse than others while hashtagging “swag” “yolo” and “vote the bible” is not a fair representation of what the Bible is actually is about.


You can’t actually look up my responses because they were deleted, as well as all the other comments that agreed in response to mine. And I was blocked from continuing to follow ProverbsDaily on Instagram.

Now THAT’S what really gets me piqued. Aren’t discussions with differing opinions fruitful? No one knows the mind of God and healthy discussion with each other helps us to understand a little more than before. Being deleted and blocked because I don’t think that ‘voting Romney is voting the Bible’ or that I should be Pro-Life because, well, its swag-worthy and ya only live once is a poor representation of what Jesus was all about-- especially when you promote your account as sharing Biblical verses and inspiration.

I don’t have it all figured out and it is clear that Proverbs Daily doesn’t either. But in response to all of this I’ll leave you with my own hashtags... and feel free to pass along. ;)

#votesmart #votefair #votedemocracy #jesusisntdemocratorrepublican #jesuswasntarichwhitemale #jesushungwithsinners #ithinkjohnthebaptistwasahippie #dontdeletemycommentsorillblogaboutyoutaylorswiftstyle