Is Not Being a Jerk Central to Christianity?

Is Not Being a Jerk Central to Christianity? March 7, 2012

Several things have converged on a similar theme. First, Jonathan Robinson shared a post by Richard Beck, and added this cartoon:

But in fact, the point of the post was more in line with this image which my sister sent to me. It has some coarse language, sorry, but the point seemed worthwhile enough when combined with a sense of sibling obligation that I thought I’d share it.

And both of those reminded me of this cartoon:

It obviously takes more than not being a jerk to be a Christian. But how many would agree that being a jerk and being a Christian ought to be fundamentally antithetical, even if being a jerk is combined in practiced with just about every ideology, trait, standpoint and belief/unbelief system humans have ever adhered to?


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