It’s been three days since I saw the spectacle. I am still deeply sad about what I saw/hear on sixth street on Thursday.
Okay. I bet you can think of some major crazy stuff that I could have seen on sixth street….but it’s worse than you think.
I walked out of the cinema theatre in a haze of happiness from watching a quote-a-long of Real Genius, a totally cool, super geeky 80’s comedy movie. To be brutally acoustically attacked by so called “Christians.” These “Christians” were hate-filled, damnation spewing, verbally attacking Christian. They should on opposite corners with their war raging battle flags/signs that listed Thou shall not’s…The man was loud without a bullhorn. Shouting descriptions of hell.
I teared up. Not because I was won over to his side, but because of the fashion that these men believed would bring Austin women and men to Christ. It was painful to watch. People had different reactions – but all that I saw were negative. Shaking heads, FU’s, laughing…
This is not the way. This is not the way Jesus would want this word displayed. Matthew 6:5 – “When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.”
I wanted to go up and beg them to stop, but all I could stand there and say was, “This is why people hate Christians.”
Matthew 6:6 – “But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.”
