I saw a quote on Facebook that asked,
“Do you belive in the existence of God, or the idea of God?”
And I think that perfectly explains a lot of these people who say they’re Christian, say they “know God”, but are all “you’re not being loooving you’re juuuudging and being meeean” when Christians correct other Christians about their consumption of things like witchcraft, praise/practice of homosexuality, porn, etc.
Or the ones who call themselves Christians but think we should change our beliefs to fit with the times and the shift in culture.
Or the ones who say they’re Christian, but parrot back all the hateful things atheists say about us being “oppressors” and deserving persecution.
They all (and some even admit it) only believe in the idea of God. Not the existence of God.
They like hearing “you should be nice to others all the time” and paint it as “never offer any kind of correction because that makes me feel bad and I want to keep doing whatever I want”, but ignore the reality that they aren’t going to get anywhere if they don’t follow the rules God has set for us. They believe in the idea of making people feel good, but the existence and reality of God would require following his rules also.
They want us to change as if God is just an abstract concept, or idea, that can be changed on a whim to what best fits in with the current culture, but the existence and reality of God, according to his very Word is unchanging.
And because they only like the idea of God, and don’t believe in the existence of God, it’s no wonder they feel free to treat us like the atheists do.