Sometimes I have to admit that my attacks on do-gooders - some of whom can be genuine, Christian people - can cause me the occasional pang of guilt.In one of the newspapers I review, there are frequent letters, in true do-gooder mould, from a kind lady.
Quite clearly, she is a lovely person; caring, socially-minded and would make a superb next door neighbour. She may or may not be a practising Christian.
Sadly, she has taken Christ's 'turn the other cheek' - which readers of this Blog or practising evangelicals will know is aimed at the individual Christian - and tries to apply it to society.
Much as you would have to love this lady, she is a perfect menace; she and others like her must shoulder the blame as they have paved the way for that lump of moral decay which today we call our society. [Of course, they could not have achieved this without being aided and abetted by cynical politicians.]
Christ said: "I have not come to change the Law but to bring you new Law." That means extras - it does not meaning cancelling out the original.
As the Old Covenant is replaced by the New, many liberal Christians have tried to abandon the Old Testament.
This leaves Christianity in a rather large, confused and illogical mess.
