We could become the thing we hate. I see it, sometimes I’m ashamed to say I feel it. God, help us.
It is a test of where we are before God. Do we want the love of God to reign when elements of society come in and “crucify” us? Or do we seek to slap them up on the next empty cross we can find?
It takes a serious gospel vision, not just a religious vision, to transcend that.
I guess I can’t criticize people who haven’t known more than religion, too much. If you never knew what an encounter with Christ would move you to, you can be readily forgiven for the ignorance. But if you did know, then God is going to keep a shorter leash on you.