Morality and Law

I cannot for the life of me understand why conservative Christians keep trying to push for our morality to be codified in law. We act as if we can make people believe what we do by making our values law. The opposite is true. Our morals are rooted in the very person of Christ, and our fruit is what will allow unbelievers to see the truth. By forcing values into the law, we tell society two things. 1) We are bullies. 2) We are followers of a legalistic religion, obsessed with following rules. Our goal is not to make people behave. Our goal is to introduce people to the person of Jesus Christ, the only person who can truly change people.

It really is no surprise that Christianity is identified with hate. It is also very tragic.