As a brief backstory, my stepdad's father (call him Barry) is currently close to passing away from cancer. He and his wife are very sweet people and I've taken quite a shine to them over the past few years while getting to know them. The doctors say he only has a short time to live and my mom and stepdad have been taking care of him in his final days.
A lot of relatives have been coming in to visit to pay their respects over the past week. One of the relatives that have inquired with my mom about coming to visit is Barry's sister. In turns out that Barry's sister is a serious born-again fanatic who constantly berates Barry and his wife about how insufficiently Christian she considers them to be.
Well, here's the kicker. While Barry slowly passes away and his wife begins the difficult grieving process, this is what Barry's sister told my mom on a recent phone call:
Well, as you know, I'm over here praying for a cure. If he believed in the Lord enough, he'd be cured.Can you begin to grasp the viciousness and cruelty of a person lobbing this razor-sharp barb into a household that is dealing with the slow passing of a loved one? To think that this horrid woman would utter such bile -- at a time when Barry's wife must be going through all sorts of pain, regret and suffering -- is nearly beyond comprehension.
Although this is but one example that happens to be palpably close to my heart, there are countless other examples out there of horrid, mean-spirited people who cloak their innate sociopathic viciousness in the false veil of self-important righteousness. How does an allegedly Christian person say something like this and think that the Jesus they purport to believe in would sanction such thoughtless cruelty?
Jesus, please save us from your followers...
