Have you ever considered that your so determined to protect your faith from any supposed attack that you treat an honest critique of the actions of a snake oil salesman hiding behind your savior as an attack on your personal faith? Because your response reads as if you didn’t read a word of what she wrote, you just saw any Christian being held accountable for their immoral actions and deemed it a critique of your faith. Which, if it’s so strong, shouldn’t need to be defended by acting as if a man like Osteen is above criticism. Because no one is, I don’t care what church they attend or run.

Oh, and if you invoke Jesus and the concept of original sin as a way to deflect the responsibility of members of your faith from being more than just “good Christians,” but good people, you’re not defending Jesus. You’re using him as a shield against moral obligations to society that he reportedly advocated for. Which reinforces several bad stereotypes about organized religion and its adherents.

So, I suggest you stop making this global movement toward anti-racism and tearing down systems supporting it about Jesus, because no one else is. And this article certainly isn’t. It’s not about him, just like it’s not about you. It’s about all the people whose necks are being crushed under the weight of an unremorseful knee. And what obligation our society has to them.