February 13, 2024

Once again, Christians are being reminded that their sole and exclusive function is to behave like doormats for all and sundry.

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One of Super Bowl Sunday’s ads, titled “Foot Washing,” consists of several consecutive images of people washing the feet of other people.

As might be expected, the ad was infused with a very not so subtle political element: the majority of those washing feet were white or seemed to fit an “American” profile, whereas an inordinate number of those getting their feet washed were not.  Images included a white woman washing the feet of a recently arrived and annoyed-looking Hispanic migrant, a white woman washing the feet of a Muslim woman in hijab, and a white male Christian clergyman washing the feet of a black “trans” man/woman.

At the very end, the point of the commercial was made clear by the following words: “Jesus Didn’t Teach Hate.  He Washed Feet.”

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So he did.  But he also taught so many other things — including that people must repent of their sins or face the fires of Gehenna — and even engaged in violence, as when he flipped tables over and whipped money-changers out of the Temple.

As such, and seeing that Jesus said and did many things, why is it that Christians are always and only reminded of feet-washing and cheek-turning?

Could it be because those sponsoring such messages actually hate and seek to paralyze Christians and their impact on society?

For example, one of the commercial’s images depicted a woman washing the feet of another woman who had apparently just performed an abortion at a “Family Planning Clinic.”  The message is clear: the true Christian doesn’t protest on behalf of the unborn outside abortion facilities; the true Christian shuts up and does whatever to accommodate those choosing to abort their progeny. 

Stripped of its pious veneer, such messaging is tantamount to saying true Christians do not resist, but rather accommodate evil.  After all, and to be clear, the claim that Christians — anybody, for that matter — should not “hate” is a complete smokescreen.  Christians protest at abortion facilities, or against illegal migration, or against Islam, not because they are haters, but because they oppose the killing of the unborn as well as the subversion and destabilizing of their nation.  Big difference.

And surely the commercial is not saying that opposition is always inherently wrong?  For if so, no one would have the right to oppose even a Hitler, but would rather, under the logic of the commercial, be required to wash Nazi feet!