I heard about this from someone this last week and thought it was ridiculous. A “Christian” version of Linux? It's an operating system, therefore it has no religious affiliation. If you are wanting to trumpet the family-friendly features that are installed with it go right ahead, but call it a “Family” version of Linux. By assigning the Christian tag to it, you are further segmenting the Christian population from society as a whole.
Romans 12:2 says “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” This does not mean creating an entire subculture of only Christian stuff. How about instead of making Christian versions of secular things, we make things inspired by our own Christianity? Great things can be created if we focus on what God would have us do and not on what we can market to a secular world.
I'm going to point you over to something that Jason Janz wrote at Sharper Iron back in August. A quote from his piece:
We don’t need a “Christian” everything that creates a Christian
subculture. We are not to cloister in safe communities, but rather to
penetrate the culture with the light of the Gospel.Let’s join the soccer leagues filled with unbelievers and share
Christ. Let’s ride rafts with those who need a Christian witness. Let’s
join book clubs and confront this culture enthralled with the theology
of Dr. Phil.
I think that really boils it down well. How can we let a light shine if we hide it in our own little Christian group? I'm just as guilty of this as anyone else. Let's change the world from the inside out, not look for ways to make us more acceptable to the world.
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