By their fruits

Frankly, I find that I don't agree with most contemporary takes on Christianity. Instead of all the focus on sin, death, guilt and recruiting, I wish they had told me to focus on the words of Jesus at a young age, instead of the myriad of passages used to validate an exclusionist paradigm.

I want for myself the peace that Jesus must have felt. To follow Jesus's advice is to save oneself from the struggles of life. To truly love your enemies (or to have no enemies); to be able to look upon the creations and manifestations of God without judgement, To look at someone who just slapped your face, being so humble as to not return the favor, and so "above it" as to show that it really wouldn't bother you, to the slightest degree, if he were to slap your other cheek. I wish that peace for myself and the entire world. No worries, not if you live like Jesus.
Shed your ego and live here and now. Smile, don't have the countenance of burden, Love everyone, in the whole world, even Osama, GWB, Rumsfeld, Ted Haggard, and Hillary Clinton, to name a few polarizing public figures.

How do we know who to follow? Jesus said that we will know our leaders by their fruits, which I take to mean their actions. (Matthew 7:20) So, who is bringing forth worthy fruit? Personally, I think that the fruit of most of our current leaders is bitter to the taste, and ugly to look upon. Posion.

I am optimistic, though. I am alive. There is some pretty tasty, fullfilling fruit out there, you just have to look for it. Fortunately, the media in America is starting to become such a parody of itself that people are starting to catch on.