It’s time to cut the cord. Christianity and morality are not the same thing, and pretending they are has done more damage than good.
Being Christian is a belief system. Being moral is a practice. One does not guarantee the other. Yet for centuries we’ve been told that the cross is shorthand for goodness, that wearing faith like a badge automatically places someone on higher moral ground. It doesn’t.
History itself proves the gap. Entire empires justified conquest, slavery, and cruelty in the name of Christ. Leaders preached scripture with one hand and signed orders of violence with the other. Even today, plenty of self-proclaimed Christians weaponize their faith to excuse hatred, exclusion, and control.
Morality doesn’t come from belonging to a church. It comes from choices—daily, difficult, often inconvenient choices. How you treat people when nobody’s watching. Whether you stand up for someone who can’t fight back. If you tell the truth when it costs you something. Those are moral acts.
The problem is that we’ve blurred the lines so badly that many people now confuse performance for principle. They think showing up on Sunday proves virtue. They think reciting scripture makes them righteous. But morality isn’t a recitation, it’s a responsibility.
So let’s sever the tie. Let Christianity be a faith, not a synonym for goodness. Because if your morality depends on a label, it isn’t morality—it’s branding. And branding doesn’t make you good. Your actions do.
