Religion

I resent the fact that because I am a Christian others assume they know what I believe and where I stand on almost every issue. It's frustrating to be thrown into the big pot of Christiandom and told why I am wrong by people who don't know me at all. No I am not perfect~ I'm a hypocrite who can't get her act together. I will freely admit that my attitudes and actions are far more often sinful than saintly. But that's why I became a Christian in the first place. Not because Christianity would magically cure me and make me a "good person," but because I knew I'd never attain perfection myself. Jesus attained it for me. It seems like there are a lot of fingers being pointed at the church and a lot of people calling names. Why is that?
What's really frustrating though is knowing how to respond. My gut instinct is to point my finger back at the insulting blog and say "Well! You're just a cotton-headed ninny muggins!" However, I'm sure that's not the reponse that Christ would have. And although I am a poor reflection of Him (visualize one of those state border Rest Stop bathroom mirrors that are basically a sheet of buffed metal ~ that's me imitating Christ) I still know that an argument on behalf of myself will not convince anyone of my merits. So how does one respond to these insults? I'm sure you know what I'm referring to. Someone quotes Bush or Jerry Falwell and then goes off on a tirade of how stupid and insensitive Christians are. How do you reach through the internet and communicate to someone that despite the fact that those words made you bleed inside, you still love the person behind the blog?

"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world." James 1:27