What is being communicated?

Jason Porterfield wrote the book, “Fight like Jesus.” The subtitle is “How Jesus waged peace throughout Holy Week.” I’m currently reading the book. It’s wonderful.

I want to take one quote from the book for discussion:

“When religion legitimizes injustice, it communicates to the world that God wills such evil. It makes God appear wicked.” — pg. 59

This is a pretty simple post actually. What are we communicating about God when we turn a blind eye to injustice, when we ignore wrongs, when we make excuses for abuse, when we decide who…