I am not saying anything against Christians that don’t go to church every week (or more often).
We go to Meeting (Quaker term for church) on Sunday, but not every Sunday. Part of being a Quaker is following the maxim laid out in Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them” (NIV). Essentially, every day is a Meeting for Worship in our house as both my wife and I are both committed Quakers. So I have no issue with Christians who are occasional church-goers. What I take issue with is those that claim to be Christian and then proceed to violate most of the precepts of the faith by their words and actions.
Spewing hate-filled speech, denigrating those who look or sound different from you, these are not Christian values. How many stories are in the Bible that show Jesus talking to—and inviting into his inner circle—the lesser rungs of his day: Prostitutes, tax-collectors, lepers. Jesus sought out those who were not like him, who were less than in the eyes of society, and made it a point to be kind to them. How many people call themselves Christians in one breath and scream at people to “Go back home,” because they look like they might be (or have heritage) from another country?
There is an eye-opening book from Ben Howe called The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power over Christian Values. In the book, he gives a compelling argument about why so many Christians (faux Christians in my view) decided they could support and vote for our current president. Regardless of whether you voted for him or not, there is little to dispute about his character and values. There is ample evidence showing his lack of regard for women (Access Hollywood tape), people from other countries (unless they are white), the disabled (in a speech at a rally), and other groups that are different from himself. In the book Howe, who is a self-described evangelical, argues that many evangelicals sold out their beliefs for one thing: Power. They were willing to overlook someone who is counter to many (or maybe most) Christian values to gain political power. For me, that is the definition of faux Christian.