{"id":13902,"date":"2019-01-16T11:03:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=13902"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:51:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T20:51:58","slug":"melissa-joan-hart-told-son-people-believe-jesus-good-now-facing-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2019\/01\/melissa-joan-hart-told-son-people-believe-jesus-good-now-facing-backlash.html","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Joan Hart Told Her Son That Only People Who Believe in Jesus Are \u2018Good,\u2019 Now Facing Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an interview on \u201cJourneys of Faith,\u201d Paula Faris\u2019s podcast for the ABC network, Melissa Joan Hart opened up about her faith and what led her to Jesus. After the interview, she faced backlash for a story she shared during the interview about telling her son to be wary of those who don\u2019t believe in Jesus.<\/p>\n

Hart explained that \u201cit\u2019s not easy\u201d being Christian.<\/p>\n

She was raised Catholic and is now Presbyterian. She talked in detail about her son\u2019s transition from a Christian preschool to a traditional school. Hart was nervous about the transition. At his previous school, she knew everyone. Hart told her son at the time:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know if these people are good people. We don\u2019t know if they believe in Jesus\u2026and he really took the Jesus part to heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following this point, Hart said she wasn\u2019t sure if saying that to her son was the right thing to do but she didn\u2019t give much detail about where things ended up. The story also involved her son making friends with a Jewish neighbor. Some critics online are saying that the comment was Anti-Semetic.<\/p>\n

Hart believes that Jesus is the path to heaven and shared with her son that we need to know Jesus to get to heaven. Her son and his Jewish friend engaged in many discussions about faith. As a result of this, the other boy\u2019s mother contacted Hart to discuss what the boys were talking about.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Christian, I believe that Jesus is my Savior. I believe in God and I believe in Jesus and His son,\u201d she explained in the interview.<\/p>\n

Hart also explained if someone asks her what she believes, she tells them that believing in Jesus is what \u201cunlocks the doors to heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the interview, she was blasted on social media, with people calling her names and cursing her for her belief that all people need to know Christ which is central to Christianity.<\/p>\n

Hart denies she made Anti-Semitic comments. She took to her Instagram to clarify her quotes in the interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been studying religion for the past 8 years and am learning more everyday. I try to never judge anyone\u2026unless they put ice in their wine\u2026 but I was simply telling my son that we know people at his old school, even down to their faith beliefs,\u201d Hart said. \u201cThe new kids in school, we didn\u2019t know a thing about so he was going to have to judge for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hart added: \u201cIn the podcast I talk about how he focused in on the Jesus part and it opened up discussions with friends and neighbors that might be tricky for children to navigate. I never said Christians are superior. Just trying to explain better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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