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Originally Posted by Katczinsky  Sgt, what if I were to suggest that all Christians should be "perfected" into atheists by making them reject belief in just one more God? Would you consider this to be 'anti-Christian' or otherwise anti-religious?
Every religion views itself as the true religion, true. But people such as Ann Coulter and yourself who are on their own little fundamentalist crusades I think are missing the meaning behind Jesus' teachings.
But if you want to cleanse the Earth of non-Christians because a line or two said it was alright in your two millennia year old book, then suit yourself so long as such delusions stay in your head and you don't act on them. | First, I answered the question in context. A big deal was made about the comment and whether it was antisemitic. From quoting from both the Old Testament (the Torah of the Jews) and the New Testament, I showed that the remark was not. Both Christ and Paul were Jews. The Christian faith grew out of the conversion of Jews to Christianity through accepting that Jesus Christ was the Messiah. The Torah talks about the Messiah, however, at this time Christ is not accepted as the Messiah by the Jews.
Your suggestion for us to be perfected by making us into atheist is supported by what text? None in either book of faiths. Judaism and Christianity are closely linked and separted by only a single discrepancy, that of Christ as the Messiah. I am not missing the point of Christ's teachings, I hate no one, I do not like sin, I know that I am not perfect and that my redemption comes through my belief that Christ died for my sins and arose. I practice my faith, I do not force it on anyone, however, when asked I will discuss it and when it is challenged I will defend it. I practice charity, humility, and seek my own redemption.
Christianity does not wish to cleanse the earth, we wish to change the earth. We preach to non-believers in the hopes of bring them closer to God through his son Jesus Christ. As far as our 2000 year old book, well how many times has that book proven science, history and archeaology incorrect?? The fact that it is interpretted by man is what has made the Bible at times fallible, however, since man himself is fallible this should come as no surprise.
You know for those that attack Christianity and faith as delusions I feel sorry for you. When you life ends you will be buried and become food for the worms, that is all that you can believe. I on the other hand, believe that there is an afterlife, I have something to strive for, to make myself prepared for, and to look forward to one day obtaining. What do you have?????
At its beginning Christianity was a fringe religion, however, it spread despite being persecuted and often killed for their beliefs. That is the one fact that is always so difficult to overcome. Paul, Peter, Bartholomew, James, James the Just, Judas (Not Iscariot), Matthew, Philip, Simon, Thomas, and Matthias all died because of their beliefs. All they had to do to live was to testify that Christ did not rise from the dead, yet all choose to die for the belief that he did. Tell me, are you so certain of your beliefs that you are willing to die for them??? They were, so what does that tell you?
dmk
dmk Conservatism, I repeat is not an ideology. It does not breed fanatics....But if you want men who seek, reasonably and prudently, to reconcile the best in wisdom of our ancestors with the change which is essential to a vigorous civil social existence, then you will do well to turn to conservative principles
-Russell Kirk- |