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Please spare us the "there is nothing christian about..." or "jesus was a forgiving guy..." because this is what Christians do over and over again. There is no
by honkycat 5y ago
Please spare us the "there is nothing christian about..." or "jesus was a forgiving guy..." because this is what Christians do over and over again.
There is no special innate morality that Christianity imbues in people. If anything it feeds people's narcissism and makes them behave even worse. "I am important b/c god speaks to me, I can do no wrong because I have the word of god and am surrounded by people who say the same."
Christianity is constantly on the wrong side of history. Christians were overwhelmingly pro-slavery, and used the bible to justify their owning of slaves. Women's rights, accepting of homosexual and trans individuals. Heck, look at today: The republicans whose absurd agenda are prolonging the pandemic are overwhelmingly Christian.
Maybe it's time to stop pointing at "bad Christians" and saying "well they are doing it wrong." Maybe YOU are doing Christianity wrong.
- SkipperCat 5y agoI can't be doing Christianity wrong because I've never done Christianity at all. But if Christianity is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, which would make sense since they named the religion after him, they're straying pretty far from the rulebook.