(August 15, 2016 at 2:29 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(August 14, 2016 at 3:55 am)Alex K Wrote: Yes, but that's beside the point. If Lek has a criterion for what one cannot do if one claims to be a "follower of Christ", and Nazis are at odds with that, Lek pointing that out is in my opinion not the "No True Scotsman Fallacy".
No it is not besides the point. It is precisely the point. Humans have competing interpretations of the exact same holy books, the question is what makes him right and other Christians wrong whom interpret it differently, they think they got it right too.
The truth is that humans merely think morality is in a book, but our behaviors, good or bad are not in a book, but in our evolution. You are allowing Lek a loophole to avoid considering this.
Nobody likes to think their interpretation of a holy book is wrong. Everyone likes to think how they interpret them leads to better things for humanity. The problem is precisely that, there is no standard or "right way".
But, if we place good in the hands of humans and not think they are divinely handed to us, then we can see that humans are capable of good no matter label. The book itself is the problem, because it is used to justify anything and because it can be only a point of view issue, those competing interpretations will always cause divisions.
Gee. I'm sorry. I just don't think that someone who is exterminating Jews is following Christ.
