Rhythm Wrote:Christianity, based on peace and understanding? Well now you're just blowing smoke up somebody's hole Kernel. Are you really treating a person with respect or understanding by pandering?
Quote: It's based on vicarious redemption through blood sacrifice. I'm sure plenty of christians find peace or understanding in it (after all, they;re good at seeing things that aren't there), or are..themselves, peaceful and understanding people (like most of us, some of the time)...but that doesn't change the core concept of the religion, the nature of the narrative and title of Christ from which the faith and term "Christianity" is derived. You;re not honestly addressing their faith if you have to whitewash it, and in doing so you are not respecting or accepting it for what it is, but rather what you wish for it to be. It's difficult to find the integrity in -that-.
After doing some thinking, your conclusion is both valid and accurate; you were right, and I was wrong. Making a grandiose statement and generalization concerning their faith was very shortsighted of me; projecting my idealism onto another worldview will not help me understand it. As always, thank you for your candor and directness, sir.
