RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
March 14, 2018 at 12:52 pm
(March 14, 2018 at 12:45 pm)He lives Wrote:(March 14, 2018 at 12:34 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: That claim might be a bit more compelling if there wasn't that nagging damnation thingy hanging over it all.
If learning to love others through word and deed is the bottom line, you might as well be a Buddhist.
You don't believe in punishment for evildoers? There is no punishment for doing the right thing.
Punishment for evildoers? Yes, I'm a strong supporter of a sound judicial system and punishments commensurate with crimes committed.
What I don't believe in are eternal punishments for finite crimes or for 'thought crimes' like not believing in the right savior figure. That's your gang.