(August 22, 2019 at 8:49 pm)Belaqua Wrote:(August 22, 2019 at 8:42 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: The people who take the Bible literally, hate the gays and the Jews, call for people to repent and stand outside protesting Planned Parenthood and the like. They're keeping it real, at least.
What makes you think that Real Christianity consists of these things?
Do you mean that the earliest Christians did this, therefore it's somehow basic? Or are there undeniable essential tenets of Christianity which make these things True Christianity?
Do Christians who don't take the Bible literally, don't hate the gays and the Jews, don't call for people to repent and stand outside protesting Planned Parenthood not qualify as Real Christians in your judgment? Even if they think that they are?
I mean, have you read the book? Despite all of the glaring contradictions you could point, it's a pretty hateful, intolerant work. Ridiculously violent and angry.
When you create a thing and give it a definition, but, over time, that thing becomes something else entirely, you usually change the name of that thing. A tadpole becomes a frog. You don't continue to call it a tadpole just because that was its original name.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
