(August 24, 2019 at 9:58 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: @Belaqua @Acrobat
I get that it's easier for you guys to believe that all of the negative aspects of Christian behaviors are the ones that DON'T TRULY represent Christianity... but unfortunately, it's quite the opposite. And it's a good thing, too. Thank god that Jesus' followers suck lol
I read a good book when I first started high school called, 'Lord, Save Us From Your Followers,' by Dan Merchant. Looking back, it was a book riddled with poorly constructed apologetic arguments, but at least the guy was taking a stand for the fence-sitting moderate Christians out there who only attend church when their parents are in town. Good for him. We need more Christians like that.
I’m just pointing on what should be obvious that Christianity isn’t a political ideology, just like you would indicate for atheism, naturalism, materialism, etc...
So to suggest that authentic Christianity is when it’s expressed as the political ideology of the state, is as silly as claiming authentic atheism is found in the Gulag, or violent communist regimes, with state sanctioned atheism.