RE: For good people to do bad things...
September 27, 2009 at 2:30 am
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2009 at 3:27 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Christianity neither commands nor condones such appalling acts; more than this, it contradicts them quite diametrically" (Christianity being that doctrinal body constituting the new covenant under Jesus Christ). If you hold that the violent destruction of abortion providers can be substantiated by cherry-picked verses from Christian scriptures, please provide one or more examples of such. Otherwise your assertion is devoid of any reality. I believe it was
Rather disappointing that you're unable to do better than the no true Scotsman fallacy.
Christianity began condoning [even rewarding] the most appalling acts from the time it became the Roman State religion in the the C4th.It began with the Gnostics,and went on to suppress any and all opposition,violently,for centuries: EG: Persecution and massacre of the Cathars,which led directly the foundation of The Inquisition. European Protestants went around burning heretics and witches for a couple of hundred years.They even hung a bunch of witches in America.
American Christians (and not just in the South) continued to justify slavery by appealing to the Torah ("the curse of Ham) until the Civil War.The Quakers were a voice in the wilderness in their active opposition to slavery.
Both Catholic and Protestant were responsible for over 1000 years of virulent antisemitism,which made the Nazis Holocaust possible.
To this day, Christians continue cherry pick from the Torah when it suits them.My favourite is justification used for the still rampant homophobia found throughout Chistendom. I think it's Leviticus 18.22 which is most widely quoted. This seems at odds with the claim of many Christians that Jesus perfected the law.[Rather than Saul who de-Jewed Christianity,taking out the hardest bits]
My perception is ALL believers cherry pick to some degree.They have no choice.The holy books contain so many contradictions that each person us forced to choose that which reflects their needs and their character.
People have been making the same fatuous claims for 2000 years,Viz: "I KNOW God said---God wants----Gods is pleased by--God is angered by ---Christianity is---X y or Z---- and those who disagree with me are not REAL Christians [like me]"
Arcanus, I respect your intellect and apparent depth of character.You lose that respect when you presume to speak authoratively about Christianity. There is no such thing as a universal Christian spokesperson.
Your comment about abortion is beneath you. Christian morality and concomitant behaviour is often implied AS INTERPRETED. (just as are say rights under the US constitution,such as freedom FROM religion)
