(June 19, 2014 at 3:51 pm)Tonus Wrote:(June 19, 2014 at 3:26 pm)Lek Wrote: What I'm saying is that if a christian commits an atrocity, even though he's a true christian, if he's is acting counter to the teachings of Jesus, then you can't blame christianity for the act. The person is acting on his own accord, not according to the teachings of Christ.Putting aside the notion that "according to the teachings of Christ" is open to interpretation, that is an awfully convenient approach to take. It sounds to me that you are saying that if Christians do terrible things, that shouldn't reflect badly on Christianity. Is that really your point of view, that we cannot judge an organization by the way its members behave?
It does reflect badly on Christianity, but it doesn't invalidate the teachings of Christ or show that Christianity is evil and detrimental to the world or a cause of atrocities.
