RE: No True Scotsman
June 20, 2014 at 11:38 pm
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2014 at 11:41 pm by Mudhammam.)
(June 20, 2014 at 9:08 pm)Lek Wrote: Well, what I'm saying is that a christian can commit atrocities, but if he does he's not following the teachings of Jesus when he is committing the act. I'm trying to refute the assumption that christianity is bad because christians have committed atrocities. Or maybe they were claiming to be christians, but in reality they were not. In either case, they were not following Christ when were committing the act.
Condemning people to hell, for merely being born (and hence, according to the New Testament, being a sinner by nature) is immoral, Lek. Sorry, the core message of Christianity is immoral and all actions that follow from that, while some may be very, very good, are still poisoned by irrational motives, motives that often lead to immoral atrocities. One cannot value human life while tolerating--no, committing one's life to worship of the deity responsible for--the idea that these lives deserve and will face eternal punishment forever and ever... for simply not converting.
