(January 15, 2015 at 10:53 am)FallentoReason Wrote:(January 15, 2015 at 10:47 am)polar bear Wrote: if you don't believe in god and want to follow the teachings of jesus, you have to believe in god. Jesus said he was the son of god....period. So either he is not telling the truth or is a lunatic
Mmm, I think there would be some leniency. Again, if we think of secular Buddhism, I think its members believe that the practices are good for mental health etc. but they don't go as far to say that life is about escaping suffering and that you'll be reincarnated. I think for Christian Atheism, it might be the same thing where the believer would lead a life where e.g. turning the other cheek is preferable because it might reduce arguments or w/e, but claims about Jesus' divinity are just outright rejected.
I know atheists aren't in the business of defining what a "real" Christian is, but isn't accepting Jesus as god kind of the entire foundation of Christianity and Christian philosophy? Buddhism doesn't have the divinity claims as a pillar of its philosophy, so I'm not sure the comparison can be made that smoothly.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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